Gary Peacock
Gary Peacock (* 12. May 1935 in Burley , Idaho ; † 4. September 2020 in upstate New York ) was an American double bassist of the Modern Jazz .
Live and act
Peacock was originally a pianist and played in a US Army band in Germany . In 1956 he switched to the double bass and still worked in Germany with Hans Koller , Albert Mangelsdorff , Attila Zoller , Tony Scott and Bud Shank . In 1958 he went to Los Angeles , where he a. a. has performed with Barney Kessel , Don Ellis , Terry Gibbs , Shorty Rogers and Paul Bley . In 1960 he married Annette Peacock . In 1962 he moved to New York City , where he was withBill Evans , who played the Paul Bley Trio , Jimmy Giuffre , Roland Kirk and George Russell . In 1964 he began working with Albert Ayler ; he also performed with Roswell Rudd and Steve Lacy .
He lived in Japan from 1969 to 1972 , after which he studied biology at the University of Washington . Between 1976 and 1983 he taught music theory at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle . From 1983 to 2014 he was part of Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio with drummer Jack DeJohnette . Gary Peacock, like many other musicians, lived in the Woodstock area . Peacock has recorded more than 50 albums for ECM Records since the 1960s, starting with LPs with Paul Bley in the mid-1960s, which were not released until later.
Discography (excerpt)
- Tales of Another (ECM, 1977) with Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette
- Paul Bley with Gary Peacock (ECM, 1963) with Paul Motian , Billy Elgart
- December Poems (ECM; 1978) with Jan Garbarek
- Shift in the Wind (ECM; 1980) with Art Lande , Eliot Zigmund
- Voice from the Past / Paradigm (ECM, 1981) with Tomasz Stańko , Jan Garbarek, Jack DeJohnette
- Guamba (ECM, 1987) with Palle Mikkelborg , Jan Garbarek, Peter Erskine
- Oracle (ECM, 1993), A Closer View (ECM, 1998) with Ralph Towner
- Azure (ECM, 2013) with Marilyn Crispell
- Now This (ECM, 2015) with Marc Copland , Joey Baron
- Tangents (ECM, 2017) with Marc Copland, Joey Baron
- After the Fall (ECM, 2018) with Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette
Lexical entries
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 5th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-15-010464-5 .
Web links
- Gary Peacock at Allmusic (English)
- Gary Peacock at Discogs (English)
- Gary Peacock's Interview (2015)
- Gary Peacock in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Steinfeld: Man in the middle. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , September 7, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peacock, Gary |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Burley , Idaho |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th September 2020 |
| Place of death | Upstate New York |