Gary Peacock: Difference between revisions

'''Gary Peacock''' (May 12, 1935{{spnd}}September 4, 2020<ref name="NPR obit"/>) was an American [[jazz]] [[double bassist]].<ref name="baker">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Porter |first=Lewis |editor-last=Kuhn |editor-first=Laura |title=Peacock, Gary |encyclopedia=[[Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians]] |date=2001 |publisher=[[G. Schirmer, Inc.]] |volume=4 |location=New York |oclc=313885028 |pages=2746}}</ref> He recorded a dozen albums under his own name,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/255129-Gary-Peacock |title=Gary Peacock: Discography |website=Discogs.com |access-date=June 27, 2020}}</ref> and also performed and recorded with major jazz figures such as [[Albert Ayler]], [[Paul Bley]], and [[Bill Evans]].<ref name="baker" /> In addition, he recorded over twenty albums with [[Keith Jarrett]]'s Standards Trio,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ecmrecords.com/artists/1435045745/keith-jarrett |title=Keith Jarrett |website=ECMRecords.com |access-date=June 27, 2020}}</ref> which also featured drummer [[Jack DeJohnette]], and which existed for over 30 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jazztimes.com/features/interviews/keith-jarrett-alone-in-a-crowded-room |title=Keith Jarrett: Alone in a Crowded Room |last=Chinen |first=Nate |date=March 1, 2017 |website=JazzTimes.com |access-date=June 27, 2020}}</ref> DeJohnette stated that he admired Peacock's "sound, choice of notes, and, above all, the buoyancy of his playing."<ref name="artsfuse">{{cite web |url=https://artsfuse.org/164720/jazz-preview-bassist-gary-peacock-plays-what-he-doesnt-know |title=Jazz Preview: Bassist Gary Peacock Plays What He Doesn’t Know |last=Bader |first=Ken |date=October 23, 2017|website=ArtsFuse.org |access-date=June 27, 2020}}</ref> Pianist [[Marilyn Crispell]] called Peacock a "sensitive musician with a great harmonic sense."<ref name="artsfuse" />