Peter Washington
Peter Mark Washington (born August 28, 1964 in Los Angeles ) is an American jazz bassist.
Washington is mostly self-taught as a jazz bassist, but has played in the high school orchestra and in 1978 with the Westchester Community Symphony and guitar and electric bass in rock bands. From 1983 to 1986 he studied English literature in Berkeley , where he played with the university orchestra (and the San Francisco Youth Symphony), but also began to be interested in jazz and took lessons from Herbie Lewis on the side . During his studies he performed in the greater San Francisco area a. a. with Bobby Hutcherson , Harold Land , Ernestine Anderson , John Handy , Frank Morgan and Chris Connor . After graduating, he moved to New York City, where he was a member of Art Blakeys " Jazz Messengers " from April 1986 to September 1988 . He also played u. a. with Wynton Marsalis , Benny Golson , Dizzy Gillespie , Tommy Flanagan (with whom he played in a trio for many years), Freddie Hubbard , Donald Byrd , Johnny Griffin , Kenny Burrell , Milt Jackson , the Gil Evans Orchestra, Toshiko Akiyoshi , Lew Tabackin and Mingus Dynasty . In the 1990s he toured with the Tommy Flanagan Trio, the Carnegie Hall Big Band and the Newport All Stars. A much sought-after studio musician, he can be heard on numerous recordings as a sideman and teaches at the Mannes School of Music in New York.
literature
- Kunzler: Jazz Lexicon. 2002.
Web links
- Works by and about Peter Washington in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography at International Jazz Productions
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Washington, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Washington, Peter Mark (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | los Angeles |