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Dave Peterson



...Dave Peterson originals - full of sharp gleaming edges and shining facets and neat grooves, catchy, stick-in-the-head melodies, and a very accessible sound that reveals deeper complexities on multiple listens.
All About Jazz

A Northwest jazz icon for 40 years, Dave Peterson has flown under the radar in most notable jazz circles. He's a musician's musician who has always been about the art and craft of composition and guitar playing, having composed a hundred works for his own bands or larger pieces for groups like the Seattle Composers and Improvisors Orchestra. He was a core faculty member at the Cornish College of the Arts 1977-2012, and he's performed and recorded with Art Lande, Paul McCandless, Dave Liebman, Bob Moses, Dave Friesen, Paul Motion, Benny Wallace, Gary Peacock, Chuck Israels, Chet Baker, Bud Shank, Esther Phillips, Eddie Harris, Buddy DeFranco, Big Joe Turner, Eddie Vinson, Julian Priester, and many others.

His 2004 record, "Portal," with bassist Chuck Deardorf shows off his highly melodic compositions and soloing well. That album went on to be used as sample music for Windows XP and provided the theme music for PRI's "Selected Shorts" out of Symphony Space in New York. All About Jazz recognized Peterson's fluid style: "Peterson invokes a lot of memories of Montgomery with his tone and highly accessible melodic solos." Most of all, the jazz musicians Peterson has played with have only high and undying praise for this master.


RECORDINGS FEATURING Dave Peterson


Ben Black
Origin 82835

Peterson-Kohler Collective
Origin 82787

Chuck Deardorf
Origin 82587

Doug Miller
Origin 82505

Richard Cole
Origin 82492

Deardorf / Peterson Group
Origin 82425

Various Artists
Origin 82408

Steve Korn
Origin 82368

Richard Cole
Origin 82366

Jeff Baker
OA2 Records 22056

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