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UPCOMING EVENTS: Linda Lee Michelet April 23 at Wilf's •
April 29 Coyote's in Hillsboro • May 9 Chris Baum Project at Vie
de Boheme • May 16 Chris Baum Project at Red Lion Jantzen
Beach • May 22 John Dover Big Band at Duff's Garage
"Petersen's an accomplished
player. He has a big, throaty tone and a blowzy, swashbuckling
style with the conversational touch of old-time sax players."
--- Paul de Barros, Seattle Times
Pete
Petersen is a saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist
from the Pacific Northwest. His exciting musical fluency and his
ability to seem completely at home in a variety of different
musical styles have made him one of the area's most in-demand
players.
In addition to his strength as a
performer, Pete Petersen also is a very gifted and diligent
orchestrator. His work has been featured on film soundtracks,
national touring bands, and recordings. He has arranged and
orchestrated horn sections for several working musical artists
around the area including Patrick Lamb, Ellen Whyte, Solomon
Douglas, and Chris Baum.
Pete
Petersen is available for local engagements as well as national
tours. Call or email now to book/check availability!
Full Bio:
Pete Petersen first became hooked on jazz
& blues music as a teenager in Boise, Idaho, when he heard
pianist Gene Harris playing in a local club. Gene was playing in a
bar that Pete was much too young to get in to legally at the time,
so he would sit in the restaurant section and listen from behind
the partition.
Later in life, he cut his musical teeth in Denver, Colorado,
earning a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Denver’s
Lamont School of Music, while going out at night to sit in with
local jazz heavyweights like Keith Oxman, Bruno Carr, Ron Miles,
and Stefan Karlsson. While in Colorado he was a member of groups
that were selected to be finalists in the prestigious Hennessey™
Jazz Search competitions 2 years in a row. He was featured
with the band Page IV backing up vocalist Kevin Mahogany
on NPR's nationally syndicated JazzSet program. Since relocating
to Portland, Oregon, in 1994, he has worked his way to the top of
the city's renowned music scene. As a sideman, he has performed
with a virtual “who's who” of jazz and swing notables from up and
down the west coast, including the Harry James Orchestra,
Bay Area boogie-woogie legend Mitch Woods, swing diva Lily
Wilde, the Portland Jazz Orchestra, Grammy-nominated
saxophone sensation Patrick Lamb, and Seattle
pianist/bandleader Solomon Douglas. He is currently a
full-time member of the horn section for award-winning blues
songstress Ellen Whyte. He is regularly called to play in
horn sections for nationally touring groups that run the length
and breadth of the stylistic spectrum, from Lynyrd Skynyrd
to the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. He arranged and performed
on a recording co-produced by Howard Crosby, the nephew of
legendary crooner Bing Crosby. As a leader, his band "Porkpie" has
hit the national stage, playing jazz and swing festivals in
Chicago, Denver, Seattle, and beyond. He has also been featured as
a solo performer at jazz festivals throughout the region. His
critically-acclaimed CD release, entitled “Keep Your Hat On”, was
released internationally on Pony
Boy Records. Pete Petersen is a proud endorser of Audix™
Microphones and sound equipment. Pete plays
RPC
Mouthpieces.
