Jazzy Shorts 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 [...]
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 [...]
For a short time, while I was modulating from a rock bass guitarist into a jazz double bassist, I shared a flat with Andy Henderson (Echobelly’s drummer). I remember clearly one en-drunkened evening he was trying to tell me not to practice so much. I suspect now that he just wanted some peace and quiet [...]
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 [...]
As I sit here listening to Reflections by Thelonious Monk and gazing at my one week old baby daughter, my first child, and my last, my girlfriend informs me , I find my thoughts drifting back across time to my own childhood. More than that, I reflect over the paths that I have chosen and how [...]
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 [...]
Peter Williams is a jazz bassist and composer based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and willing to travel world wide. If you wish to book live jazz for any occasion you can mail or phone me using the details below. If you want to sign up for one of my jazz newsletters you can do so by [...]
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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 [...]
