Peter Washington

Peter Washington
Background information
Born	(1964-08-28) August 28, 1964 Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Bassist
Years active	1978-present
Associated acts	Jazz Messengers, Tommy Flanagan, Bill Charlap, One for All

Peter Washington (born in Los Angeles on August 28, 1964) is a jazz double bassist. He initially played classical bass and played with the Westchester Community Symphony at the age of 14. Later he worked with electric bass and in rock bands. He went on to study English at the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley he became interested in jazz and began freelancing in the San Francisco Bay area. In 1986 he joined the Jazz Messengers and moved to New York City. Since then he has worked in the Tommy Flanagan trio and for Bill Charlap, and was a founding member of the collective hard bop sextet One for All. Additionally he can be heard on Eastwood After Hours and on pianist Jon Weber's album Simple Complex.

In 2008, Washington became part of The Blue Note 7, a septet formed that year in honor of the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records. The group recorded an album in 2008, entitled Mosaic, which was released in 2009 on Blue Note Records/EMI, and toured the United States in promotion of the album from January until April 2009.[1] The group plays the music of Blue Note Records from various artists, with arrangements by members of the band and Renee Rosnes. He is currently performing with Benny Green (pianist) and drummer Kenny Washington (no relation).

Discography

As sideman

With Art Blakey

• Feeling Good (Delos, 1986)
• Not Yet (Soul Note, 1988)
• I Get a Kick Out of Bu (Soul Note)

With Kenny Burrell

• Midnight at the Village Vanguard (Paddle Records, 1994)

With Stanley Cowell

• Setup (SteepleChase, 1994)

With Dizzy Gillespie

• To Diz with Love (Telarc, 1996)

With Jonny King

• Notes from the Underground (Enja, 1996)

With Bennie Wallace

• Someone to Watch over Me (Enja, 1998)

With Cedar Walton

• Seasoned Wood (HighNote, 2008)

With Ferit Odman

• Nommo (Equinox Music & Entertainment, 2010)
• Autumn in New York (Equinox Music & Entertainment, 2011)
• Dameronia With Strings (Equinox Music & Entertainment, 2015)

With Terrell Stafford

• This Side of Strayhorn (MAXJAZZ, 2011)

With Peter Zak

• Down East (SteepleChase, 2010)
• Nordic Noon (SteepleChase, 2011)
• The Eternal Triangle (SteepleChase, 2012)
• The Disciple (SteepleChase, 2013)

With Burak Bedikyan

• Circle of Life (SteepleChase/Lookout 2013)

Has been playing with pianist Dado Moroni on European dates