American jazz double bassist
Peter Washington
    Washington at Dimitriou's in 2012
Born  (1964-08-28 )  August 28, 1964 (age  61) Genres  Jazz   Occupation Musician Instrument Bass Years active 1978–present 
Musical artist
Peter Washington   (born August 28, 1964 in Los Angeles , California ) is a jazz  double bassist. He played with the Westchester Community Symphony at the age of 14. Later he played electric bass in rock bands. He attended the University of California, Berkeley , where he majored in English Literature, and performed with the San Francisco Youth Symphony and the UC Symphony Orchestra.  His growing interest in jazz led him to play with John Handy , Bobby Hutcherson , Harold Land , Frank Morgan , Ernestine Anderson , Chris Connor  and other Bay Area luminaries. [ 1]     In 1986 he joined Art Blakey  and The Jazz Messengers and moved to New York City. Beginning in the 1990s, he toured with the Tommy Flanagan  trio until Flanagan's death in 2001, and has played with the Bill Charlap  trio since 1997. [ 2]     He was a founding member of the collective hard bop  sextet One for All  and is a visiting artist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra . [ 1]    
In 2008, Washington played with The Blue Note 7 , an all-star septet  formed in honor of the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records . [ 3]     His extensive discography numbers more than 400 recordings, and speaks to a constant demand for his services as a versatile side man.
Discography With Toshiko Akiyoshi   
With Eric Alexander   
With Harry Allen   
Day Dream  (BMG , 1998)Harry Allen Plays Ellington Songs with the Bill Charlap Trio  (RCA Victor , 2000)Blues For Pres And Teddy  (Swing Bros, 2011)With Karrin Allyson   
In Blue  (Concord , 2002)Footprints  (Concord, 2006)With Ernie Andrews   
No Regrets  (Muse , 1993)The Great City  (Muse, 1995)With Ray Appleton 
Killer Ray Rides Again  (Sharp Nine, 1996)With François Aubin 
Jazz Project 2  (CD Baby, 2011)With Rob Bargad 
Better Times  (Criss Cross, 1993)With Kenny Barron   
With Burak Bedikyan   
With Bob Belden   
With Marcus Belgrave   
Live at Kerrytown Concert House  (Detroit Jazz, 1995)With Tony Bennett  and Diana Krall   
With Andy Bey   
Shades of Bey  (Evidence, 1998)Tuesdays in Chinatown  (Warlock, 2001)Ain't Necessarily So  (12th Street, 2007)With Walter Bishop, Jr.   
With Art Blakey  and The Jazz Messengers  
With The Blue Note 7   
With Sacha Boutros 
New York After Dark  (Diva Latina Productions: Sacha Boutros, 2013)New York Apres Minuit  (Diva Latina Productions: Sacha Boutros, 2018)With The Boys Choir of Harlem 
Christmas Carols & Sacred Songs  (Blue Note, 1996)With Bobby Broom   
No Hype Blues  (Criss Cross, 1995)With Cecil Brooks III   
With Bubba Brooks   
Smooth Sailing  (TCB, 1995)With Ray Bryant   
With Kenny Burrell   
 Then Along Came Kenny    (Evidence , 1993 [1996])Midnight at the Village Vanguard  (Evidence, 1993 [1997])Be Yourself: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola  (HighPoint, 2008)With Donald Byrd   
With George Cables   
With Ann Hampton Callaway   
Easy Living  (Sin-Drome, 1999)With The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band 
The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band  (Blue Note, 1996)With Regina Carter   
