Peter Andrew Bernstein (born September 3, 1967) is an American
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
guitarist.
Biography
Born in New York City on September 3, 1967, Bernstein began playing piano when he was eight but switched to guitar when he was thirteen, learning the instrument primarily by ear. He studied jazz at
Rutgers University
Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's ...
with
Ted Dunbar
Earl Theodore Dunbar (January 17, 1937 – May 29, 1998) was an American jazz guitarist, composer, and educator.
Career
Born in Port Arthur, Texas, Dunbar trained as a pharmacist at Texas Southern University, but by the 1970s he only did pharma ...
, and
Kenny Barron
Kenny Barron (born June 9, 1943) is an American jazz pianist, who has appeared on hundreds of recordings as leader and sideman and is considered one of the most influential mainstream jazz pianists since the bebop era.
Biography
Born in Philadel ...
.
While a student at the
New School
The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. ...
in New York City, he met guitarist
Jim Hall, who offered him a job performing at the JVC Jazz Festival in 1990.
He then appeared on albums with
Jesse Davis,
Lou Donaldson
Lou Donaldson (born November 1, 1926) is an American retired jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist. He is best known for his soulful, bluesy approach to playing the alto saxophone, although in his formative years he was, as many were of the bebop ...
,
Larry Goldings
Lawrence Sam “Larry” Goldings (born August 28, 1968) is an American jazz keyboardist and composer. His music has explored elements of funk, blues, and fusion. Goldings has a comedic alter ego known as Hans Groiner.
Life and career
Golding ...
,
Michael Hashim
Michael James Hashim (April 9, 1956, Geneva, New York) is an American jazz alto and soprano saxophonist.
Hashim began playing saxophone while in elementary school, playing with Phil Flanigan and Chris Flory as a high schooler. He worked with ...
,
Geoff Keezer
Geoffrey Keezer (born November 20, 1970) is an American jazz pianist.
Keezer was playing in jazz clubs as a teenager, playing piano for Art Blakey at age 18 and touring with Joshua Redman, Benny Golson and Ray Brown in his 20s. He has toured w ...
, and
Melvin Rhyne
Melvin Rhyne (October 12, 1936 – March 5, 2013), was a jazz organist best known for his work with Wes Montgomery.
Biography
Melvin Rhyne was born in Indianapolis in 1936 and started playing the piano shortly after. At 19 years old, Rhyne s ...
. He released his first album as a leader with pianist
Brad Mehldau
Bradford Alexander Mehldau (; born August 23, 1970) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.
Mehldau studied music at The New School, and toured and recorded while still a student. He was a member of saxophonist Joshua Redman's Qua ...
.
He has also worked with
Jimmy Cobb
Wilbur James "Jimmy" Cobb (January 20, 1929May 24, 2020) was an American jazz drummer. He was part of Miles Davis's First Great Sextet. At the time of his death, he had been the band's last surviving member for nearly thirty years. He was a ...
,
Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by ''Jazz Journalists Association'', Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including mul ...
,
Diana Krall
Diana Jean Krall (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the US. On December 11, 2009, '' Billboard'' maga ...
,
Lee Konitz
Leon Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American composer and alto saxophonist.
He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's association with the cool jazz ...
,
Eric Alexander,
Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman (born February 1, 1969) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is the son of jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman (1931–2006).
Life and career
Joshua Redman was born in Berkeley, California, to jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman ...
,
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Lonnie Smith (July 3, 1942 – September 28, 2021), styled Dr. Lonnie Smith, was an American jazz Hammond B3 organist who was a member of the George Benson quartet in the 1960s. He recorded albums with saxophonist Lou Donaldson for Blue Note be ...
, and
Walt Weiskopf
Walt Weiskopf (born July 30, 1959 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, author and educator. He has released sixteen albums as a leader, and performed on countless other albums as a sideman. He has ...
.
In 2008, Bernstein became part of
the Blue Note 7
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, a septet formed that year in honor of the 70th anniversary of
Blue Note Records
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. The group recorded the album ''
Mosaic
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''.
