Unsurprisingly the Grammy awards went to a bunch of well known names. All of the nominees are well deserving of recognition, but sometimes I’d like to see these Arts Industry awards do more to boost relatively new talent. Jazz in the Grammys 2012 Tweet
I was lucky enough to play with Robin a few months back when he came over to play in Copenhagen. After the gig, being the kind and generous person that he is, he came up to me and gave me a copy of “The Gig Book“. This is a great resource for anyone playing or [...]
GDC, formerly Scandinavia’s largest distributor of CDs and other recorded media has gone into receivership. Hundreds of record labels small and large are now furiously rushing about trying to find alternative ways of getting their product to the customer. Unfortunately. I, and many other independent jazz musicians are not in a position of power. As a result I have been [...]
I’m working on a set of new Jazz compositions for my next CD. The focus will be on Jazz Blues, Soul Jazz and Cool Jazz. The fantastic Danish vibes player Jakob Svensson has agreed to work with me on the recording. I’m very excited about it. Sign up to my newsletter for information about new [...]
I am happy to say that midnight in Paris has just been nominated for four Oscars in this years (2012) Oscar Awards. This of course means that my music is in an Oscar nominated film. I didn’t write the music of course, but I recorded, produced and released the CD Swing 41 on which I [...]
Happy New Year! People have been complaining over the passed year that my website has become cluttered and difficult to navigate. I even found out recently that some of the jazz musicians I play with did not know where to find my phone number on my site. Well, 2011 was a very busy year for [...]
You can buy physical copies of my Jazz CD’s – The Gipsy Jazz CD Swing 41, or About Time – a CD of my own jazz compositions – by visiting my Jazz webshop. If digital downloads are your thing you can visit iTunes to download either Swing 41 or About Time by Peter Williams 2econd Nature [...]
It’s been a great year of live jazz for me and this is brilliant way of rounding it off. Two concerts with the Paul Harrison band, one last night in Randers and one in 30 minutes, tonight here in Hobro, both sell outs. Tomorrow night I will be playing gypsy jazz and so much more [...]