Peter Fessler
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Biography
Peter Fessler was born in 1959 in Cologne, Germany, and began playing guitar at twelve under the guidance of Rick Abao. He later studied jazz singing at the Musikhochschule in Cologne and performed in Newâ¯York and Sanâ¯Francisco clubs, where he composed early works. In 1983 he joined the Latin jazz trio Trio Rio, contributing to their 1986 hit "Newâ¯YorkâRioâTokyo". After a period in the United States writing songs, he returned to Germany and released his debut solo album Myâ¯Songs in 1991. Subsequent releases followed chronologically: Donâtâ¯Tellâ¯Me (1993), Footprints (1996), Coloursâ¯ofâ¯Myâ¯Mind (1997), Veryâ¯Close (1998), Signatures (2000), Blueâ¯Summer (2005), Landscapeâ¯Tapestry (2005), Iâ¯Concentrateâ¯onâ¯You (2007, with the NDR Big Band), FLY! (2012), Qualityâ¯Time (2013, with Don Grusin), and Dasâ¯mitâ¯Dir (2010). During this period he collaborated with artists such as Sheilaâ¯E., Chakaâ¯Khan, Alâ¯Jarrare, and Randy Crawford, and performed at festivals including Montreux and in Tokyo. In 2014 he received the ECHO Jazz award for Qualityâ¯Time in the category Best National Singer. His work remains a contribution to contemporary German jazz.
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- Nothing Comes From Fighting This Way
- Agora by Peter Fessler
- Nothing Comes From Fighting This Way by Peter Fessler
- Apelo by Peter Fessler
- My One and Only Love
- You Go to My Head featuring Peter Fessler
- Corcovado by Peter Fessler
- Black Orpheus by Peter Fessler
- Lately by Peter Fessler
- Wohlauf in Gottes Schöne Welt by Peter Fessler
- Somewhere over the Rainbow
- Into the Light of Day
- Black Orfeo
- Now and Then I Dream
- Blue Summer
- The Gentle Rain
- Try to Remember
- Voices On the Stair
- Not Like This
- Gutne Abend, Gut' Nacht by Peter Fessler
- I Am Here
- Triste
- Berimbau by Peter Fessler
- Little Boat
