ArtistInfo

Peter Washington

b, *1964 US, Los Angeles
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Peter Mark Washington

Peter Washington (born in Los Angeles on August 28, 1964) is a jazz double bassist. He initially played classical bass and played with the Westchester Community Symphony at the age of 14. Later he worked with electric bass and in rock bands. He went on to study English at the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley he became interested in jazz and began freelancing in the San Francisco Bay area. In 1986 he joined the Jazz Messengers and moved to New York City. Since then he has worked in the Tommy Flanagan trio and for Bill Charlap, and was a founding member of the collective hard bop sextet One for All. Additionally he can be heard on Eastwood After Hours and on pianist Jon Weber's album Simple Complex.

Instruments

• Bass
• Double bass
• Bass guitar

Genres

• Jazz
• Soundtrack
• Pop

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