Peter Jones is a well-established jazz singer based in London. He gigs regularly at jazz clubs there and throughout the south-east. His three albums to date have received excellent reviews, with tracks played on Jazz London Radio, Jazz FM, Worldwide FM and several other stations in the UK and overseas.
London Jazz News said of his 2017 album Under the Setting Sun: ‘The level of creativity and skill on offer makes this a valuable and important collection for anyone remotely interested in contemporary jazz singing and songwriting.’
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Peter has recorded and performed with some of the top names in British jazz, including Roger Beaujolais, Andrew Cleyndert, Duncan Eagles, Leon Greening, Andy Hamill, Alex Hutton, Anthony Kerr, Mornington Lockett, Henry Lowther, Misha Mullov-Abbado, Nigel Price and Vasilis Xenopoulos, and he recently performed with both the Remix Jazz Orchestra and the Somethin’ Else Big Band.
His book This is Hip, a biography of the American jazz singer Mark Murphy, was published by Equinox in March 2018 (see reviews). He has recently started work on a new jazz-oriented book.
Order your copy of This is Hip using the promo code HIP for a 25% discount.
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Sunday 17 June
The Boaters, Kingston
with Leon Greening (piano), Andrew Cleyndert (double bass), Adam Osmianski (drums)
Friday 29 June
The Memorial Hall, Finchampstead, Berks
with the Remix Jazz Orchestra
Wednesday 4 July
‘An Evening with Nat King Cole’
The Clockhouse, Teddington
with Mark Aston and his quartet
Sunday 22 July
Wood Street Jazz Festival, Guildford
with Somethin’ Else Big Band feat. Nigel Price
Sunday 19 August
Toulouse Lautrec, Kennington
with J.P. Muir (piano)
Wednesday 10 October
The Barley Mow, Shepperton
with Nick Cooper (piano), Martin Young (bass), Tamas Teszary (drums)
Sunday 21 October
Frome Jazz Club
with the Graham Dent Trio
Friday 26-Sunday 28 October
Cork Jazz Festival, Ireland (3 shows – details tbc)
Wednesday 21 November
Mill Hill Jazz Club
with J.P. Muir (piano), Tom Bartlett (bass), Matt Skeaping (drums)
2019
Tuesday 15 January
Twickenham Jazz Club
band tbc
Thursday 28 February
Arundel Jazz Club
band tbc