Rhythms of the Heart  (Verve, 1999)With James Carter   
With Celtic Jazz Collective 
With Bill Charlap   
All Through the Night  (Criss Cross , 1998)S'Wonderful  (Venus , 1998)Written in the Stars  (Blue Note , 2000)Stardust  (Blue Note, 2002)Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein  (Blue Note, 2004)Plays George Gershwin: The American Soul  (Blue Note, 2005)Live at The Village Vanguard  (Blue Note, 2007)I'm Old Fashioned  (Venus, 2010)Notes From New York  (Impulse! , 2015)The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern  (RPM, 2015)Uptown, Downtown  (Impulse!, 2017)Street of Dreams  (Blue Note, 2021)With Ed Cherry   
First Take  (Groovin' High, 1993)With David Chesky   
Jazz In the New Harmonic  (Chesky, 2012)Primal Scream  (Chesky, 2014)With Jimmy Cobb   
Cobb's Corner  (Chesky, 2007)With Anat Cohen   
Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard  (Anzic, 2010)With Joe Cohn 
Shared Contemplations  (Criss Cross, 2009)With Freddy Cole   
Because Of You  (HighNote, 2006)Music Maestro Please  (HighNote, 2007)With Eric Comstock 
No One Knows  (Harbinger, 2005)With Bill Cosby   
My Appreciation  (Polygram, 1991)Hello, Friend: To Ennis With Love  (Verve, 1997)With Stanley Cowell   
 Setup    (SteepleChase, 1994)With Jeremy Davenport   
Maybe in a Dream  (Telarc, 1997)With Charles Davis 
Reflections  (Red, 1990)Blue Gardenia  (Reade Street, 2003)With Jesse Davis 
High Standards  (Concord. 1994)Live at Small's  (Smallslive, 2012)With Steve Davis   
Vibe Up!  (Criss Cross, 1998)Systems Blue  (Criss Cross, 2001)Think Ahead  (Smoke Sessions, 2017)With Peter Delano 
Bite of the Apple  (Verve, 1994)With Dena DeRose   
Love's Holiday  (Sharp Nine, 2002)With Mike DiRubbo 
Human Spirit  (Criss Cross, 2002) With Kenny Drew, Jr.   
Passionata  (Meldac Jazz, 1995)With Billy Drummond   
The Gift  (Criss Cross, 1993)Dubai  (Criss Cross, 1995)With Teddy Edwards   
With Mark Elf 
A Minor Scramble  (Jen Bay, 1997)Glad To Be Back  (Jen Bay, 2004)Liftoff  (Jen Bay, 2006)Mark Elf Returns 2014  (Jen Bay, 2014)With Mercer Ellington   
Only God Can Make a Tree  (MusicMasters, 1996)With Dave Ellis 
State of Mind  (Milestone, 2003)With Robin Eubanks   
With Georgie Fame   
Poet in New York  (Go Jazz, 2000)With Joe Farnsworth   
Time to Swing  (Smoke Sessions, 2020)With Tommy Flanagan   
With Flutology 
With Ricky Ford   
With Sullivan Fortner   
Southern Nights  (Artwork, 2023) [ 4]    With Tomas Franck   
Tomas Franck in New York  (Criss Cross, 1990)With Nnenna Freelon   
Maiden Voyage  (Concord, 1998)With Joe Friedman 
Cup O' Joe  (NASMusic 3, 2006)With Andy Fusco 
Out of the Dark  (Criss Cross, 1998)With Giacomo Gates   
Fly Rite  (Sharp Nine, 1998)With Chantale Gagné 
The Left Side of the Moon  (2014)With Dizzy Gillespie   
With Greg Gisbert   
On Second Thought  (Criss Cross, 1994)With Dave Glasser 
Uh! Oh!  (Nagel Hayer, 2000)Dreams Askew, Dreams Anew  (Artemis, 2001)With Benny Golson   
With Jon Gordon   
Possibilities  (Double-Time, 2000)With Benny Green   
Prelude  (Criss Cross, 1988)Source  (Jazz Legacy, 2011)Magic Beans  (Sunnyside, 2013)With Johnny Griffin   
Dance of Passion  (Antilles, 1993)With Don Grolnick   
London Concert  (Fuzzy Music, 2000)With Russell Gunn   
