I was on tour with Bria Skonberg here in Denmark around about the time that I released Swing 41 and was still writing the material for About Time, back in 2008. She had come over from Canada to to a short tour with the Paul Harrison Band, Cynthia Sayer was with us at the same […]
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Bria Skonberg – So is the Day
Posted in american music, jazz, Jazz CD, news, nyheder, Press, Swing 41, tagged bria skonberg, random act records, so is the day on July 6, 2012 | Comments Off on Bria Skonberg – So is the Day
10 things you may not know about TJ Johnson
Posted in american music, jazz, live jazz, news, nyheder, Paul Harrison Band, Peter Williams, tagged Adrian Cox, TJ Johnson on June 10, 2012 | Comments Off on 10 things you may not know about TJ Johnson
I’m in the lucky position of being able to tell you that I am soon to be playing with TJ Johnson while he is on tour with the Paul Harrison Band in Denmark. Here are 10 things you may not know about him: T.J Johnson is on tour with the Paul Harrison band in Denmark […]
Trad Jazz can give you a lift.
Posted in american music, humour, jazz, live jazz, news, nyheder, Paul Harrison Band, Peter Williams, Press, tagged jazz anecdote, jazz story on June 3, 2012 | Comments Off on Trad Jazz can give you a lift.
While I was playing at Dresden Jazz Festival last month one of those precious and bizarre happenings occurred that only ever seem to happen while on tour. I thought it was worth sharing. I was getting ready to play with the Paul Harrison band in a 2nd floor piano showrom in the centre of Dresden. The whole band was […]
Top ten jazz albums
Posted in american music, jazz, Jazz CD on February 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
These are the ones I go back to time and time again for inspiration and sheer listening pleasure, some mainstream, some very well known,and some a bit more obscure. 1. kind of Blue – Miles Davis -1959 This work broke with the conventions of the time, but has become a rule book in itself, many […]
Jazz, Jaz or Jass?
Posted in american music, jazz, Peter Williams on February 9, 2012 | Comments Off on Jazz, Jaz or Jass?
Most jazz musicians would probably credit Buddy Bolden with inventing the genre, but where did the word come from? Well, no one is sure! One likely source is the slang Jasm meaning energetic and full of spirit. I think I’ll try and remember that on the next gig.
Reflections
Posted in american music, jazz, Peter Williams, tagged Peter Williams on February 1, 2012 | Comments Off on Reflections
As I sit here listening to Reflections by Thelonious Monk and gazing at my one week old baby daughter, my first child, and my last, my girlfriend informs me ;-), I find my thoughts drifting back across time to my own childhood. More than that, I reflect over the paths that I have chosen and how […]
About Time
Posted in 2econd Nature, american music, jazz, Jazz CD, Peter Williams, Peter Williams On CD, tagged Bebop, Modern Jazz on September 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
By Peter Williams and 2econd Nature Purchase About Time [geo-out note=”About Time does not seem to be available on iTunes in your country, but you still buy the CD” country=”Europe, US, CA”]Purchase About Time as a digital download from [/geo-out] Purchase About Time on CD via Gateway Music After 15 years as a professional musician, […]
Swing 41
Posted in american music, django reinhardt, Gipsy Jazz, jazz, Jazz CD, Peter Williams, Peter Williams On CD, Swing 41 on February 1, 2010 | Comments Off on Swing 41
By Swing 41 Purchase Swing 41 Purchase Swing 41 on CD via Gateway Music This collection of classic Gypsy Jazz standards was brought to notoriety by Woody Allen who, in 2011, chose to use the recording of Je Suis Seul Ce Soir from this album for his box office hit Midnight in Paris. The soundtrack from […]
