I had never heard of her, but Daisy Sweeney was the older sister of Oscar Peterson and his and Oliver Jones's piano teacher and a pillar of Montreal's Black community She has died at 97.
She put herself through McGill University on her maid's salary and taught innumerable piano students: http://globalnews.ca/news/3669641/daisy-sweeney-piano-teacher-to-jazz-greats-dies-at-97/ .
In her "spare time" she co-founded the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir.
She put herself through McGill University on her maid's salary and taught innumerable piano students: http://globalnews.ca/news/3669641/daisy-sweeney-piano-teacher-to-jazz-greats-dies-at-97/ .
In her "spare time" she co-founded the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir.