Peter Boothman
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Peter Boothman is an Australian jazz guitarist
, composer, and educator. Since he started playing in the late 1960s he has worked at most top jazz venues in Sydney
including The Basement, Festival of Sydney, Sydney Opera House, Jenny's, The Rocks Push, El Rocco, Wentworth Supper Club, and Horst Liepolt
'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 Sydney Conservatorium of Music
. 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 Joe Pass
, Manitas De Plata
,and Carlos Santana
.
Peter Boothman joined the Col Nolan 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 Roger Frampton
, Lloyd Swanton
on bass and Phil Treloar
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, Australian Museum
and ABC Radio broadcasts.
Peter Boothman has led a number of groups under his own name and has also played with local and international musicians and performers such as Bryce Rohde
, Jean-Luc Ponty
, Dave Liebman
, Phil Treloar
, John Pochee
, Sid Edwards, Col Nolan, Roger Frampton
, Errol Buddle, Johnny Nicol
, Warren Daly, Jeannie Lewis
, Chris Abrahams
, Lloyd Swanton
, Bernie McGann
, Jimmie Rodgers, Renee Geyer
, Eartha Kitt
, Don Lane
. 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".
Jazz guitarist
Jazz guitarists are guitar players who play jazz music on the guitar using an approach to playing chords, melodies, and improvised solo lines which is called jazz guitar playing. The guitar has fulfilled the roles of accompanist and soloist in small and large ensembles and also as an unaccompanied...
, composer, and educator. Since he started playing in the late 1960s he has worked at most top jazz venues in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
including The Basement, Festival of Sydney, Sydney Opera House, Jenny's, The Rocks Push, El Rocco, Wentworth Supper Club, and Horst Liepolt
Horst Liepolt
Horst Liepolt is a jazz producer and artist.In Australia, and later in the United States, he organized numerous successful jazz concerts and festivals and also produced a large number of jazz recordings....
'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 Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is one of the oldest and most prestigious music schools in Australia...
. 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 Joe Pass
Joe Pass
Joe Pass was an Italian-American jazz guitarist of Sicilian descent. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century...
, Manitas De Plata
Manitas de Plata
Manitas de Plata . is a French Gitano flamenco guitarist.-Life:He was born in a Gypsy caravan in Sète in southern France...
,and Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...
.
Peter Boothman joined the Col Nolan 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 Roger Frampton
Roger Frampton
Roger Frampton was an Australian jazz pianist, saxophonist, composer, and educator. Based in Sydney, he played a major role in shaping the evolution of Australian jazz...
, Lloyd Swanton
Lloyd Swanton
Lloyd Stuart Swanton is an Australian jazz double bassist/bass guitarist and composer, based in Sydney. Swanton was a member of Dynamic Hepnotics in 1986 and co-founded, jazz trio The Necks in 1987 with Chris Abrahams and Tony Buck....
on bass and Phil Treloar
Phil Treloar
Phillip Maurice Treloar is an Australian jazz drummer, percussionist and composer. In an extensive career devoted to creative pursuit Treloar has addressed himself to the problems of relationship found at the intersection of notated music-composition and improvisation...
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, Australian Museum
Australian Museum
The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology. It features collections of vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, as well as mineralogy, palaeontology, and anthropology...
and ABC Radio broadcasts.
Peter Boothman has led a number of groups under his own name and has also played with local and international musicians and performers such as Bryce Rohde
Bryce Rohde
Bryce Benno Rohde is an Australian jazz pianist and composer. He was strongly influenced by George Russell's musical conceptions....
, Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...
, Dave Liebman
Dave Liebman
Dave Liebman is an American saxophonist and flautist. In June 2010, he received a NEA Jazz Masters lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts.-Biography:...
, Phil Treloar
Phil Treloar
Phillip Maurice Treloar is an Australian jazz drummer, percussionist and composer. In an extensive career devoted to creative pursuit Treloar has addressed himself to the problems of relationship found at the intersection of notated music-composition and improvisation...
, John Pochee
John Pochee
John Pochée, is a Jazz Drummer and Bandleader.John Pochée was born in Sydney, Australia in 1940.His career as a professional musician began in 1956. He formed The Last Straw in 1974 and also played with the Judy Bailey Quartet from 1974 to 1979...
, Sid Edwards, Col Nolan, Roger Frampton
Roger Frampton
Roger Frampton was an Australian jazz pianist, saxophonist, composer, and educator. Based in Sydney, he played a major role in shaping the evolution of Australian jazz...
, Errol Buddle, Johnny Nicol
Johnny Nicol
Johnny Nicol is a jazz singer born in Ayr, Queensland.Nicol began his career in 1958 as a member of The Maori Troubadours and recorded an album, A Little This, A Little That, with them...
, Warren Daly, Jeannie Lewis
Jeannie Lewis
Jeannie Lewis is an Australian musician and stage performer whose work covers many different styles such as folk, jazz, Latin, blues, opera, rock, fusion. Her music often includes a strong social consciousness and she is capable of making very strong political statements in her work.-Early...
, Chris Abrahams
Chris Abrahams
Chris Abrahams is a Sydney-based pianist, best known for his jazz work.Abrahams has been a member of the Benders, the Laughing Clowns, The Sparklers and The Necks. He has recorded several solo albums, as well as collaborations with Melanie Oxley from the Sparklers...
, Lloyd Swanton
Lloyd Swanton
Lloyd Stuart Swanton is an Australian jazz double bassist/bass guitarist and composer, based in Sydney. Swanton was a member of Dynamic Hepnotics in 1986 and co-founded, jazz trio The Necks in 1987 with Chris Abrahams and Tony Buck....
, Bernie McGann
Bernie McGann
Bernie McGann is an Australian jazz alto saxophone player. He began his career in the late 1950s and is still active as a performer, composer and recording artist.- Biography :...
, Jimmie Rodgers, Renee Geyer
Renée Geyer
Renée Rebecca Geyer is an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms. She had commercial success as a solo artist in Australia, with "It's a Man's Man's World", "Heading in the Right Direction" and "Stares and Whispers" in the 1970s and...
, Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt
Eartha Mae Kitt was an American singer, actress, and cabaret star. She was perhaps best known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 hit recordings of "C'est Si Bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby." Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the...
, Don Lane
Don Lane
Don Lane , born Morton Donald Isaacson, was an American-born talk show host and singer. Don Lane is best known for hosting The Don Lane Show, which was aired on The Nine Network in Australia from 1975 to 1983....
. 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".
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, has information about recordings by Peter Boothman - A Story of Jazz in Sydney by Peter Boothman
- Australian Jazz Music