Young Gunn  (Muse, 1994)Young Gunn Plus  (32 Jazz, 1998)With Jeff Hackworth 
How Little We Know  (Big Bridge, 2007)With Tim Hagans  & Marcus Printup   
Hub Songs: The Music of Freddie Hubbard  (Blue Note, 1998)With Waturo Hamasaki 
Holiday  (Concept, 2015)Prisoner Of Love  (Concept, 2017)With Scott Hamilton   
Back in New York  (Concord, 2005)With Lionel Hampton   
Mostly Ballads  (MusicMasters, 1990)With Tom Harrell   
Passages  (Chesky, 1991)Upswing  (Chesky, 1994)Trumpet Legacy  (Milestone, 1998)With Barry Harris   
With Michael Hashim   
Guys and Dolls  (Stash, 1992)Multicolored Blue  (Hep, 1999)With Hiroshi Hata 
Introducing Hiroshi Hata  (Kaneha, 1998)Door To Door  (Kaneha, 2001)With David Hazeltine   
The Classic Trio  (Sharp Nine, 1996)Four Flights Up  (Sharp Nine, 1996)How It Is  (Criss Cross, 1997)A World For Her  (Criss Cross, 1998)The Classic Trio, Volume 2  (Sharp Nine, 2001)Pearls  (Tokuma, 2001)Señor Blues  (Venus, 2001)Close To You  (Criss Cross, 2003)Manhattan Autumn  (Sharp Nine, 2003)Perambulation  (Criss Cross, 2005)Blues Quarters Vol. 2  (Criss Cross, 2006)With Jimmy Heath  Big Band 
Turn Up the Heat  (Planet Arts, 2007)Togetherness: Live at The Blue Note  (Jazz Legacy, 2013)With Percy Heath   
A Love Song  (Daddy Jazz, 2002)With Eddie Henderson   
Tribute to Lee Morgan  (NYC, 1995)With Ian Hendrickson-Smith 
Still Smokin'  (Sharp Nine, 2004)With Conrad Herwig   
Heart of Darkness  (Criss Cross, 1997)With Steve Hobbs 
On the Lower East Side  (Candid, 1993)Second Encounter  (Candid, 2003)Spring Cycle  (Random Chance, 2005)Vibes, Straight Up  (Challenge, 2009)Tribute to Bobby  (Challenge, 2018)With Holly Hofmann 
Minor Miracle  (Capri, 2004)With Freddie Hubbard   
With Bobby Hutcherson   
With Javon Jackson   
When the Time Is Right  (Blue Note, 1994)For One Who Knows  (Blue Note, 1995)A Look Within  (Blue Note, 1996)Good People  (Blue Note, 1997)With The Jazz Messengers 
The Legacy of Art Blakey  (Telarc, 1998)With Steve Kaldestad 
New York Afternoon  (Cellar Live, 2015)With Geoff Keezer   
Here and Now  (Blue Note, 1991)With Jonny King   
Notes from the Underground  (Enja, 1996)With Anna Kolchina 
Wild Is the Wind  (Venus, 2017)With Lee Konitz   
Frescalalto  (Decca, 2017)With David Lahm 
Jazz Takes On Joni Mitchell  (Arkadia, 1999)With The Lalama Brothers 
Erie Avenue'  (Lalama, 2011)With Ralph Lalama 
Feelin' and Dealin'  (Criss Cross, 1990)Circle Line  (Criss Cross, 1996)Music For Grown-Ups  (Criss Cross, 1998)With Andy LaVerne   
Bud's Beautiful  (SteepleChase, 1996)With Mike LeDonne   
Soulmates  (Criss Cross, 1993)Waltz For An Urbanite  (Criss Cross, 1995)To Each His Own  (Double-Time, 1998)Then and Now  (Double-Time, 1999)With David Leonhardt 
Reflections  (Big Bang, 1994)With Deborah Lippman   
With Jan Lundgren   
New York Calling  (Alfa Jazz, 1995)With Brian Lynch   
Back Room Blues  (Criss Cross, 1990)Keep Your Circle Small  (Sharp Nine, 1995)With Teo Macero   
Impressions of Miles Davis  (Orchard, 2001)With Joe Magnarelli   
Why Not  (Criss Cross, 1994)Philly-New York Junction  (Criss Cross, 1998)New York-Philly Junction  (Criss Cross, 2003)Persistence  (Reservoir, 2008)With Malta 
Manhattan in Blue  (JVC Victor, 2004)With Junior Mance   
Music of Thelonious Monk  (Chiaroscuro, 2003)With Claire Martin   
