Peter Washington

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Peter Washington
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Washington at Dimitriou's in 2012
Background information
Born (1964-08-28) August 28, 1964 (age 60)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres Jazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentBass
Years active1978–present

Peter Washington (born on 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

With Karrin Allyson

With Ernie Andrews

With Ray Appleton

With François Aubin

With Rob Bargad

With Kenny Barron

With Burak Bedikyan

With Bob Belden

With Marcus Belgrave

With Tony Bennett and Diana Krall

With Andy Bey

With Walter Bishop, Jr.

With Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers

With The Blue Note 7

With Sacha Boutros

With The Boys Choir of Harlem

With Bobby Broom

With Cecil Brooks III

With Bubba Brooks

With Ray Bryant

With Kenny Burrell

With Donald Byrd

With George Cables

With Ann Hampton Callaway

With The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band

With Regina Carter

With James Carter

With Celtic Jazz Collective

With Bill Charlap

With Ed Cherry

With David Chesky

With Jimmy Cobb

With Anat Cohen

With Joe Cohn

With Freddy Cole

With Eric Comstock

With Bill Cosby

With Stanley Cowell

With Jeremy Davenport

With Charles Davis

With Jesse Davis

With Steve Davis

With Peter Delano

With Dena DeRose

With Mike DiRubbo

With Kenny Drew, Jr.

With Billy Drummond

With Teddy Edwards

With Mark Elf

With Mercer Ellington

With Dave Ellis

With Robin Eubanks

With Georgie Fame

With Joe Farnsworth

With Tommy Flanagan

With Flutology

With Ricky Ford

With Tomas Franck

With Nnenna Freelon

With Joe Friedman

With Andy Fusco

With Giacomo Gates

With Chantale Gagné

With Dizzy Gillespie

With Greg Gisbert

With Dave Glasser

With Benny Golson

With Jon Gordon

With Benny Green

With Johnny Griffin

With Don Grolnick

With Russell Gunn

With Jeff Hackworth

With Tim Hagans & Marcus Printup

With Waturo Hamasaki

With Scott Hamilton

With Lionel Hampton

With Tom Harrell

With Barry Harris

With Michael Hashim

With Hiroshi Hata

With David Hazeltine

With Jimmy Heath Big Band

With Percy Heath

With Eddie Henderson

With Ian Hendrickson-Smith

With Conrad Herwig

With Steve Hobbs

With Holly Hofmann

With Freddie Hubbard

With Bobby Hutcherson

With Javon Jackson

With The Jazz Messengers

With Steve Kaldestad

With Geoff Keezer

With Jonny King

With Anna Kolchina

With Lee Konitz

With David Lahm

With The Lalama Brothers

With Ralph Lalama

With Andy LaVerne

With Mike LeDonne

With David Leonhardt

With Deborah Lippman

With Jan Lundgren

With Brian Lynch

With Teo Macero

With Joe Magnarelli

With Malta

With Junior Mance

With Claire Martin

With Akane Matsumoto

With Bill Mays

With Marian McPartland

With Charles McPherson

With Message

With Mulgrew Miller

With Antoinette Montague

With Ralph Moore

With Fabio Morgera

With Dado Moroni

With Ronald Muldrow

With Lewis Nash

With Steve Nelson

With New Stories

With David "Fathead" Newman

With Dan Nimmer

With Trisha O'Brien

With Ferit Odman

With One For All

With Jeremy Pelt

With Rich Perry

With Houston Person

With Jimmy Ponder

With Valery Ponomarev

With The Power Quintet

With Simon Rattle

With Reeds and Deeds

With Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet

With Wallace Roney

With Renee Rosnes

With Annie Ross

With Jim Rotondi

With David Sanchez

With Randy Sandke

With Rob Schneiderman

With Stephen Scott

With Charlie Sepulveda

With Vladimir Shafranov

With Ian Shaw

With Marlena Shaw

With Don Sickler

With Derek Smith

With Neal Smith

With Tommy Smith

With The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra

With Jim Snidero

With Terrell Stafford

With Mary Stallings

With Grant Stewart

With Joan Stiles

With Byron Stripling

With Sub Dub

With Helen Sung

With John Swana

With Lew Tabackin

With Nino Tempo

With Steve Turre

With Michal Urbaniak

With Bennie Wallace

With Cedar Walton

With Jon Weber

With Cory Weeds-Bill Coon Quartet

With Walt Weiskopf

With Jerry Weldon

With Paula West

With Chip White

With Wesla Whitfield

With James Williams

With Tom Williams

With Gerald Wilson

With Mike Wofford

With Phil Woods

With Richard Wyands

With Miki Yamaoka

With Aki Yashiro

With Peter Zak

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References

  1. 1 2 "Peter Washington". Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Bill Charlap Trio featuring Kenny Washington and Peter Washington" . Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ Chris May (January 6, 2009). "The Blue Note 7: Mosaic: A Celebration of Blue Note Records". All About Jazz . Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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