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PETER HAND is a critically-acclaimed jazz guitarist, composer and arranger who performs in settings ranging from solo to big band. A New York City native, he took classical piano lessons as a child before switching to guitar in his early teens. Growing up in New York in the mid-1960s, Peter was fortunate to hear many great artists from different musical genres perform in venues from Greenwich Village to Broadway to Carnegie Hall. After first becoming aware of blues artists such as Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and others, he become especially interested in the blues guitar sounds of B.B

ARTICLE: RADIO December 15, 2019

Joshua Redman, Marc Copland and more

By JOE DIMINO

This week we open the show with a very seasoned jazz saxophonist that recently moved to Kansas City, Adam Larson. From there we move to the UK scena and dig into new sounds from the Black Lab Beats and put a focus on great new jazz being released from the likes of Hendrik Meurkens, Peter Hand ...

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Out Of Hand

By PETER HAND

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2014

NEWS: RECORDING August 27, 2014

Peter Hand Big Band New Release, "Out Of Hand" On Savant Records, September 23

Album Features Stellar Jazz Artists Including Don Braden, Ralph Lalama, Valery Ponomarev, Eddie Allen, Vincent Gardner, James Weidman, Harvie S, and Special Guest Houston Person NEW YORK, NY—Out Of Hand, an ambitious new big band recording from guitarist, composer and arranger Peter Hand on Savant Records, his second for the label, will be released on September ...

VIDEO November 9, 2012

Jazz With A French Twist

Featuring the music of Peter Hand
Duration: 8:00

Peter Hand: guitar;Don Braden: tenor & soprano saxophone, alto flute; Harvie S: bass;Chip White: drums. Video by Nick Carter Recorded Live in concert at Byram Shubert Library, Greenwich, CT, September, 2012

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The Wizard Of Jazz

By PETER HAND

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2009

ARTICLE: MULTIPLE REVIEWS July 4, 2009

Houston Person: The Wizard of Jazz A Tribute to Harold Arlen, Well,Alright! Nancy Kelly Live, A Song For You

By ANDREW VELEZ

Peter Hand Big BandThe Wizard of Jazz: A Tribute to Harold Arlen (feat. Houston Person)Savant2009 Nancy KellyWell, Alright!: Live! with Houston PersonSaying It With Jazz2009 Ernestine AndersonA Song For You

NEWS: RECORDING May 5, 2009

Peter Hand Big Band Debuts on Savant Records with Tribute to Harold Arlen

Composer, arranger and guitarist Peter Hand leads the Peter Hand Big Band featuring saxophonist Houston Person on the new release The Wizard of Jazz-A Tribute to Harold Arlen on Savant/HighNote Records. Recorded live in 2005 during Arlen's centenary celebration, this special concert has been newly remixed and mastered to capture all the swinging sounds from a ...

NEWS: RECORDING March 11, 2009

Peter Hand Signed to Savant Records for Big Band Album with Houston Person

New York, NY - Composer, arranger and guitarist Peter Hand has been signed to Savant (HighNote) Records. A live concert recording entitled The Wizard of Jazz - A Tribute to Harold Arlen featuring tenor saxophone giant Houston Person will be released on June 16. Peter Hand has been a prolific and active presence on the New ...