Newsflash: 01/15/12: Peter is working on Audtion material for a scholarship to Berklee's Five-Week Summer Program. Here's the first
cut of three tunes. Retakes planned for next week with video. Will be posted to YouTube before Feb 1.
The three tunes are: Scrapple from the Apple Take 5 Do You Know What It Means (to miss New Orleans)
Newsflash:08/05/11: Peter Carroll is playing tonight with
the Sepulveda Jazz Project at
"It's a Grind Coffee House in Long Beach", 4245 Atlantic Ave. See
Newsflash: 01/08/11: Peter Carroll plays with the Sepulveda
Jazz Project at the Automobile
Driving Museum in El Segundo, CA. Youtube Clip:
Newsflash: 09/21/10: Gig at Yamashiro's on 09/22/10 has
been canceled.
Newsflash: 09/19/10: The Peter Carroll Trio will be playing
at a fundraiser at Yamashiro's
restaurant in the Hollywood Hills this Wednesday 9/22/10
from 7-9 pm. This fundraiser is for Operation Frontline that
teaches families how to make healthy, tasty meals on a budget.
Here's the link to Blogger
Prom 2010.
Newsflash: 05/11/10: Peter recorded "Georgia on My
Mind" with Kay
Das on steel guitar and Michael Carroll on classical
guitar. MP3.
Newsflash: 05/08/10: Peter just won his second jazz band
competition of the year. He performed his "Velvet Rain"
solo at the Riverside Community College Jazz Festival on May
8, 2010 and won Most Outstanding Musician award in the middle
school category. Link: RCC
Jazz FestivalYouTube clips coming soon!
Newsflash: 03/05/10: Peter played a solo on “Velvet
Rain” with the Upland Junior High Band at the Western
States Jazz Band Competition and was awarded a $2500
scholarship to the prestigious Idyllwild Arts Academy. An
excerpt from one of his solos can be seen here:
Here's the full solo before the judges on 3/5/10:
Newsflash: 12/01/09: Peter is now part of a jazz trio
featuring Douglas Freyre on stand up bass and Michael Carroll
on guitar.
Newsflash: 10/09/09: Peter made his 'debut' with Danny
Pelfrey at Vitello's
in Studio City, CA. He played a soprano sax solo on "Sister
Kate" that was well received.
Newsflash 9/12/09:
The article about Peter just appeared in the Long Beach Press
Telegram. Here's the link.
Newsflash 9/3/09: Peter and Michael met reporter John
Canalis of the Long Beach Press-Telegram for an interview
at Michael's Ristorante in Naples, Long Beach, CA. Freelance
photographer Carlos
Delgado took a number shots for the upcoming article on
Peter in the Long Beach Press-Telegram. We'll post links here
as soon as we get them. We expect the article to appear
sometime next week. John had come to the restaurant (Michaels
Ristorante at Naples) a few weeks back and heard Peter
play.
Newsflash 8/15/09: Peter was thrilled to meet
Grammy award winner Danny
Pelfrey last night at Vitello's Restaurant in Studio City,
CA. Mr. Pelfrey was playing saxophone in a band and spent some
time talking to Peter about a career in music. Peter is
looking forward to getting together with Danny sometime and
jamming.
Newsflash 8/08/09: Peter and his father are
now engaged weekly at the Michaels
Ristorante at Naples on 2nd street in Long Beach, CA. They
play every Wednesday from 6 to 9 pm on the rooftop restaurant
/ lounge.
Newsflash 8/08/09: Peter recently attended
his second Jazz
Youth Camp conducted by the Sacramento Traditional Jazz
Society. There is also a YouTube
site. This year Peter attended as a guitarist and improved
his guitar playing skills while studying under Fast Eddie
Erikson.
Newsflash: 5/5/09: Peter and his father
Michael just returned from a fabulous weekend in Tucson, where
they performed at the Tucson Folk Festival. What a great venue
and what a tremendous number of great musicians! Peter also
took advantage of the opportunity to participate in an Irish
fiddling workshop.
Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine". The long
note at the end is something Peter wanted to do for Brian
who is (as of 11/28/09) in the hospital awaiting a liver
transplant.
Newsflash 3/21/09: Peter was accepted to perform at the
2009 Tucson Folk
Festival to be held in Tucson, AZ, on the 3rd and 4th of
May. His performance will be on Sunday, at 1700 on the
Courtyard Stage. Congratulations, Peter!
Newsflash
3/14/09: Peter was featured in the 3/14/09 issue of the
Claremont Courier.
Peter began music lessons at age eight, starting with
guitar at Mitch's Music School in Upland. He learned to read
music and began studying harmony theory. At age ten he began
learning to play alto saxophone at school under the direction
of Dr. Stephen Rudd. His knowledge of chord theory helped him
learn how to improvise around the chord progression. He
performed with the Upland Elementary Jazz all stars as a sixth
grader under William Huff of Polyhedra. He also studies violin
with Chris Peck of Upland and plays the mandolin occasionally.
In the summer of 2008 he attended the Youth Jazz Camp held by
the Sacramento Traditional Jazz society. Peter is
currently performing in various locations around Southern
California. If you are interested in hiring him as musical
entertainment for a private party, please contact Michael L.
Carroll via email at mcarroll_91786@yahoo.com.