Peter throughout his career has played with
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Lonnie Smith (July 3, 1942 – September 28, 2021), styled Dr. Lonnie Smith, was an American jazz Hammond B3 organist who was a member of the George Benson quartet in the 1960s. He recorded albums with saxophonist Lou Donaldson for Blue Note be ...
,
Nicholas Payton
Nicholas Payton (born September 26, 1973) is an American trumpet player and multi-instrumentalist. A Grammy Award winner, he is from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is also a prolific and provocative writer who comments on a multitude of subjects, inc ...
,
Lee Konitz
Leon Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American composer and alto saxophonist.
He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's association with the cool jazz ...
,
Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by ''Jazz Journalists Association'', Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including mul ...
,
Eric Alexander, Chuck Deardorf, Matt Jorgensen,
Bill Stewart,
Larry Goldings
Lawrence Sam “Larry” Goldings (born August 28, 1968) is an American jazz keyboardist and composer. His music has explored elements of funk, blues, and fusion. Goldings has a comedic alter ego known as Hans Groiner.
Life and career
Golding ...
,
Dario Chiazzolino,
Gilad Hekselman
Gilad Hekselman ( he, גלעד הקסלמן; born 1983) is an Israeli-born, NYC-based jazz guitarist. He has performed with Anat Cohen, Mark Turner (musician), Mark Turner, Dayna Stephens, Aaron Parks, Jeff Ballard (musician), Jeff Ballard, Joh ...
and many others.
Bernstein plays a Zeidler
archtop guitar
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Typically, an archtop guitar has:
* Six strings
* An ar ...
almost exclusively. The guitar was made in 1981.
"Talking Jazz Guitar With Peter Bernstein and Jimmy Bruno"
''Scott Krane'',9 Jul 2013
Discography
As leader
* '' Somethin's Burnin''' ( Criss Cross, 1994)
* ''Signs of Life'' (Criss Cross, 1995)
* ''Brain Dance'' (Criss Cross, 1996)
* ''April in New York'' (Jardis, 1998)
* ''Earth Tones'' (Criss Cross, 1998)
* ''We Remember Tal'' with Gene Bertoncini
Gene J. Bertoncini (born 6 April 1937) is an American jazz guitarist.
Biography
Bertoncini was born in New York City, where he was raised in a musical family. His father, Mario Bertoncini (1901–1978), played guitar and harmonica. Gene began pl ...
, Mundell Lowe, Jack Wilkins
Jack Rivers Lewis (born June 4, 1944), known professionally as Jack Wilkins, is a jazz guitarist.
Career
A native of New York City, Wilkins grew up listening to his parents' music, such as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Billie Holiday. He ...
(J-Curve, 1999)
* ''Consenting Adults'' with M.T.B. (Criss Cross, 2000)
* '' Stranger in Paradise'' (Venus, 2003)
* '' Heart's Content'' (Criss Cross, 2003)
* ''Guitars Alone'' with Satoshi Inoue (What'sNew, 2003)
* ''You'll See'' with the Anniversary Quartet (Cellar Live, 2005)
* ''In Orbit'' with Planet Jazz (Sharp Nine, 2006)
* ''Monk'' ( Xanadu, 2008)
* ''Peter Bernstein Quartet: Live at Smalls'' ( SmallsLIVE, 2008)
* ''Live at Smalls'' with Planet Jazz (Off Minor, 2010)
* ''Live at Smalls'' with Larry Goldings
Lawrence Sam “Larry” Goldings (born August 28, 1968) is an American jazz keyboardist and composer. His music has explored elements of funk, blues, and fusion. Goldings has a comedic alter ego known as Hans Groiner.
Life and career
Golding ...
, Bill Stewart (SmallsLIVE, 2011)
* ''Dialogues'' with Joachim Schoenecker (2012)
* ''Live at Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club'' with Tilden Webb (Cellar Live, 2013)
* ''Solo Guitar Live at Smalls'' (SmallsLIVE, 2013)
* ''Ramshackle Serenade'' with Larry Goldings, Bill Stewart (Pirouet, 2014)
* ''Inspired'' with Rale Micic
Rale Mićić ( sr-cyr, Рале Mићић; born October 9, 1975) is a Serbian jazz guitarist and composer.
