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As a performer Pete has been featured at many festivals internationally working as a singer, pianist and conductor. He has been a member of both Kenny Wheeler’s and Abdullah Ibrahim’s vocal projects, travelled extensively as Mark Murphy’s accompanist and has collaborated with, amongst others, Norma Winstone, Stan Sulzmann, John Taylor, Cleveland Watkiss, Julian Arguelles, Bobby Wellins and Tina May. He has also released several critically acclaimed jazz albums under his own name.
The performing and recording Pete has done over the last twenty five years reflects the eclectic career he has pursued thus far… sometimes as a singer, sometimes as a pianist either in a purely instrumental setting or as an accompanist, and sometimes multi-tasking and doing both at the same time! He also works as a conductor… choirs, orchestras, Big Bands etc. The list below reflects the breadth of his scope and his inability to concentrate on just one pathway!
Regular Ensembles
Pete Churchill Trio (piano, vocal, bass and drums) with Bobby Wellins (tenor sax).
The London Vocal Project - Twenty-Five Voices (founder/director).
Avalon Trio ‘English Music’ Improvising Ensemble (piano, saxophone, flute, clarinet and percussion).
Select Freelance Performing Work
Mark Murphy Musical Director/Accompanist 1993 - 2008 – performances at festivals and in clubs throughout UK and Europe.
Kenny Wheeler Conductor/Arranger, Kenny Wheeler and Jyvaskyla Studio Choir – Jyvaskyla Summer Jazz Festival.
Kenny Wheeler Vocal Project Bass singer with Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone and John Taylor – Berlin Jazz Festival.
Kenny Wheeler Big Band Conductor, Appleby Jazz Festival, 80th birthday concert and UK tour and recording.
Abdullah Ibrahim Bass singer/Musical Director for ‘Abdullah Ibrahim Vocal Project’ with Abdullah Ibrahim Trio, Cleveland Watkiss and Ian Shaw – Essen, Germany and BBC Concert Orchestra – Barbican Centre, London Jazz Festival.
Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Laine Director, London Vocal Project – Royal Festival Hall, London Jazz Festival.
Bobby McFerrin Director, London Vocal Project – Barbican Centre, London Jazz Festival.
Norma Winstone Director, London Vocal Project – Vortex Jazz Club.
Stan Tracey Choir Director, Ellington’s Sacred Music At RAM.
Assorted International Festivals and Venues
Vicenza Jazz Festival Italy (Solo)
Otranto Jazz Festival Italy (With Julian Arguelles & The Frank Harrison Trio)
Certaldo Arts Festival Italy (With Edward Simon Trio)
Azores Jazz Festival Portugal (With Mark Murphy)
Jyvaskyla Jazz Festival Finland (With Kenny Wheeler & Stan Sulzmann)
Cork Jazz Festival Ireland (With The Frank Harrison Trio)
Edinburgh Jazz Festival Scotland (Pete Churchill Trio)
Brecon Jazz Festival Wales (With Mark Murphy)
Jazz Philharmonic Hall St. Petersburg, Russia (With Anita Wardell)
Jazz Bistro Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Solo)
Grappas Jazz Club Hong Kong (Pete Churchill Quintet)
New Morning Jazz Club Paris, France (With Mark Murphy)
Ronnie Scotts London (Pete Churchill Quartet)
Pizza Express Dean St. London (With Bobby Wellins)
Pizza On The Park London (With Mark Murphy)
Discography
As Performer…
THE LONG WAITING
The Kenny
Wheeler Big Band
(CamJazz
CAMJ 7848-5)
FORLANA
Avalon Trio
featuring Tony
Woods & Rob Millet
(Marquetry
Records Mr936)
THE BAD AND
THE BEAUTIFUL
The Pete Churchill
Trio featuring
Bobby Wellins
(33 Records
33jazz107)
TWICE ON A SUNDAY
Iain Mackenzie
(Jazzizit Records Jitcd0540)
WINTER WONDERLAND
Geoff Gascoyne, Andy Panayi
& Adam Glasser
(Jazzizit Records Jitcd 9710) www.jazzizit.co.uk
SONGS OF THE SPIRIT
Scott Stroman, Bobby Wellins
& Eclectic Voices
(33 Records 33wm114)
CAPTURED BY A SMILE
Fransessca Peter (EMI Malaysia)
BLACK TO BROADWAY
Munroe Kent (Carleton Records)
UNFORGETTABLE – THE NAT
KING COLE STORY
Clarke Peters
As Composer/Songwriter/Arranger…
‘WITH ONE VOICE’ LIVE
The Royal Albert Hall – DVD
LONDON VOCAL PROJECT
Massed Choir, Orchestra & Big Band (Black Swan Film & Video)
‘THE JOURNEY’ LIVE
The Royal Albert Hall – DVD
Gary Bryden, Nia Lynn, Guillermo Rozenthuler, Massed Choir, String Orchestra & World Music Ensemble (Black Swan Film & Video)
‘DAVID & GOLIATH’ LIVE
The Royal Albert Hall – DVD
Stan Sulzmann, Paul Medford, Gary Bryden, Massed Choir, String Orchestra & Big Band
(Black Swan Film & Video)
‘BABEL!’ LIVE
The Royal Albert Hall – DVD
Stan Sulzmann, Brian Abrahams, Massed Choir, Orchestra & Big Band
(Black Swan Film & Video)
THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM – ‘KEEP A FIRE BURNING IN MY HEART’
Stig Rossen & Southern Jutland Symphony Orchestra (Pineapple Records). Platinum Disk.
STARRY, STARRY NIGHT –
‘DAVID’S SONG’
Stig Rossen & Southern Jutland Symphony Orchestra (Pineapple Records). Gold Disk.