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Holding On In Bombay | |
| We took the band into the Oceanside KOCT televsion studios and played a few tunes. I'm on guitar along with Leonard Patton and Lisa Hightower on vocals, Gunnar Biggs on bass, and Duncan Moore on drums. "Holding On In Bombay" is my composition featuring a guitar-sitar introduction and then blending into Leonard's lead vocal. | ||
| Filmed live at KOTC Studios in Oceanside, CA on April 3, 2007 | ||
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Blues Connotation | |
| We took the band into the Oceanside KOCT televsion studios and played a few tunes. I'm on guitar along with Leonard Patton and Lisa Hightower on vocals, Gunnar Biggs on bass, and Duncan Moore on drums. "Blues Connotation" is an Ornette Coleman melody of which I've fashioned a lyric telling the story "free jazz and playing the blues the way you want". It features Leonard on lead vocals and solos by Lisa, Peter, Gunnar, and Duncan. | ||
| Filmed live at KOTC Studios in Oceanside, CA on April 3, 2007 | ||
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Rain | |
| We took the band into the Oceanside KOCT televsion studios and played a few tunes. I'm on guitar along with Leonard Patton and Lisa Hightower on vocals, Gunnar Biggs on bass, and Duncan Moore on drums. "Rain" is a love song of mine with a beautiful lyric by Randy Phillips. This is one of our favorite tunes with Lisa on featured vocals. | ||
| Filmed live at KOTC Studios in Oceanside, CA on April 3, 2007 | ||
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Weird Science, Modern Times | |
| We took the band into the Oceanside KOCT televsion studios and played a few tunes. I'm on guitar along with Leonard Patton and Lisa Hightower on vocals, Gunnar Biggs on bass, and Duncan Moore on drums. "Weird Science, Modern Times" is a strange musical trip through some funk undercurrents with some wacked out lyrics hovering above. The song tells the story of all of the weirdness that goes down at our summer gigs at the Coyote Bar and Grill in Carlsbad. You might need a lyric sheet to get the whole picture. | ||
| Filmed live at KOTC Studios in Oceanside, CA on April 3, 2007 | ||
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Passarim | |
| I set up a few mics and played some solo guitar with a video camera pointing at me. The idea was to have fun and also make a few clips to put up on YouTube. They're up there and also here. This is my solo guitar version of Jobim's incredible composition. | ||
| Filmed in my living room in 2007 in Encinitas, CA | ||
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Secret Code | |
| I set up a few mics and played some solo guitar with a video camera pointing at me. The idea was to have fun and also make a few clips to put up on YouTube. They're up there and also here. "Secret Code" is a tune that I wrote the music and Kevyn Lettau wrote the lyrics. We recorded the vocal version on the BrazilJazz recording. | ||
| Filmed in my living room in 2007 in Encinitas, CA | ||
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Etude Z | |
| I set up a few mics and played some solo guitar with a video camera pointing at me. The idea was to have fun and also make a few clips to put up on YouTube. They're up there and also here. Etude Z is a tune that I wrote and recorded with my father Hall on his CD called "Hurry Home". The song is based on Duke's "Take the A Train". | ||
| Filmed in my living room in 2007 in Encinitas, CA | ||
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Tania | |
| In April 2001 our band Brasilia did a live taping of Club Date for PBS Television. The band was Holly Hofman on flute, Kevin Hennessey on bass, Duncan Moore on drums, Mike Wofford on piano, Tom Aros on percussion, and myself guitaring it. In this video we're playing my samba tune called Tania, written for the Brazilian pianist and vocalist Tania Maria. | ||
| Filmed in 2001 in San Diego, CA | ||
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Waters of March | |
| This is a live video of Kevyn Lettau and myself playing a show at the old Hillcrest bookstore called Words and Music. A quasi-eccentric fellow named Victor ran the place and did a wonderful job putting on concerts and gathering an attentive and responsive audience. The year was 1990 and the Brazilian groove was flowing. | ||
| Filmed in 1990 in Hillcrest, San Diego, CA | ||
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Sidewalk 1989 | |
| Yet another happening at Richard Carter's compound in inland Del Mar. The band is myself along with Tripp Sprague on soprano sax, a young David Curtis on bass, Danny Campbell on drums, Bongo Bob on percussion, and Dave Hampton on congas. We're playing a Chick Corea tune called Sidewalk. Pretty cool hypnotic groove! | ||
| Filmed in 1989 in Del Mar, CA | ||
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The Challenge of Diversity | |
| KPBS Television commissioned me to come up with a theme song for their Challenge of Diversity T.V. series. Playing in the band is Hollis Gentry on soprano sax, Carol Rodgers singing, Kei Akagi on keyboards, Mike Shapiro on drums, Tom Aros on percussion, Charles Meeks on bass, and myself on guitar. | ||
| Filmed in 1987 in San Diego, CA | ||
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Hotdance '87 | |
| Del Mar artist and concert promoter Richard Carter brainstormed this outrageous happening in the heart of Del Mar on a roasting mid-August day. We had a great band and we played the samba for a collection of the colorful North County bohemians programmed into full on dance mode. | ||
| Filmed in 1987 in Del Mar, CA | ||
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Windlines | |
| Maui surfer Erik Aeder came to me with this 14 minute surf and water action film requesting some original jazz music to float behind the images. I wrote and recorded all of the music including the main title "Windlines". That's Kevyn Lettua singing and the rest of the Dance of the Universe band tearing it up. | ||
| Filmed in 1980 in Maui, recorded in San Diego, CA | ||
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Nikki's Rose on T.V. | |
| This is a T.V. segment that Channel 8 did on us covering the background of the Nikki's Rose project. Nikki's mom Chris is interviewed and the camera also follows us backstage as we rehearse the music. | ||
| Filmed in 2001 in San Diego, CA | ||
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The Making Of the Pass The Drum Recording | |
| Go behind the scenes as we negotiate the twists and turns in recording our Brazilian flavored CD "Pass The Drum". | ||
| Filmed in 2003 in Encinitas, CA | ||
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Caro Mia Ben / The Rose | |
| This clip is from a live show celebrating the completion of the Nikki's Rose recording. Peter plays the tradtional Italian piece as a solo guitar samba and from there the tune morphs into Peter's composition "The Rose" with the whole group joining in.
Featuring Amber Whitlock on vocals. |
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| Filmed in 2001 at the Dove Library in Carlsbad, CA | ||
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Butterfly | |
| This clip is from the same live show playing the Nikki's Rose music.
Featuring Amber Whitlock on vocals. |
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| Filmed in 2001 at the Dove Library in Carlsbad, CA | ||
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The Dark and The Light | |
| This clip is from the same live show playing the Nikki's Rose music.
Featuring Dani Carrol on vocals. |
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| Filmed in 2001 at the Dove Library in Carlsbad, CA | ||
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Rick | |
| This clip is from the same live show playing the Nikki's Rose music. The song is about Nikki's boyfriend Rick who is a surfer.
Featuring Amber Whitlock on vocals and Rob Whitlock on piano. |
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| Filmed in 2001 at the Dove Library in Carlsbad, CA | ||
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Just As I Have Accepted You | |
| This clip is from the same live show playing the Nikki's Rose music. The song is an exploration in eavesdropping into the mind of a 18 year old.
Featuring Dani Carrol on vocals and Mary Lindbloom on cello. |
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| Filmed in 2001 at the Dove Library in Carlsbad, CA | ||
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