These pieces were recorded very quickly over a few days at my home studio. Some were based on rough sketches of a tune or ostinato - everything else was completely improvised. "Lin-lan-lone" is ...... read more
Writings
On 'Transcend!'
On 'The Chine'
“Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not., Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments, Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,, ...... read more
JazzdaGama Review of 'Last Train'
https://jazzdagama.com/music/nick-peck-the-last-train-to-desolation-pass/
Jazz2Love Review of 'Last Train'
https://jazz2love.blogspot.com/2021/02/album-review-last-train-to-desolation.html
On 'Last Train'
High in the Cascades, a locomotive steams through a network of hills and valleys containing isolated settlements & communities (101 Valley Farms). The pace mounts as we struggle up steep gradients ...... read more
On 'Other Stories'
Following the 'long-form' of Wolcum Yole, I felt that it would be a good contrast to record some shorter pieces, not strictly related to each other, where improvisation was at the fore. A...... read more
On 'Wolcum Yole'
For me, making music has increasingly been about finding and sustaining a 'feeling' in a way that I cannot and would not care to analyze. Whether playing Jazz, composing or interpreting other peo...... read more