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Will St Peter

Will St Peter is an accomplished jazz guitarist, composer, and music educator based in Dallas.

After earning his undergraduate degree in music education, St Peter cut his teeth in the Northeast jazz scene while teaching in Maine’s public schools for three years.

St Peter quickly became a fixture in the Dallas-Forth Worth jazz scene while earning his Master’s of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas, where he studied under Davy Mooney. He is currently a Teaching Fellow at UNT as he pursues his doctoral degree in Jazz Performance.

In 2019, he was recognized as a semifinalist at the Wilson Center Guitar Festival's Jazz Competition.

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Album Review

Will St Peter - Steven Heffner - Steve Barnes: Honestly

Read "Honestly" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Smooth can be charming. Mellow likewise. And the same can be said for easygoing. On Honestly, guitarist Will St Peter's trio presents an hour of smooth, mellow, easygoing jazz that is both charming and tasteful. There are few fireworks here, simply three accomplished musicians calmly yet firmly expressing their collaborative point of view. While St Peter (he uses no punctuation after “St") sets the melodic tone, he leans heavily on bassist Steven Heffner and drummer Steve Barnes ...

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Album Review

Will St Peter: Honestly

Read "Honestly" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Henry Mancini's song “Days Of Wine and Roses" is a classy bit of music. Written for the 1962 movie of the same name, it was much recorded, most successfully by vocalist Andy Williams. And, for jazz aficionados, guitarist Wes Montgomery served up a superb version on his Boss Guitar (Riverside Records, 1963). The album Honestly, by guitarist Will St. Peter, bassist Steven Heffner and drummer Steve Barnes, opens with the Mancini gem, in a fashion more understated than ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Honestly

OA2 Records
2021

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From: Honestly
By Will St Peter

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