Make This City Ours  (Linn, 1997)With Akane Matsumoto 
Memories Of You  (Concept, 2015)With Bill Mays   
At the Movies  (SteepleChase, 2009)With Marian McPartland   
An NPR Jazz Christmas with Marian McPartland and Friends  (NPR, 1997)With Charles McPherson   
With Message 
The Art of Blakey  (King, 1993)With Mulgrew Miller   
With Antoinette Montague   
Pretty Blues  (Consolidated Artists, 2006)With Ralph Moore   
With Fabio Morgera 
With Dado Moroni   
Insights  (Jazz Focus, 1996)Shapes  (TCB, 2010)With Ronald Muldrow   
Diaspora  (Enja, 1995)Facing Wes  (Kokopelli, 1996)Freedom's Serenade  (Double-Time, 1999)Mapenzi  (Joh-Bev, 2003)With Lewis Nash   
Rhythm Is My Business  (Evidence, 1993)The Highest Mountain  (Cellar Live, 2011)With Steve Nelson   
New Beginnings  (TCB, 1999)Sound-Effect  (HighNote, 2007)Brothers Under the Sun  (HighNote, 2017)With New Stories 
Hope Is In the Air: The Music of Elmo Hope  (Origin, 2004)With David "Fathead" Newman   
With Dan Nimmer   
Yours Is My Heart Alone  (Venus, 2008)With Trisha O'Brien 
Out of a Dream  (Azica, 2010)With Ferit Odman   
Nommo  (Equinox, 2010)Autumn in New York  (Equinox, 2011)Dameronia With Strings  (Equinox, 2015)With One For All   
Too Soon To Tell  (Sharp Nine, 1997)Optimism  (Sharp Nine, 1998)Upward and Onward  (Criss Cross, 1999)Live at Smoke: Volume 1  (Criss Cross, 2001)The End of a Love Affair  (Venus, 2001)Wide Horizons  (Criss Cross, 2002)Blueslike  (Criss Cross, 2003)With Jeremy Pelt   
Close To My Heart  (MAXJAZZ, 2003)The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 1  (HighNote, 2020)With Rich Perry   
So In Love  (SteepleCahse, 1997)With Houston Person   
A Little Houston on the side  (32 Jazz, 1999) Sentimental Journey    (HighNote, 2002)The Art and Soul of Houston Person  (HighNote, 2008)With Jimmy Ponder   
With Valery Ponomarev   
Live at Sweet Basil  (Reservoir, 1993)With The Power Quintet 
High Art  (HighNote, 2016)With Simon Rattle   
Classic Ellington  (EMI Classics, 2000)Americana  (EMI Classics, 2004)American Music  (EMI Classics, 2008)Duke Ellington: Mainly Black  (EMI Classics, 2010)With Reeds and Deeds 
Wailin'  (Criss Cross, 2005)With Ben Riley 's Monk Legacy Septet 
With Wallace Roney   
 Seth Air    (Muse, 1991)According to Mr. Roney  (32 Jazz, 1997)No Job Too Big or Small  (Muse, 1999)With Renee Rosnes   
Ancestors  (Blue Note, 1996)With a Little Help from My Friends  (Blue Note, 2001)A Time For Love  (VideoArts, 2005)Written in the Rocks  (Smoke Sessions, 2016)Beloved of the Sky  (Smoke Sessions, 2018)With Annie Ross   
Music Is Forever  (DRG, 1996)With Jim Rotondi   
Excursions  (Criss Cross, 1998)Destination Up  (Sharp Nine, 2001)With David Sanchez 
The Departure  (Columbia, 1994)With Randy Sandke   
Cliffhanger  (Nagel Heyer, 1999)Rediscovered Louis and Bix  (Nagel Heyer, 2000)With Rob Schneiderman   
Dark Blue  (Reservoir, 1994)With Stephen Scott   
Something to Consider  (Verve, 1991)With Charlie Sepulveda 
The New Arrival  (Antilles, 1991)With Vladimir Shafranov 
Live at Groovy  (Kompass, 1992)Whisper Not  (Venus, 2012)With Ian Shaw 
A World Still Turning  (441, 2003)With Marlena Shaw   
Dangerous  (Concord, 1996)With Don Sickler   
Night Watch  (Uptown, 1990)Reflections  (HighNote, 2002)With Derek Smith   