Micic moved to United States in 1995 after receiving a scholarship from the Berklee College of Music, where he studied with George Garzone ...
, John Abercrombie, Lage Lund
Lage Fosheim Lund (born 12 December 1977) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist.
Early life and education
Initially aspiring to become a professional skateboarder, Lund began playing guitar at the age of 13. He later founded a jazz trio and performing ...
(ArtistShare
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, 2016)
* ''Humanity'' with the Humanity Quartet (Cellar Live, 2016)
* ''Let Loose'' ( Smoke Sessions, 2016)
* ''Signs Live!'' (Smoke Sessions, 2017)
* ''Toy Tunes'' with Larry Goldings, Bill Stewart (Pirouet, 2018)
* ''What Comes Next'' (Smoke Sessions, 2020)
As sideman
With Eric Alexander
* ''Tell It Like It Is'' (Criss Cross, 1994)
* ''Full Range'' (Criss Cross, 1995)
* ''Aztec Blues'' (Criss Cross, 1997)
* ''Alexander the Great
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'' (HighNote, 2000)
With Jimmy Cobb
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* ''Only for the Pure of Heart'' (Fable, 1998)
* ''Cobb's Groove'' (Milestone, 2003)
* ''The Original Mob'' (Smoke Sessions, 2014)
* ''This I Dig of You'' (Smoke Sessions, 2019)
With Lou Donaldson
Lou Donaldson (born November 1, 1926) is an American retired jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist. He is best known for his soulful, bluesy approach to playing the alto saxophone, although in his formative years he was, as many were of the bebop ...
* '' Play the Right Thing'' (Milestone, 1991)
* ''Birdseed
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'' (Milestone, 1992)
* ''Caracas
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'' (Milestone, 1994)
* '' Sentimental Journey'' (Columbia, 1995)
With Larry Goldings
Lawrence Sam “Larry” Goldings (born August 28, 1968) is an American jazz keyboardist and composer. His music has explored elements of funk, blues, and fusion. Goldings has a comedic alter ego known as Hans Groiner.
Life and career
Golding ...
* ''Intimacy of the Blues'' (Minor Music, 1991)
* ''Light Blue'' (Minor Music, 1992)
* ''Caminhos Cruzados'' (Novus, 1994)
* ''Whatever It Takes'' (Warner Bros., 1995)
* ''Big Stuff'' (Warner Bros., 1996)
* ''Moonbird'' (Palmetto, 1999)
* ''As One'' (Palmetto, 2000)
* ''Sweet Science'' (Palmetto, 2002)
* ''Long Story Short'' (Sticky Mack, 2007)
With Mike LeDonne
Michael Arthur LeDonne (born October 26, 1956) is a jazz pianist and organist known for post-bop and hard bop. He has worked with Benny Golson since 1996 and performs under his own name all over the world.
Early life
LeDonne was born in Bridgepo ...
* ''Waltz for an Urbanite'' (Criss Cross, 1996)
* ''Smokin' Out Loud'' (Savant, 2004)
* ''On Fire'' (Savant, 2007)
* ''The Groover'' (Savant, 2009)
* ''I Love Music'' (Savant, 2014)
* ''AwwlRIGHT!'' (Savant, 2015)
* ''That Feelin'' (Savant, 2016)
* ''From the Heart'' (Savant, 2018)
With Melvin Rhyne
Melvin Rhyne (October 12, 1936 – March 5, 2013), was a jazz organist best known for his work with Wes Montgomery.
Biography
Melvin Rhyne was born in Indianapolis in 1936 and started playing the piano shortly after. At 19 years old, Rhyne s ...
