Welcome to the homepage of Peter Carroll, musical prodigy on saxophone.

Here you will find some demo soundtracks.
Also, Peter and his father play on the street in Claremont, CA often on weekends, weather and Pony League baseball permitting. They play outside the Starbucks at the corner of Yale and 2nd St from about 12-3 pm.

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:

Here's a short clip for the opening to "Granada Smoothie":

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.

Recordings of Peter as a 13-year old
Jingle Bell Rock	Jingle Bell Rock.
Lullaby of Birdland	The well-known piece by George Shearing.
Take Five	Paul Desmond / Dave Brubeck signautre piece.
Someday You'll Be Sorry	A jazz standard that Peter learned at jazz camp in the summer of '07.
Story Weather	Harold Arlen's "Stormy Weather".
Begin the Beguine	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.
Winter Wonderland	Winter Wonderland
Frosty the Snowman	Frosty the Snowman.
Recordings of Peter as a 12-year old
Besame Mucho	Peter plays the main melody and improvises here and there, while Michael plays rhythm guitar.
All of Me / Five Foot Two Medley	These two tunes that have very similar chord progressions. So we put them together as a medley of sorts.
The Carroll Blues	This is a simple 12-bar blues written by Peter's father, Michael Carroll. Peter first learned how to improvise with 12-bar blues such as this.
Jingle Bells	A jazzy version of Jingle Bells arranged by Peter.
Frosty the Snowman	A slightly jazzy version of Frosty the Snowman.

Busking in Claremont, CA

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.

Michael Carroll's Web Site

Welcome to the homepage of Peter Carroll, musical prodigy on saxophone.

Here you will find some demo soundtracks.Also, Peter and his father play on the street in Claremont, CA often on weekends, weather and Pony League baseball permitting. They play outside the Starbucks at the corner of Yale and 2nd St from about 12-3 pm.

Here you will find some demo soundtracks.
Also, Peter and his father play on the street in Claremont, CA often on weekends, weather and Pony League baseball permitting. They play outside the Starbucks at the corner of Yale and 2nd St from about 12-3 pm.