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  • CATcerto – a cat plays the piano with an orchestra

    This is simply amazing. Lithuanian conductor and composer Mindaugas Piečaitis found videos on Youtube of a very talented, musical cat, Nora the Piano Cat and decided to write a concerto for her. The concerto, called CATcerto (web site) was first performed by Nora and the Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra in Lithuania on June 5th 2009. The…

  • Video: Jamie Cullum performs “Just One of Those Things”

    Here is a video of young British jazz sensation Jamie Cullum performing the Cole Porter tune “Just One of Those Things” on July 7th 2009 at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Watch on Youtube or use the player below. I really like his piano solo!

  • Watch Geoff performing “Tune Up” by Miles Davis

    I made a video of myself performing the song Tune Up by Miles Davis. Feel free to watch on Youtube by clicking here, or use the player below. It was the first take, and I think that some of the ideas I came up with are pretty interesting. Also check out Daniel Muniz (guitar) performing…

  • My Foolish Heart – Gio Escueta and Geoff Peters (and Kurt Elling!)

    Two weeks ago, Gio Escueta and I made a video of us performing the jazz standard My Foolish Heart. Click here to view the video on Youtube, or feel free to use the player below. If you’d like to download the MP3 of the performance, feel free to grab it here. > My Foolish Heart…

  • New Composition: I Spy

    Last weekend I wrote a new song, it’s called I Spy, and it starts off with a “haunting minor” mysterious opening, builds some tension, and then has a cool major-7 bridge section which I really like. I made a recording of it which you can view in the Youtube video player below or view on…

  • Video: Lonely Days (original song by Gio Escueta with Geoff Peters on piano)

    My friend Gio Escueta wrote an emotional pop song called Lonely Days and we recorded a performance of it in a Youtube video last night. (I’m playing piano in the video and Gio is singing). Please click here to view on Youtube or feel free to use the player below.

  • Chick Corea with Bobby Mcferrin – Autumn Leaves

    This is a beautiful duo performance by the master jazz pianist Chick Corea and the incredibly versatile virtuoso vocalist Bobby Mcferrin. It’s one of my favorite jazz Youtube videos at the moment, because it’s an amazing example of rhythmic interplay, varied textures, use of time and space, jazz idioms, and synergy and flow in a…

  • Musical Tidbits on the web

    A bunch of updates relating to music and the web… hope you enjoy! SearchMe.com – legal loophole opens door to amazing music search engine I came across SearchMe, a really neat free/legal music search engine that lets you listen to full versions of the songs. I don’t know how it’s possible for this site to…

  • Flash Animation – John Coltrane’s Giant Steps

    Geof just emailed me a link to an amazing Flash animation that goes along with Coltrane’s famous Giant Steps solo (click here). When I was playing saxophone I attempted to transcribe that entire famous solo and play it note-for-note, but I only managed to transcribe the first 30 seconds of it (that took several weeks)…

  • Creative videos – Douggpound Sports Drinks

    With all the cheap camcorders and video editing software out there, there’s bound to be a few creative people who actually make interesting videos, and put them on the web. It’s easier said than done, but one website I found that has some really funny and original stuff is “Douggpound“. My current favorite is his…