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Learning how to sing – first steps
I decided that I want to learn how to sing! I was flipping through my jazz Real Book (which contains lead sheets for many popular jazz standards) and came across the tune “I Got it Bad and That Ain’t Good” by Duke Ellington. I remember that my late grandmother, who I love very much, said…
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New Recording: I Need More by Angela Molineux and Geoff Peters
My friend, vocalist Angela Molineux, dropped by my place in between her trips to New York and London, and we recorded an original song called I Need More. We wrote this song around three years ago, and it has been good to let time pass and see how we grew musically since then. I would…
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My Foolish Heart – Gio Escueta and Geoff Peters (and Kurt Elling!)
Two weeks ago, Gio Escueta and I made a video of us performing the jazz standard My Foolish Heart. Click here to view the video on Youtube, or feel free to use the player below. If you’d like to download the MP3 of the performance, feel free to grab it here. > My Foolish Heart…
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Frank Sinatra – Moonlight in Vermont
In this Youtube video, the late great Frank Sinatra sings the classic song Moonlight in Vermont. Simply beautiful.
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Video: Lonely Days (original song by Gio Escueta with Geoff Peters on piano)
My friend Gio Escueta wrote an emotional pop song called Lonely Days and we recorded a performance of it in a Youtube video last night. (I’m playing piano in the video and Gio is singing). Please click here to view on Youtube or feel free to use the player below.
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Chick Corea with Bobby Mcferrin – Autumn Leaves
This is a beautiful duo performance by the master jazz pianist Chick Corea and the incredibly versatile virtuoso vocalist Bobby Mcferrin. It’s one of my favorite jazz Youtube videos at the moment, because it’s an amazing example of rhythmic interplay, varied textures, use of time and space, jazz idioms, and synergy and flow in a…
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Article on Madeleine Peyroux, jazz vocalist
Oh, the power of nostalgia! Madeleine Peyroux‘s voice has been described as “smoke and whisky”, and is often compared to the late, great Billie Holiday. Says Shelly Woodworth, director at Vilar Center in Colorado, “Peyroux isn’t imitating anybody, she has her own story to tell and is proving herself to be an original interpreter and…
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Sara Gazarek jazz vocalist
There seems to be a growing market for twenty-somethings who sing straight ahead vocal jazz. Sara Gazarek is another of these. According to this Seattle PI article, “she has won numerous honors, including the John Coltrane Memorial Scholarship, the Hilton Head Jazz Society Scholarship and the 2003 Downbeat Student Music Award for Outstanding Collegiate Vocalist,”…
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Vancouver jazz vocalists concert
Yesterday I went to a concert at the Vancouver Public Library as part of the Sweet Basil Jazz Festival – vocalists Kate Hammett-Vaughan, Karin Plato, and Jennifer Scott, singing with the Chris Sigerson trio featuring Rene Worst on bass and Tom Foster on Drums. I especially enjoyed Jennifer Scott’s version of Felicidade by Jobim. Funny,…