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Peter Martin is an acclaimed jazz pianist, composer, arranger, educator and entrepreneur.
His touring career has taken him to six continents numerous times and has played in the White House by invitation from The President several times.
Peter Martin performed on and arranged Dianne Reeves’ Grammy®-winning release A Little Moonlight and appeared in George Clooney’s 2005 film Good Night, and Good Luck, as well as being the featured pianist and an arranger on the Grammy®-winning soundtrack. Peter has also performed, toured, and recorded with Wynton Marsalis, Chris Botti, Betty Carter, Christian McBride, and Joshua Redman, as well as the Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.
Peter attended the Juilliard School of Music and has been on the faculties of Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Northwestern University, Tulane University, the University of New Orleans and New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. He has performed workshops and master classes at institutions worldwide, including Oberlin College, Duke University, the Carnegie Hall Professional Training Workshops, Steinway Piano Gallery, the Rotterdam Conservatory, and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow.
In 2015, after launching an successful educational video podcast, 2-Minute Jazz, Martin founded a revolutionary jazz educational web platform, Open Studio, where students from over 120 countries are part of an active community and are continuing to learn from Martin, Dianne Reeves, Fred Hersch, Christian McBride, Greg Hutchinson, Romero Lubambo and other artists.Peter Martin is an acclaimed jazz pianist, composer, arranger, educator and entrepreneur.
His touring career has taken him to six continents numerous times and has played in the White House by invitation from The President several times.
Peter Martin performed on and arranged Dianne Reeves’ Grammy®-winning release A Little Moonlight and appeared in George Clooney’s 2005 film Good Night, and Good Luck, as well as being the featured pianist and an arranger on the Grammy®-winning soundtrack. Peter has also performed, toured, and recorded with Wynton Marsalis, Chris Botti, Betty Carter, Christian McBride, and Joshua Redman, as well as the Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.
Peter attended the Juilliard School of Music and has been on the faculties of Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Northwestern University, Tulane University, the University of New Orleans and New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. He has performed workshops and master classes at institutions worldwide, including Oberlin College, Duke University, the Carnegie Hall Professional Training Workshops, Steinway Piano Gallery, the Rotterdam Conservatory, and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow.
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by Edward Blanco
Bassist Christian McBride records his first live album with his highly-acclaimed quintet known as the Inside Straight, documenting an incredible evening of music on Live At The Village Vanguard. The album showcases outstanding performances from every member of the band. It is McBride's twelfth release on Mack Avenue and it was the Inside Straight quintet that began the bassist's collaboration with Mack Avenue in 2009. After a week-long sold-out debut appearance by the group at New York's jazz club in ...
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Continue ReadingPeter Martin: In the P.M.
by C. Michael Bailey
Peter Martin is an intelligent, erudite pianist with a careful and acute ear for composing and arranging. He decided to demonstrate both talents by sneaking into studio with his long time trio mates, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Greg Hutchinson. These three players are hot off a supporting gig with vocalist Dianne Reeves. While primarily a piano trio instrumental recording, In The P.M. does feature up and coming vocalist Erin Bode on three of eleven selections.
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Known to most as Dianne Reeves' musical director, pianist Peter Martin takes her stellar touring trio on a musical journey through jazz's heartland on In the P.M.; guest vocalist Erin Bode adds a warm and welcome lyricism to the session. Familiar standards and fresh originals turn the trio loose with unbridled energy.
As Martin interprets “Come Rain or Come Shine" a cappella, he turns it up a notch. His keyboard technique takes him all over the place. Elsewhere, ...
Continue ReadingPeter Martin: Something Unexpected
by C. Michael Bailey
Piano and ...more Piano...
Thirty-year-old New Orleans native Peter Martin is showcased on Something Unexpected, the second release in Max Jazz's Piano Series. To date, there have been three releases in this series. The first was Bruce Barth's superb East and West (Max Jazz 201) and following Peter Martin's contribution was Jessica Williams' outstanding This Side Up (Max Jazz 203). Like the label's vocal series, the piano series highlights a wide range of jazz styles with an emphasis on innovation ...
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by David Adler
Peter Martin, the 30-year-old from New Orleans, is the second pianist (after Bruce Barth) to be showcased on the MaxJazz label’s new piano series. (Interestingly, Bruce Barth is listed along with Martin as a co-producer.) The exciting date was recorded live in St. Louis, and it features a happening quintet in top form. Trumpeter Nicholas Payton shares the frontline with one of jazz’s best-kept secrets, tenor saxophonist Brice Winston; bassist Reginald Veal and drummer Adonis Rose anchor the rhythm section ...
