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With a voice described as "soaring" and "supernal," Peter Campbell has been performing for over thirty years. From cabaret appearances with fellow young performers from the worlds of theater, film and television, Peter went on to work in commercial jingles and to cabaret performances from New York to New England and the Midwest. He has performed throughout Toronto and the GTA since relocating to Canada from his native New York City in 2012. His work has been broadcast on radio stations in Canada, the U.S. and internationally, including CBC, JAZZ91.FM and NPR.
Peter's 2017 release "Loving You: Celebrating Shirley Horn" has received critical acclaim both in Canada and internationally. The album garnered inclusion on several lists of the top jazz recordings of 2017 and was nominated for a 2018 Independent Music Award.
2020 commenced with the release of "Old Flames Never Die," Peter's contemporary take on the traditional jazz/cabaret torch album. The recording was released to stellar reviews and received an "Editor's Feature" in the June 2020 issue of JazzTimes magazine. In January 2021, "Old Flames Never Die" was ranked No. 29 on the JazzTimes Critics List of "Top 40 Jazz Releases of 2020." It is both the only recording produced in Canada as well as only one of two vocal recordings to be recognized by this prestigious publication.
Over the course of three studio releases, Peter has enjoyed a creative musical relationship with GRAMMY® and JUNO® Award winning recording engineer John "Beetle" Bailey. Sessions began in February 2022 for a new album scheduled for release in 2023.
Peter holds a B.A. in Art History from McGill University, Montreal, Canada and an M.A. in the History of Design and Curatorial Studies from Parsons The New School for Design and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. He studied voice for many years with the late Joyce McLean of the Juilliard School.
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Peter Campbell: Old Flames Never Die
by Dan Bilawsky
There's a “square peg, round hole" problem holding vocalist Peter Campbell back in the renown department. He doesn't fall into the resounding soul-stirrer category, à la Gregory Porter, the bop poet-philosopher niche, ruled by Kurt Elling, the pure experimentalist's camp, typified by Theo Bleckmann, the neo-soul realm, occupied by José James, the group-minded singer-songwriter space(s), elevated by artists like New York Voices' Peter Eldridge, or any number of other fairly clear-cut categories. The world of male vocalists is, perhaps, the ...
read morePeter Campbell: Loving You: Celebrating Shirley Horn
by Dan Bilawsky
Put aside notes, chords, rhythm, and the rest of the composite parts that add up to a song, for none of it means a thing if there's no real story to tell and no true artist to mold and honor the truth in the tale. The late Shirley Horn had an instinctual understanding about that fact, moving beyond the job of mere narrator and entering a higher realm and calling that few ever come close to viewing, to say nothing ...
read more"A distinctive voice, as honeyed as Nat Cole, Johnny Hartman and Johnny Mathis."
– Cadence Magazine
"… eerily similar to the sepia tones of the famous line of female jazz singers from Sarah Vaughan to Cassandra Wilson…"
– "Streamnotes," On the Web
"There are… few vocalists who can sing… like Mr. Campbell does… [His] voice soars gloriously…"
– Toronto Music Report
"Haunting and harrowing on a variety of visceral levels."
– Jazz Weekly
"[Peter] can sing my songs anytime and make me proud…"
– Artie Butler, composer of the contemporary standard "Here's to Life"
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Peter Campbell
Location: Toronto
Instrument: Vocals
Publicist: Orange Grove Publicity