* ''The Legend'' (Criss Cross, 1992)
* ''Boss Organ'' (Criss Cross, 1994)
* ''Stick to the Kick'' (Criss Cross, 1995)
* ''Mel's Spell'' (Criss Cross, 1996)
* ''Kojo'' (Criss Cross, 1997)
* ''KOJO'' (Criss Cross, 1997)
* ''Classmasters'' (Criss Cross, 1999)
* ''Tomorrow Yesterday Today'' (Criss Cross, 2003)
With Lonnie Smith
* ''Too Damn Hot'' (Palmetto, 2004)
* ''Jungle Soul'' (Palmetto, 2006)
* ''Rise Up!'' (Palmetto, 2008)
* ''The Art of Organizing'' (Criss Cross, 2009)
With Grant Stewart
* ''More Urban Tones'' (Criss Cross, 1996)
* ''Shadow of Your Smile'' (Birds, 2007)
* ''Around the Corner'' (Sharp Nine, 2010)
With Sam Yahel
Sam Yahel (born 1971) is a jazz pianist and Hammond organist. In 1990 he moved to New York City and worked with Bill Frisell, Wycliffe Gordon, Ryan Kisor, Maceo Parker, Madeleine Peyroux, and Joshua Redman.
Discography As leader/co-leader
* ...
* ''Searchin'' (Naxos, 1997)
* ''In the Blink of an Eye'' (Naxos, 1999)
* ''Trio'' (Criss Cross, 1999)
With others
* Harry Allen, ''Christmas in Swingtime'' (BMG, 2001) – recorded in 2000
* Ehud Asherie, ''Organic'' (Posi-Tone, 2010)
* Teodross Avery
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A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, his 2019 album, ''After the Rain: A Night ...
, ''My Generation'' (Impulse!, 1996)
* Pat Bianchi, ''In the Moment'' (Savant, 2018)
* Bob Belden, ''When Doves Cry'' (Metro Blue, 1994)
* Ralph Bowen
Ralph Bowen (born December 24, 1961) is a Canadian jazz saxophonist.
Biography
Bowen started piano lessons at an early age, with clarinet and saxophone lessons following soon after. At thirteen he led a quartet and performed in big bands in Tor ...
, ''Soul Proprietor'' (Criss Cross, 2001)
* Ralph Bowen, ''Five'' (Criss Cross, 2008)
* Bubba Brooks
David Kenneth Brooks, Jr., better known as Bubba Brooks or Bubber Brooks (May 29, 1922 in Fayetteville, North Carolina – April 11, 2002) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He was the brother of Tina Brooks.
Brooks's first professiona ...
, ''Smooth Sailing'' (TCB, 1997)
* LaVerne Butler, ''Day Dreamin'' (Chesky, 1994)
* Igor Butman
Igor Butman PAR is a Russian jazz saxophonist born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1961. Butman holds dual citizenship for both the US and Russian Federation. He is considered to be a virtuoso saxophonist, and a skilled bandleader.
American saxop ...
, ''Sheherazade's Tales'' (Butman Music 2011)
* Ron Carter
Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded nu ...
, ''In Memory of Jim'' (Somethin' Else, 2014)
* Bill Charlap, ''I'm Old Fashioned'' (Venus, 2010)
* George Coleman
George Edward Coleman (born March 8, 1935) is an American jazz saxophonist known for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s. In 2015, he was named an NEA Jazz Master.
Early life
Coleman was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was ...
, ''A Master Speaks'' (Smoke Sessions, 2016)
* Jesse Davis, ''As We Speak'' (Concord Jazz, 1992)
* Jesse Davis, ''Young at Art'' (Concord Jazz, 1993)
* Steve Davis
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, ''Vibe Up!'' (Criss Cross, 1998)
* Steve Davis, ''Update'' (Criss Cross, 2006)
* Trudy Desmond
Trudy Desmond (October 11, 1945 – 19 February 1999) was a Canadian jazz singer.
Career
After moving from New York to Toronto, she worked as an actress, interior designer, club manager, and theatrical producer. She was one of the 16 original me ...
, ''Make Me Rainbows'' (Koch, 1995)
* Klaus Doldinger
Klaus Doldinger (born 12 May 1936) is a German saxophonist known for his work in jazz and as a film music composer. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards.
Life and work
Doldinger was born in Berlin, Germany, and entered a Düsse ...
