Instruments trombone Genres Jazz Education Conservatoire de Paris | Name Nat Peck Years active 1943–1990s | |
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Born January 13, 1925
New York City, New York, United States ( 1925-01-13 ) Died October 24, 2015, London, United Kingdom Associated acts Glenn Miller, Don Redman, Coleman Hawkins Similar People Pierre Michelot, Kenny Clarke, Andre Hodeir, Billy Byers, Hubert Rostaing | ||
Glenn miller being inteviewed here is nat peck he was trombonist for glenn
Nat Peck (January 13, 1925 – October 24, 2015) was an American jazz trombonist.
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Nathan Peck was born in New York City. He played with Glenn Miller (1943–45) and Don Redman (1947) early in his career. After moving to France, where he lived from 1947 to 1951, he attended the Paris Conservatory (1949–51) and played with Coleman Hawkins (1949), James Moody (1949–50), Roy Eldridge, Don Byas and Kenny Clarke (1950). In the 1950s Peck played on television in New York and Paris. In 1953 he recorded with Dizzy Gillespie.
Peck returned to France again in the 1960s, playing with Michel Legrand, Léo Ferré, André Hodeir and Duke Ellington. He spent some time in England and Germany, working as a staff musician at Sender Freies Berlin and playing with Quincy Jones and the Clarke-Boland Big Band (1963–69). He relocated to London in 1965, where he became active in the studios, film, and television. He worked with Benny Goodman in 1970–72 and with Peter Herbolzheimer in 1979.
Peck was semi-retired by the 1990s, but remained in the music industry as a contractor and promoter. He died on October 24, 2015 in London at the age of 90.
Discography
With the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
With Dizzy Gillespie