Beautiful Love  (Venus, 2009)With Neal Smith 
Some of My Favorite Songs Are...  (NAS, 2005)With Tommy Smith 
The Sound of Love  (Linn, 1999)With The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra 
Tribute to a Generation: A Salute to the Big Bands  (Smithsonian Folkways, 2004)With Jim Snidero   
Mixed Bag  (Criss Cross, 1987)Blue Afternoon  (Criss Cross, 1989)Storm Rising  (Ken, 1990)Urban Tales  (Square Discs, 1991)While You Are Here  (Red, 1992)Vertigo  (Criss Cross, 1994)With Terell Stafford   
This Side of Strayhorn  (MAXJAZZ, 2011)Brotherlee Love: Celebrating Lee Morgan  (Capri, 2015)With Mary Stallings   
Feelin' Good  (HighNote, 2015)With Grant Stewart   
 Downtown Sounds    (Criss Cross, 1992)More Urban Tones  (Criss Cross, 1995)Wailin'   (Criss Cross, 2004)In the Still of the Night  (Sharp Nine, 2007)The Shadow of Your Smile  (Sharp Nine, 2007)Young at Heart  (Sharp Nine, 2007)Around the Corner  (Sharp Nine, 2010)With Joan Stiles 
Hurly-Burly  (Oo-Bla-Dee, 2005)With Byron Stripling   
Stripling Now!  (Nagel Heyer, 1999)Byron, Get One Free  (Nagel Heyer, 2001)With Sub Dub 
Original Masters: 1993-1995  (The Agriculture, 2001)With Helen Sung   
(re)Conception  (SteepleChase, 2011)With John Swana   
Introducing John Swana  (Criss Cross, 1990)In the Moment  (Criss Cross, 1995)Bright Moments  (Criss Cross, 2007)With Lew Tabackin   
I'll Be Seeing You  (Concord, 1992)What a Little Moonlight Can Do  (Concord, 1994)Tenority  (Concord, 1996)With Nino Tempo   
Tenor Saxophone  (Atlantic, 1990)With Steve Turre   
Viewpoint  (Stash, 1987)In the Spur of the Moment  (Telarc, 2000)TNT (Trombone-N-Tenor)  (Telarc, 2001)One4J: Paying Homage to J.J. Johnson  (Telarc, 2003) Keep Searchin'    (HighNote, 2006) Rainbow People    (HighNote, 2008)The Bones of Art  (HighNote, 2013)With Michal Urbaniak   
Songbird  (SteepleChase, 1990)Some Other Blues  (SteepleChase, 1994)With Bennie Wallace   
Someone to Watch over Me  (Enja, 1998)In Berlin  (Tokuma, 2002)Moodsville  (Groove Note, 2002)With Cedar Walton   
With Jon Weber 
Simple Complex  (2nd Century Jazz, 2004)With Cory Weeds-Bill Coon  Quartet 
With Benefits  (Cellar Live, 2013)With Walt Weiskopf   
Simplicity  (Criss Cross, 1992)Song For My Mother  (Criss Cross, 1995)With Jerry Weldon   
Head to Head  (Criss Cross, 1999)With Paula West   
Come What May  (Hi Horse, 2001)With Chip White   
More Dedications  (Dark Colors, 2009)With Wesla Whitfield   
September Songs: The Music of Wilder, Weill and Warren  (HighNote, 2003)With James Williams   
Jazz Dialogues, Vol. 2: Focus  (FINAS, 2002)Jazz Dialogues, Vol. 3: Out of Nowhere  (FINAS, 2003)With Tom Williams 
Introducing Tom Williams  (Criss Cross, 1991)Straight Street  (Criss Cross, 1993)With Gerald Wilson   
With Mike Wofford   
Live at Athenaeum Jazz  (Capri, 2004)With Phil Woods   
The Rev and I  (Blue Note, 1998)Voyage  (Chiaroscuro, 2001)With Richard Wyands   
Reunited  (Criss Cross, 1995)Get Out Of Town  (SteepleChase, 1997)Lady of Lavender Mist  (Venus, 1998)Half and Half  (Criss Cross, 1999)The Gigi Gryce Project  (Jazz Legacy, 1999)With Miki Yamaoka 
I Remember Clifford  (Denon, 1996)With Aki Yashiro   
Yume no Yoru - Live In New York  (Universal, 2013)With Peter Zak   
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