“The best ivory-box player I’ve ever heard,” said Count Basie of iconic Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. Yet this solid, archive-packed and frankly adoring portrait of his rise from wartime Montreal prodigy to racism-fighting international star skimps on his legendary performances, in favour of concert tributes by Toronto musicians. Peterson’s incredible range and keyboard technique inspired jazz greats like Quincy Jones and Herbie Hancock, who join a chorus of fond but increasingly repetitive praise here from famous fans including Billy Joel and Branford Marsalis.