, ''Back in New York Blind Date'' (WEA, 1999)
* Renee Fleming, ''Christmas in New York'' (Decca, 2014)
* , ''Fire'' (Coast to Coast, 2002)
* Don Friedman
Donald Ernest Friedman (May 4, 1935 – June 30, 2016) was an American jazz pianist. He began playing in Los Angeles and moved to New York in 1958. In the 1960s, he played with both modern stylists and more traditional musicians.
Early life
Fr ...
, ''Waltz for Marilyn'' (Jazz Excursion, 2007)
* Don Friedman, ''Remembering Attila Zoller'' (Edition Longplay, 2016)
* Jon Gordon, ''The Things We Need'' (Double-Time, 1999)
* Wycliffe Gordon
Wycliffe A. Gordon (born May 29, 1967) is an American jazz trombonist, arranger, composer, band leader, and music educator at the collegiate-conservatory level. Gordon also sings and plays didgeridoo, trumpet, soprano trombone, tuba, and piano ...
, ''Dig This!'' (Criss Cross, 2002)
* Jim Hall, ''Jim Hall and Friends Live at Town Hall Vol. 1'' (Musicmasters, 1991)
* Jim Hall, ''Jim Hall and Friends Live at Town Hall Vol. 2'' (Musicmasters, 1991)
* Bill Heid, ''Wylie Avenue'' (Doodlin' 2009)
* Ian Hendrickson-Smith
Ian Hendrickson-Smith is an American jazz saxophonist. He is best known for being a former member of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings from 2004 to 2010 and playing with The Roots on ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon''.
Early life
Hendrickson-S ...
, ''Still Smokin'' (Sharp Nine, 2004)
* Bobby Hutcherson
Robert Hutcherson (January 27, 1941 – August 15, 2016) was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. "Little B's Poem", from the 1966 Blue Note album '' Components'', is one of his best-known compositions.Huey, Steve. "Components – Bob ...
, ''Somewhere in the Night'' (Kind of Blue 2012)
* Etta Jones
Etta Jones (November 25, 1928 – October 16, 2001) was an American jazz singer. Her best-known recordings are "Don't Go to Strangers" and "Save Your Love for Me". She worked with Buddy Johnson, Oliver Nelson, Earl Hines, Barney Bigard, Gene A ...
, ''Sings Lady Day'' (HighNote, 2001)
* Geoffrey Keezer
Geoffrey Keezer (born November 20, 1970) is an American jazz pianist.
Keezer was playing in jazz clubs as a teenager, playing piano for Art Blakey at age 18 and touring with Joshua Redman, Benny Golson and Ray Brown in his 20s. He has toured w ...
, ''Other Spheres'' (DIW, 1993)
* Nancy Kelly
Nancy Kelly (March 25, 1921 – January 2, 1995) was an American actress in film, theater and television. A child actress and model, she was a repertory cast member of CBS Radio's ''The March of Time'' and appeared in several films in the late 1 ...
, ''B That Way'' (BlueBay, 2014)
* Ryan Kisor
Ryan Kisor (born April 12, 1973) is an American jazz trumpeter.
A native of Sioux City, Iowa, Kisor learned trumpet from his father, Larry Kisor, and started playing in a local dance band (the Eddie Skeets Orchestra) at age ten. Kisor began clas ...
, ''Battle Cry'' (Criss Cross, 1998)
* Ryan Kisor, ''Donna Lee'' (Videoarts, 2004)
* Lee Konitz
Leon Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American composer and alto saxophonist.
He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's association with the cool jazz ...
, ''Parallels'' (Chesky, 2001)
* Doug Lawrence
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, ''High Heel Sneakers'' (Fable/Lightyear 1998)
* Brian Lynch, ''At the Main Event'' (Criss Cross, 1993)
* Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern Jr. (March 20, 1936 – September 17, 2019) was an American jazz pianist and composer, principally in the hard bop, post-bop, and soul jazz fields.Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (2007) ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz''. p. 42 ...