Reviews:
"Petersen's an accomplished player. He has a big, throaty tone and
a blowzy, swashbuckling style with the conversational touch of
old-time sax players." --- Paul de Barros, Seattle Times
"Get ready for some
swinging, down the center of the groove, well-paced, scintillating
straight ahead jazz and bop from a Portland cat who writes and
plays in the best of the tradition. ...Every [tune] rings out with
the joy of playing the real deal." -- George Fendel, Jazz Society
of Oregon writer/critic at large
"This group, their
arrangements, and musical choices are a big band at its best." ---
Mary Burlingame-producer/host, HomeGrown Live KMHD 89.1 The Jazz
Station www.kmhd.fm
Porkpie plays spirited,
with enthusiasm and like they're having fun with it. Their album
is a must have in my collection. - Tim "Java Man" Taylor KMHD 89.1
FM the Jazz Station
Selected
Discography:
The
Pete Petersen Quartet: Silver Lining (1998, Four Flavors
Music)
Stan Bock: Of Fathers And Sons (1998, Stan Bock)
Lily
Wilde and her Jumpin' Jubilee Orchestra: Insect Ball (2000, Lil
Tom Tom Inc)
Howard
Crosby: Pennies From Heaven - A Special Tribute (2003,
Panjandrum)
Klezmocracy
(writing credit only) (2003, entrance records)
Porkpie:
Hats Off (2004, Four Flavors Music)
Donny Osborne: Live at Tony Starlight's (2007, Poltun
Entertainment)
Pete
Petersen and the Porkpie Septet: Keep Your Hat On (2008, Pony
Boy Records)
Ellen
Whyte: Four Way Stop (2009, Amallegory productions)*
Solomon
Douglas: Live at the Legion (2009, Caffeine Spider Records)
Linda Lee Michelet: One Kiss (2010 Eader's Bakery)
Kim Massie w/the Solomon Douglas Swingtet: Soul Serenade (2012
Caffeine Spider Records)
*nominated for 2009 Grammy award for "Best
Contemporary Blues Album"
Film Scores:
The
Adventures of Dex Dixon (dir. Steve Coker) (comp.
fight sequence music, contracted & performed with studio
orchestra)
Notable Past
Performances:
As
Headliner/Bandleader
Winter Park Jazz Festival Winter
Park, CO (1993, the Petersen/Barela Five)
Cathedral Park Jazz Festival Portland,
OR (1997, the Pete Petersen Septet)
Gene Harris Jazz Festival Boise,
ID (2007, Pete Petersen with the Frim Fram Four)
Chicago Swing Music Festival Chicago,
IL (2006, Porkpie Septet with Karen Maria Capo)
Denver Lindy Exchange
Denver, CO (2006, Porkpie Septet with Karen Maria Capo)
Seattle Lindy Exchange Seattle,
WA (2004 with Porkpie, 1999 & 2000 with Lily Wilde)
Concerts at Carnegie series Oregon
City, OR (2006, Porkpie)
Portland Lindy Exchange Portland,
OR (2002 w/ Lily Wilde, 2004, 2006, 2009 w/ Porkpie)
Jazz at The Bistro Boise
ID (2007 the Pete Petersen Quartet)
Swing Camp 5280 Denver
CO (2007 the Porkpie Septet)
Krugers Farm Summer Concert Series Sauvie
Island, OR (2007 the Porkpie Septet feat. Ellen Whyte)
Portland Winter Gala / Mayor's Ball Portland
OR (2009 the Porkpie Septet w/Storm Large)
2009 Gene Harris Jazz Festival Boise
ID (Pete Petersen & the Porkpie Septet)
2009 Waterfront Blues Festival Portland
OR (Pete Petersen & the Porkpie Septet feat. Ellen
Whyte)
2012 Cathedral Park
Jazz Fest Portland OR (Pete Petersen Seven feat
Alyssa Schwary)
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As Sidemusician
Telluride Jazz Celebration
Telluride CO (1994, w/
Kevin Mahogany & Jack Walrath)
The Bite of Portland Portland
OR (1997 w/Soul Vaccination; 1999, 2000 &2001 w/Lily
Wilde; 2003 w/Johnny Martin; 2006 &2007 w/Patrick
Lamb
Waterfront Blues Festival Portland,
OR (1999 & 2000 with Lily Wilde, 2008 with Ellen
Whyte, 2010 & 2011 with Patrick Lamb, 2012 with
Ellen Whyte)
Swingout Northwest Port
Townsend, WA (2000 w/ Lily Wilde; 2006 w/ Solomon
Douglas)
Bumbershoot
Seattle WA (2001, with Lily Wilde)
NW Festival of Wine and Jazz Walla
Walla, WA (2003, with Howard Crosby)
Big Bamboo Ball Seattle
WA (2004, with Lily Wilde)
The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
(2005, various dates & locations)
Lynyrd Skynyrd 2005 Tour Horn
Section, Portland, OR (2005, Memorial Coliseum)
Mt Shasta Blues Festival
Redding, CA (2007, with Ellen Whyte)
Portland Erotic Ball Portland,
OR (2007 with The Big Package)
Mount Hood Jazz Festival
Portland, OR (2007, with Patrick Lamb)
The Harry James Orchestra (2010
- 2012 various dates and locations)
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