Peter Bernstein
Peter Bernstein (born September 3, 1967 in New York City ) is an American modern jazz guitarist .
Live and act
Bernstein received from the age piano lessons and moved at age 13 to the guitar, which he the instrument initially self-taught taught. He studied jazz at Rutgers University with Ted Dunbar and Kenny Barron and graduated from the New School in New York City, where he also met Jim Hall , with whom he played at the 1990 JVC Jazz Festival . Since that year he also played as the sideman of Lou Donaldson . He also played with Joshua Redman , Melvin Rhyne , Diana Krall , Larry Goldings ,Bill Stewart , Jimmy Cobb , Lee Konitz , Roy Hargrove , Tom Harrell , Joe Lovano , Jack McDuff , Dr. Lonnie Smith , Eric Alexander , Brad Mehldau , Christian McBride , Mike LeDonne or Yvonnick Prené . In Germany he also appeared with the trio of Martin Sasse and Joachim Schoenecker.
So far, Bernstein has contributed to over 60 CD recordings and played at numerous festivals and concerts. As a band leader, he has released five albums on Criss Cross ; In 2009 a Monk album was released with his trio . In 2008, Bernstein became a member of The Blue Note 7 , a septet founded by Blue Note Records on the occasion of the 70th birthday . Bernstein is currently working with a quartet of Donald Vega , Dezron Douglas and Billy Drummond .
Peter Bernstein has taught at the Juilliard School , Berklee College of Music , North Texas State University , the New School's jazz program, and the Amsterdam Conservatory.
Web links
- Works by Peter Bernstein in the catalog of the German National Library
- Peter Bernstein's website with discography
- Biographical entry at AllAboutJazz
- Peter Bernstein at Allmusic (English)
- Peter Bernstein at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ AllAboutJazz ( Memento of the original from July 17th, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jazz Listings October 2012 in The New York Times
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bernstein, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd September 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |