4+5=9.5- Nathan Peck-electric bass, lead bass, programming/ Adam Niewood-EWIaphone
Do As In Rome-Nathan Peck-electric bass/all instruments and programming
Snow Vamps- Adam Niewood-tenor saxophone/ David Budway-piano/ Peter Retzlaff-drums/Nathan Peck-acoustic bass
Tight Rope Act- Sean Nowell-tenor saxophone/ Travis Sullivan-alto saxophone/ David Cook-piano/Aleksander Mashin-drums/ Nathan Peck-acoustic bass
One For D.H -Adam Niewood-tenor saxophone/ David Budway-piano/ Peter Retzlaff-drums/ Nathan Peck-acoustic bass
Drop Zone-Nathan Peck-all instruments and programming
Out There Somewhere-Alex Skolnick-guitar/ Matt Zebroski-drums/ Nathan Peck-acoustic bass
Influences
Personal musical influences and inspirations: My family consisting of my father Skip, mother Donna, brother Alex, uncles Jamie and John, who are all professional musicians. >>Stevie Wonder<< Trane, Miles, Monk, Bird, Sonny Rollins, James Brown, Stitt, Dexter, Tony Williams, Ornette, Chet Baker, Stephan Grappelli, Cal Tjader, Betty Carter, Joe Henderson, Charles Lloyd, Andrew Hill, Stanly Turrentine, Tony Bennett, Carmen McCrae, Wayne Shorter, Stan Getz, Mingus, Zoot Sims, Dave Holland, Ron Carter, CTI records, Ray Charles, Ed Bickert, Chick, Herbie, Elvin, McCoy, Dino Saluzzi, Stanly Clarke, Jaco, Sun Ra, Roger Humphries, Leeland Sklar, Larry Grenadier, Jorge Rossi, Joe Lovano, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jeff Ballard, Kurt Rosenwinkle, Brad Mehldau, John Pattitucci, Avishai Cohen, Seamus Blake, Tain, Branford, Kenny Kirkland, Bob Hurst, Blood Sweat and Tears, Zappa, Tower of Power, Little River Band, Stevie Wonder, Zeppelin, Hendrix, Living Colour, James Taylor, Kenney Rankin, Beatles, Guns n Roses, Van Halen, Alice in Chains, Beck, Groove Collective, Weird Al Yankovic, Huey Lewis and the News, Foo Fighters, Flea, Nirvana, The Police, Rush, Scorpians, Toto, Radiohead, Basia, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Screaming Headless Torsos, Beastie Boys, Busta Rhymes, L.L. Cool J., Digable Planets, Dilated Peoples, MC Hammer(just kidding!) Fugees, Wutang, Roots, US3, Rodney Dangerfied, Richard Pryor, Sam Kinnison, Louie Anderson, The Jerky Boys, Weird Al Yankovic, Alex Peck, Eli Musser, Knight Rider, Dukes, Taxi, The Groove Tube, Gumby, Space Ghost C2C, MTV's The State, Tenacious D, Romance With A Double Bass starring John Cleese, Penthouse, Apple Computers, American Muscle Cars, Italian Sports Cars, Bigfoot, Big Wheels, 5-speeds, Electro Harmonix, Fender, Acoustic Image, Bosphorus Cymbals, the color Green. Also, I endorse these products_
Sounds Like
JUST RELEASED!! Phishbacher New York Electric Trio, live at Jazzclub Erfurt, Germany, June 5th 2009; Walter Fischbacher, keys , composition, Bernhard Ullrich tenor sax, Nathan Peck, bass, Yutaka Uchida, drums.
Check out this awesome video of Hiram Bullock rocking out at the Baku International Jazz Festival in June 2007. If you look closely you can see me sitting right behind him (at about 40 seconds into it) as he rocks out in the crowd! I totally remember this moment and I'm so my friend Elnur Baba from Azerbaijan caught it on film!
NATHAN PECK, BASSIST, was born in Ohio, 1977 and came from a family of musicians. He began playing professionally with them at age 15. Originally starting on piano at age 9, he also played clarinet, baritone saxophone, and drums before becoming a bassist in 1991. At age 16 he won the Milt Hinton Award, a Scholarship for Students of the Double Bass and also won an honorable mention from the National Endowment for the Arts. Mr. Peck was honored to perform at the International Duke Ellington Conference which was held in Pittburgh, Pennsylvania, in May 1995.
From 1995-2002 he was based in Pittsburgh, PA where he performed regularly with his family featuring his mother, Donna, a vocalist/drummer, father, Skip, a pianist and composer, as well as his brother Alex, a talented drummer and singer. He also played with Pittsburgh greats such as Joe Harris, Roger Humphries, Jimmy Ponder, Jay Ashby, Marty Ashby, David Budway, and Joe Negri.
In 1999 Mr. Peck toured the US and Asia with the great Maynard Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau Band which included a command performance in Bankok for the king of Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Since moving to New York City in 2002, he has also had the privilege to perform with artists such as Mark Murphy, Maria Muldaur, Bonnie Tyler, Vernon Reed, Howard Fishman, James Wlliams, Ralf Lalama, Donny McCaslin, Gino Sitson, Lafayette Harris, Joel Frahm, Eteinne Charles, Roy Campbell, Jonathan Kreisberg, Bruce Cox, Allison Miller, Ari Hoenig, and is currently touring/recording with guitarist Alex Skolnick. He has been a part of Skolnick's trio since 2003 and is on Skolnick's current release, Last Day In Paradise (Magna-Carta records).
In summer 2004, he participated in the Kennedy Center's Jazz Ambassador Program along with the Kelley Johnson Quartet which included performances in Russia, Croatia, Slovenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan In 2005 Peck performed in Moscow, Istanbul, and Baku, with Shahin Novrasli, a virtuoso pianist from Azerbaijan and is on his current release Live in Moscow. He was also accepted to the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program in 2006. In winter 2008 Nathan toured Central America and the Caribbean with the Kelley Johnson Quartet as part of Lincoln Center's American Music Abroad Program. In the spring of 2009 he toured Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic with the fusion trio, Phishbacher led by pianist and composer Walter Fischbacher.
Currently based in Queens, New York, he is a fulltime musician and leads his own band, The Spankray Funk Band. He has performed in NYC at the Blue Note, Knitting Factory, Smoke, Iridium, The Zinc Bar, Cleopatra's Needle, 55 Bar, Lenox Lounge, Deer Head Inn, Joes Pub, Barbes, Kenny's Castaways, Arthurs Tavern, Village Underground and others.
Hi Nathan, thanks for your friendship. It was a great gig with Walter F. in Nuremberg. I hope you like this picture.... Best regards and all the best! Mark e.
