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Dave Peck

A native of the Pacific Northwest, Dave Peck is recognized as an outstanding composer, arranger and pianist. He is known for his introspective style and rich harmonic coloring and has been described as “…a formidable musical voice, lyrical and insightful” and “…an absolute artist with a unique command of his instrument and the language of music”. Downbeat magazine says Peck’s playing is “lyrical and pastel, swinging and bluesy, with a ringing crystalline touch.” and Cadence Magazine says he “…can hang with the currently feted crop of young lions”.

Dave has appeared on Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland

Duende Libre: The Dance She Spoke

by Paul Rauch
August 9, 2020

It has often been said that art is all about risk, and there certainly is a lot of truth to that statement. There is no greater forum in modern art for risk than jazz music, the degree of that factor being multiplied exponentially when linking or fusing it with other musical styles. In the case of ...

Chuck Deardorf: Hanging On To The Groove

by Paul Rauch
January 19, 2019

Bassist Chuck Deardorf has gained a reputation for virtuosity and professionalism over a career that has thus far spanned 40 years. He has been the first call bassist in Seattle for most of his career, playing with some of the most renowned musicians in the history of jazz. For many years, despite having a prolific local ...

Rick Mandyck: The Return From Now

by Paul Rauch
February 3, 2017

It was a cold Tuesday evening the last week of December. 2016 was mercifully coming to a close, this evening, a final chorus of a long blues blown soulfully, and mournfully into the night. I sat at the bar at Seattle's storied jazz spot, Tula's, in eager anticipation of the evening's performance of a quartet led ...

Modern Romance

By Dave Peck

Label: Let's Play Stella Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Bye Bye Blackbird; East Of The Sun; Lover Man; They Say It's Wonderful; If I Should Lose You; I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good.

Huge CD Giveaway from Jazz Now! Seattle in Celebration of Reaching 1000 Downloads

November 16, 2010

Jazz Now! Seattle, a new podcast spotlighting all the incredible jazz music coming out of Seattle, WA, has passed the 1000 download mark less than two weeks after their debut. To celebrate, they are giving away tons of CD's from Seattle jazz bands. There are four packages:Origin Records Package: Featuring new CD's from Thomas Marriott, Chad ...

Earshot Jazz Festival 2010, Part 1

by Nathan Bluford
November 6, 2010

Earshot Jazz FestivalSeattle, WAOctober 15-November 7, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 Now in its 22nd year, the 2010 edition of Seattle's Earshot Jazz Festival presented audiences with a healthy mix of local musicians from Seattle and the greater Pacific Northwest in addition to the performers that made the ...

Dave Peck Improv Clinic This Wednesday - Free!

October 26, 2010

Pianist Dave Peck will be presenting a free improvisation clinic at The Seattle Drum School this Wednesday, October 27 at 7:30pm. The clinic will include discussions of the use of musical vocabulary in jazz improvisation, visualization as a learning technique for acquiring vocabulary and muscle memory, and theme and development in improvisation. Players of all melodic ...

Dave Peck Birthday Bash at Tula's This Weekend

August 25, 2010

August 27th and 28th DAVE PECK'S 2ND ANNUAL BIRTHDAY BASH AT TULA'S Join Dave with Jeff Johnson (bass) and Eric Eagle (drums) For his 2nd annual birthday bash... there will be cake! Tula's Jazz Club 2214 Second Avenue in Seattle Shows begin at 7:30 ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 21, 2010

June 29, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 2 Dr. Lonnie Smith Spiral (Palmetto) 229 199 +30 3 62 1 5 2 7 3 Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden Jasmine (ECM) 186 160 +26 2 59 2 5 3 6 5 Brad Mehldau Highway Rider (Nonesuch) 169 161 +8 1 54 ...