By Peter Williams, featuring Jakob Svensson Purchase Jazzy Shorts Purchase Jazzy Shorts as a digital download from Purchase Jazzy Shorts on CD via Gateway Music In the summer of 2008 a few, short, video clips of an acoustic jazz duo received over 100,000 views on YouTube and the attention of American Express with regard to […]
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Jazzy Shorts
Posted in american music, jazz, Jazz CD, Jazzy Shorts, news, nyheder, Peter Williams, Peter Williams On CD, Press on March 3, 2013 | Comments Off on Jazzy Shorts
Midnight In Paris Soundtrack Wins Grammy
Posted in news, tagged grammy awards 2013 on February 12, 2013 | Comments Off on Midnight In Paris Soundtrack Wins Grammy
‘Midnight In Paris‘ beat out ‘The Descendants‘, the Bob Marley documentary ‘Marley‘, ‘The Muppets‘ and the musical ‘Rock Of Ages‘. The soundtrack features music from various artists including Allen’s band mate, Conal Fowkes, and the actual recipient of the award is to be determined. The award was one of many that was awarded before the […]
Grammy til københavnsk jazzmusiker
Posted in jazz, news, Press, tagged django, Django Reinhardt, grammy awards 2013, gypsy Jazz, Midnight in Paris, Seul Ce Soir, soundtrack, Woody Allen on February 12, 2013 | Comments Off on Grammy til københavnsk jazzmusiker
Da den 55. udgave af Grammy Awards forleden løb af stablen vandt soundtracket til Woody Allen-filmen Midnight In Paris en pris for â€Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Mediaâ€. PÃ¥ filmens lydspor finder man bla. danske Swing 41’s udgave af Seul Ce Soir. Bandets bassist Peter Williams er bosiddende i København og medlem af DMF’s københavnsafdeling. […]
Grammy Awards Movie Nominees
Posted in american music, django reinhardt, Gipsy Jazz, jazz, Jazz CD, news, nyheder, Press, Swing 41 on February 10, 2013 | 2 Comments »
I am full of anticipatory nerves as I wait to find out if I have contributed to a Grammy winning Album. It was more than enough reward for having worked hard on the swing 41 album that Woody Allen used a track from it. A grammy win would be amazing. http://movieline.com/2012/12/06/grammy-nominations-movies/
Stage lighting difficulties
Posted in 2econd Nature, american music, jazz, live jazz, news, nyheder, Press on February 10, 2013 | Comments Off on Stage lighting difficulties
despite poor stage lighting, 2econd nature gave a great performance to a beautiful audience in a very hip venue. Many thanks to everyone for last Friday’s gig.
Jazzy Shorts has arrived
Posted in american music, jazz, Jazz CD, Jazzy Shorts, news, nyheder, Peter Williams, Press on February 8, 2013 | Comments Off on Jazzy Shorts has arrived
My new Album – Jazzy Shorts – is now out on CD and on iTunes: In the summer of 2008 a few, short, video clips of an acoustic jazz duo received over 100,000 views on YouTube and the attention of American Express with regard to an advertising campaign. The combination of  the English born bassist […]
Thanks to Søren Svagin of Radio Jazz
Posted in 2econd Nature, american music, django reinhardt, Gipsy Jazz, jazz, Jazz CD, Jazzy Shorts, live jazz, news, nyheder, Peter Williams, Press, Swing 41 on February 7, 2013 | Comments Off on Thanks to Søren Svagin of Radio Jazz
I would just like to publicly thank Søren Svagin of Radio Jazz for interviewing me a couple of Mondays ago (28th of January). The focus of the interview was my involvement in the Grammy nominated soundtrack to Woody Allen’s Oscar winning film Midnight in Paris. The selection I contributed was from my Gypsy Jazz CD Swing 41 which is still available […]
Bop Soup – a supergroup!
Posted in american music, jazz, live jazz, news, nyheder, Press, tagged Bebop, Bert Boeren, bop, bop soup, Marko Martinovic, mikkel find, Simon Thorsen on January 14, 2013 | 1 Comment »
I’m happy to announce a fantastic series of concerts i’m proud to be involved with. Mikkel Find and I have invited world class trombonist Bert Boeren to Denmark to play a series of gigs between 13th and the 20th April. The rest of the band consists of the well established local talents – Simon Thorsen […]
We’ll always have Paris | The Australian
Posted in news, Press on October 28, 2012 | Comments Off on We’ll always have Paris | The Australian
We’ll always have Paris The performances are spot-on, the soundtrack is crammed with good things via We’ll always have Paris | The Australian.
10 facts about Biel Ballester
Posted in django reinhardt, Gipsy Jazz, jazz, Jazz CD, live jazz, news, Peter Williams, Press, Swing 41 on October 26, 2012 | Comments Off on 10 facts about Biel Ballester
www.bielballestertrio.com He is one of the best guitarists in Spain He is known for his Gypsy Jazz Style guitar playing He has played with Woody Allen Who said… “This is the closest I’ll ever get to having played with Django Reinhardt” He also wrote and performed much of the music used in the film Vicky […]