, ''Afro Blue'' (Smoke Sessions, 2015)
* Kevin Mahogany
Kevin Bryant Mahogany (July 30, 1958 – December 17, 2017) was an American jazz vocalist who became prominent in the 1990s. Particularly known for his scat singing, his singing style has been compared with those of Billy Eckstine, Joe William ...
, ''Kevin Mahogany'' (Warner Bros., 1996)
* Jane Monheit
Jane Monheit (born November 3, 1977"Jane Monheit." ''Contemporary Musicians''. Vol. 33. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2001. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, 2017-05-07.) is an American jazz and pop singer.
Early life
Monheit was b ...
, ''The Lovers, The Dreamers and Me'' (Concord 2008)
* David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman (February 24, 1933 – January 20, 2009) was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s and ...
, ''Life
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'' (HighNote, 2007)
* David "Fathead" Newman, '' The Blessing'' (HighNote, 2009)
* Ben Paterson, ''For Once in My Life'' (Origin, 2015)
* Nicholas Payton
Nicholas Payton (born September 26, 1973) is an American trumpet player and multi-instrumentalist. A Grammy Award winner, he is from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is also a prolific and provocative writer who comments on a multitude of subjects, inc ...
, ''Dear Louis'' (Verve, 2001)
* Alvin Queen, ''I Ain't Looking at You'' (Enja, 2006)
* Alvin Queen, ''Mighty Long Way'' (Enja, 2009)
* Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman (born February 1, 1969) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is the son of jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman (1931–2006).
Life and career
Joshua Redman was born in Berkeley, California, to jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman ...
, '' Freedom in the Groove'' (Warner Bros., 1996)
* Joshua Redman, ''Momentum
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'' (Nonesuch, 2005)
* Sonny Rollins
Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a ...
, ''Road Shows Vol. 3'' (Doxy/Okeh 2014)
* Sonny Rollins, ''Road Shows Vol. 4: Holding the Stage'' (Doxy/Okeh 2016)
* Jorge Rossy
Jorge "Jordi" Rossy (born August 21, 1964) is a jazz drummer, pianist and vibraphonist.
Early life
Rossy was born in Barcelona. He started playing drums at age 11.
Later life and career
Between 1980 and 1989, Rossy toured and recorded extensiv ...
, ''Stay There'' (Pirouet, 2016)
* Jim Rotondi
James Robert Rotondi (born 28 August 1962) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, educator, and conductor.
The youngest of five siblings, Rotondi was born in Butte, Montana. He played in New York City for twenty years before moving ...
, ''New Vistas'' (Criss Cross, 2004)
* Anton Schwartz, ''Radiant Blue'' (Anton Jazz, 2006)
* Seatbelts
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, ''Cowboy Bebop: Vitaminless'' (Victor, 1998)
* Janis Siegel
Janis Siegel (born July 23, 1952) is an American jazz singer, best known as a member of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer.
Musical career
In 1965, Siegel made her recording debut with a group called Young Generation on Red Bird Records. A ...
, ''Friday Night Special'' (Telarc, 2003)
* Gary Smulyan
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, Mike LeDonne, Kenny Washington, ''Smul's Paradise'' (Capri, 2012)
* Wendy Waldman
Wendy Waldman (born November 29, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Biography Early life
Waldman (born Wendy Steiner) grew up in the Los Angeles area. She was raised in a musical environment: her father Fred Steiner w ...
, ''Wendy Waldman'' (Warner Bros., 1975)
* Walt Weiskopf
Walt Weiskopf (born July 30, 1959 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, author and educator. He has released sixteen albums as a leader, and performed on countless other albums as a sideman. He has ...
, ''A World Away'' (Criss Cross, 1995)
* Paula West, ''Come What May'' (Hi Horse, 2001)
References
External links
Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernstein, Peter
1967 births
American jazz guitarists
Living people
Rutgers University alumni
The New School alumni
Guitarists from New York City
20th-century American guitarists
Jazz musicians from New York (state)
The Blue Note 7 members
Pirouet Records artists
Criss Cross Jazz artists
Smoke Sessions Records artists