Peter Williams

He started his career on bass guitar playing with various rock, funk and blues based artists in Liverpool and Sheffield where he had studied as an engineer. Later he moved to London and worked as a session musician, recording with, amongst others, Urban DK and break beat producer Jim Eliot.

He was also in demand on the stage, performing regularly alongside Tears for Fears drummer Manny Elias and being a core member of various covers and R & B bands.

Most recently Peter has been playing as a full time member of the Paul Harrison Traditional Jazz Band, and leading his own quartet: 2econd Nature. He has also been enjoying the success of one of his own productions… Swing 41 was a String Swing Jazz Cd he produced in 2008, from which Woody Allen has chosen to use a track in his film Midnight in Paris.

Awards

Grammy 2013 best compilation soundtrack for visual media (producer and performer on the track Seul Ce Soir)

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