Gary Peacock

Gary Peacock
Peacock performing live in July 2003
Background information
Birth name	Gary Peacock
Born	(1935-05-12) 12 May 1935 Burley, Idaho, United States
Genres	Jazz, bebop, avant-garde jazz, free Jazz, post-bop, hard bop
Occupations	Double bassist, composer, educator
Instruments	Double bass
Associated acts	Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Paul Bley, Albert Ayler, Don Pullen, Ralph Towner, Tony Williams, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Bill Connors, Marilyn Crispell, Peter Erskine, Bill Frisell, Mal Waldron, John Surman, Jan Garbarek, Barney Kessel, Bud Shank, Art Pepper, Sunny Murray, Paul Motian, Art Lande, Eliot Zigmund, Tomasz Stanko, Palle Mikkelborg
Website	http://www.trovar.com/ECM/ECM.php?artist=Peacock

Gary Peacock (born May 12, 1935, in Burley, Idaho) is an American jazz double-bassist.

Biography

After military service in Germany, in the early sixties he worked on the west coast with Barney Kessel, Bud Shank, Paul Bley and Art Pepper, then moved to New York. He worked there with Bley, the Bill Evans Trio (with Paul Motian), and Albert Ayler's trio with Sunny Murray. There were also some live dates with Miles Davis, as a temporary substitute for Ron Carter.

Peacock spent time in Japan in the late 1960s, abandoning music temporarily and studying Zen philosophy. After returning to the United States in 1972, he studied Biology at the University of Washington in Seattle, and taught music theory at Cornish College of the Arts from 1976 to 1983.

In 1983 he joined Keith Jarrett's "Standards Trio" with Jack DeJohnette (the three musicians had previously recorded Tales of Another in 1977 for ECM Records, under Peacock's leadership). Among the trios albums are Standards, Vol. 1 and Standards, Vol. 2 and Standards Live.

He was previously married to fellow musician Annette Peacock.

Discography

As leader

• Tales of Another (ECM, 1977)
• December Poems (ECM; 1978) with Jan Garbarek
• Shift in the Wind (ECM; 1980) with Art Lande, Eliot Zigmund
• Voice from the Past - Paradigm (ECM, 1981) with Tomasz Stanko, Jan Garbarek, Jack DeJohnette
• Guamba (ECM, 1987) with Palle Mikkelborg, Jan Garbarek, Peter Erskine
• Oracle (ECM, 1993) with Ralph Towner
• Just So Happen (Postcards Records, 1994) with Bill Frisell
• A Closer View (ECM, 1995 [1998]) with Ralph Towner

As sideman

With Albert Ayler

• Spiritual Unity (ESP-Disk, 1964)

With Paul Bley

• Paul Bley with Gary Peacock (ECM, 1970)
• In the Evenings Out There (ECM, 1991)
• Not Two, Not One (ECM, 1998)

With Bill Connors

• Of Mist and Melting (ECM, 1977)

With Marilyn Crispell

• Nothing Ever Was, Anyway: Music of Annette Peacock (ECM, 1997)
• Amaryllis (ECM, 2000)

With Bill Evans

• Trio 64 (Verve, 1963)

With Clare Fischer

• First Time Out (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
• Surging Ahead (Pacific Jazz, 1962)

With Keith Jarrett

• Standards, Vol. 1 (ECM, 1983)
• Standards, Vol. 2 (ECM, 1983)
• Changes (ECM, 1983)
• Standards Live (ECM, 1985)
• Still Live (ECM, 1986)
• Changeless (ECM, 1987)
• Standards in Norway (ECM, 1989)
• Tribute (ECM, 1989)
• The Cure (ECM, 1990)
• Bye Bye Blackbird (ECM, 1991)
• At the Deer Head Inn (ECM, 1992)
• Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note (ECM, 1994)
• Tokyo '96 (ECM, 1996)
• Whisper Not (ECM, 1999)
• Inside Out (ECM, 2000)
• Mostly Martha (ECM, 2001)
• Yesterdays (ECM, 2001)
• Always Let Me Go (ECM, 2001)
• My Foolish Heart (ECM, 2001)
• The Out-of-Towners (ECM, 2001)
• Up for It (ECM, 2002)

With Don Pullen

• New Beginnings (Blue Note, 1988)

With John Surman

• Adventure Playground (ECM, 1991)

With Ralph Towner

• City of Eyes (ECM, 1988)

With Mal Waldron

• First Encounter (RCA Victor (Japan), 1971)

With Tony Williams

• Life Time (Blue Note, 1964)

Filmography

Film

Composer

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1961	Toys on a Field of Blue	composer	short film
1964	New York Eye and Ear Control	composer	short film

Performer

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1960	Barefoot Adventure	musician	surfing documentary
1985	Keith Jarrett: Standards	himself (bass guitar)	direct-to-video documentary
1993	The Keith Jarrett Trio: Live at Open Theatre East	himself (bass guitar)	direct-to-video documentary

Soundtrack

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
2001	Mostly Martha	"Never Let Me Go" & "U Dance" performed by: (credited w/Keith Jarrett & Jack DeJohnette)	soundtrack

Television

Performer

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1962	Frankly Jazz	himself (musician: bass)	(TV series) original air date: 10 November 1962

External links

• Gary Peacock on ECM Records
• Gary Peacock at the Internet Movie Database