Continue ReadingJazz this week: Erin Bode, Joe Policastro Trio, "Swing Symphony," Peter Martin, Jeremy Davenport, Dweezil Zappa, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's calendar of live jazz and creative music features jazz played by a variety of ensembles, from intimate duos and trios to a full symphony orchestra and big band teaming up to present the St. Louis premiere of a large-scale work from trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, May 2 Singer Erin Bode returns to Jazz at the Bistro for the first of two nights of performances, and the weekly “Grand Center Jazz Crawl" will feature ...
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Jazz this week: Cyrus Chestnut; Peter Martin, Brian Owens & Terence Blanchard; and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis features a couple of first-call piano players- one visiting, one home-grown- plus the usual assortment of performances in a variety of musical styles from the city's talented contingent of local players. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, January 31 Pianist Cyrus Chestnut returns with his trio for the first of four nights at Jazz at the Bistro. Chestnut has applied his virtuoso technique to all sorts of material ...
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Jazz this week: Peter Martin & Federico González Peña, Byron Stripling, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's calendar of jazz and creative music in St. Louis includes a duo concert pairing two prolific pianists, a return visit from a top trumpeter, three different big band performances, and more. Let's go to the highlights... Thursday, February 26 Pianist Kara Baldus, guitarist William Lenihan, and drummer Steve Davis will play a free concert for the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University, with Wash U provost Holden Thorpe also sitting in on piano. In keeping with the ...
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RFT's 2012 "Best of St. Louis" Winners Include Peter Martin, Jazz at the Bistro, Wsie
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The Riverfront Times' annual “Best of St. Louis" issue is out, and the winners for 2012 include pianist Peter Martin for “Best Jazz Artist" and Jazz at the Bistro (pictured) for “Best Jazz Club." Among the other winners of interest to fans of jazz and creative music: WSIE for “Best Radio Station"; swing band The Sidemen for “Best Side Project"; and improvising bassist Darin Gray for “Best Homecoming." (As fate would have it, earlier this year yr. humble StLJN editor ...
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Acclaimed Jazz Pianist Peter Martin Launches Unique Approach To Music Lessons
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Sarah Daly
SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI—Renowned jazz pianist, composer, educator and arranger Peter Martin has announced his new online approach to music education at petermartinmusic.com/lessons. Through his innovative method of musical education, Mr. Martin provides eager jazz students the opportunity to fine-tune their musical mastery, offering full-length video lessons online in addition to one-on-one Skype lessons, a monthly Online Master Class and 2-Minute Jazz Piano Lessons. This complete online instructional program features exclusive members-only sessions that offer weekly instruction by Mr. Martin, along ...
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Peter Martin to Play Benefit for Kids' Place on Saturday, March 12 at 560 Music Center
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
On the heels of a solo concert at the Sheldon and a peripatetic series of gigs with singer Dianne Reeves that included an all-star performance at the White House, pianist Peter Martin (pictured) will play a benefit event for Kids Place, Inc at 8:00 p.m., Saturday, March 12 at the 560 Music Center, 560 Trinity Ave. Kids' Place, Inc operates a free after-school education and enrichment program for at-risk elementary school students in Martin's hometown of University City. A $50 ...
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Peter Martin on KWMU's "Cityscape" This Friday, February 5
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Pianist Peter Martin will be a guest on KWMU's “Cityscape" program tomorrow, talking with host Steve Potter about his new jazz concert series; the first performance in the series this Friday evening at the Sheldon Concert Hall with singer Dianne Reeves; and next Tuesday's benefit at the Sheldon for earthquake victims in Haiti.“Cityscape" airs on KWMU (90.7 FM) Fridays from 11:00 a.m. to noon Central time; you can access the station's online stream here.UPDATE - 3;45p.m., ...
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More on the New Peter Martin Music Series
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The new concert series announced on Friday by jazz pianist and St. Louis native Peter Martin looks to be an interesting and welcome addition to the local jazz scene. Yesterday, I talked with Martin by phone and got a few more details:* Martin will be directly involved with all the productions, selecting the artists and, at least initially, performing in all the concerts. “It's going to be all stuff that I dig, and people I like to play ...
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Peter Martin to Present New Jazz Concert Series
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Pianist and St. Louis native Peter Martin (pictured) has announced the first in a proposed series of jazz concerts he plans to present here in his hometown. From Martin's Web site:“I'm excited to announce my new series: Peter Martin Music. I've been looking forward to bringing home to St. Louis some of my musical friends and experiences in an intimate, casual, and interactive experience.I'm pleased to partner with one of my favorite venues, the Dianne Reeves on ...
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