Peter Boothman (1943–2012) was an

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, composer, and educator. Since he started playing in the late 1960s he worked at most top jazz venues in

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including The Basement, Festival of Sydney, Sydney Opera House, Jenny's, The Rocks Push, El Rocco, Wentworth Supper Club, and

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's Music Is an Open Sky concert series. In the mid-1970s he taught jazz improvisation and theory at the Jazz Studies course at the

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. As a freelance professional musician he has worked at various top venues throughout Australia backing local and international acts, and in the early 1970s he owned and ran Guitar City in partnership with classical guitarist Peter Andrews. Guitar City (originally established by Sydney guitarists Jack Richards and Roy Royston) was a teaching and retail establishment which became a meeting place for many top Sydney musicians and over the years was visited by many international guitarists such as

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, and

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. Boothman joined the

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Quartet in 1974 to work at the New Rocks Push and other venues in Sydney. In 1982 he joined Roger Frampton's band Intersection along with the leader

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on bass and

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drums. Intersection was resident at the jazz venue Jenny's in Sydney for around 6 months and performed at various concerts including the Manly Jazz Festival,

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and ABC Radio broadcasts. Boothman led a number of groups under his own name and has also played with local and international musicians and performers such as

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, Sid Edwards,

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, Johnny Nicol, Warren Daly (see

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), Jeannie Lewis,

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, Renee Geyer,

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. His recordings include "For The Record" (1975), "Nightshade" (1990), and he has appeared on other albums such as Jeannie Lewis's album "Looking Backwards To Tomorrow" and the compilation album "Live at Soup Plus". Boothman died on 23 April 2012.

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, has information about recordings by Peter Boothman
''A Story of Jazz in Sydney'' by Peter BoothmanAustralian Jazz Music

References

Bissett, Andrew (1979). ''Black Roots White Flowers - A History of Jazz in Australia''. Golden Press Pty Ltd . Clare, John (1995) ''Bodgie Dada and the Cult of the Cool''. University of NSW Press . {{DEFAULTSORT:Boothman, Peter 1943 births Australian jazz composers Male jazz composers Australian jazz guitarists 2012 deaths Australian male guitarists