Daisy Sweeney

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Daisy Peterson Sweeney (born May 7, 1920) was a Canadian music teacher, known for having taught many of the most notable figures in Canadian jazz music.

Sweeney was born in Montreal in 1920. Her students included Oliver Jones, Ken Skinner, Joe Sealy and Reg Wilson. She was also the sister of Oscar Peterson, and the mother of Canadian Olympic athlete and television journalist Sylvia Sweeney.^[1]