Gary Peacock
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Biography
Jazz double bassist Gary Peacock was born on May 12, 1935 in Burley, Idaho. After completing his military service in Germany in the early 1960s, he returned to the US and began a career as a jobbing bass player on the West Coast playing with artists such as Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Barney Kessel and Paul Bley. Peacock built up a reputation as a solid bass anchorman and when he moved east to New York, he soon fell into the East Coast music scene. He began picking up gigs with Miles Davis and other notable jazz outfits. Peacock abandoned music as a career in the late '60s and spent some time in Japan studying Zen philosophy before returning to the US to study biology. After completing his studies, he went into education and taught music at the Cornish College of Arts in Seattle. Although he had recorded sporadically over the years, he picked up his bass in 1983 and returned to creating and recording music full-time again. Gary Peacock joined Keith Jarrett's renowned Standards Trio along with drummer Jack DeJohnette. The trio had previously played together on Peacock's 1977 album Tales of Another and in this incarnation, the band recorded and performed together for the next 30 years until their break-up in 2014. Peacock continued to have a busy international touring schedule with his own trio featuring Marc Copeland on piano and Joey Baron on drums. He released the album Now This in 2015, followed two years later by Tangents. Gary Peacock died on September 4, 2020.
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- So Tender featuring Jack DeJohnette
- Mr. K.J. featuring Gary Peacock
- When Will The Blues Leave by Gary Peacock
- Meaning Of The Blues featuring Jack DeJohnette
- If I Should Lose You featuring Jack DeJohnette
- Four featuring Jack DeJohnette
- Shaw 'Nuff featuring Jack DeJohnette
- Stella By Starlight featuring Jack DeJohnette
- Strollin' featuring Jack DeJohnette
- Solar by Gary Peacock
- Doxy featuring Jack DeJohnette
- Beppo by Ralph Towner
- Late Lament featuring Jack DeJohnette
- Amber Captive by Ralph Towner
- Mingusiana by Ralph Towner
- Opalesque by Ralph Towner
- Postcard To Salta by Ralph Towner
- Infrared by Ralph Towner
- So Far... featuring Gary Peacock
- ...Forward... featuring Gary Peacock
- ...Late... featuring Gary Peacock
- ...Across Bridges... featuring Gary Peacock
- Deep Space / Solar featuring Jack DeJohnette
- Moor by Gary Peacock
