Peter Beets
Jazz pianist Peter Beets was born June 12, 1971, in The Hague, Netherlands. From birth he was surrounded by classical music via his mother and jazz from his father, the latter of whom was a fan of Oscar Peterson and Art Blakey. Older brothers Marius, a bassist, and Alexander, a tenor saxophonist, and the family moved in 1972 to Groenlo, where Peter received his first piano lessons at the age of six. Peter studied in his late teens and early twenties at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, and also attended law school. In 1985, the Beets Brothers teamed up professionally, and in 1988 Peter won the Pall Mall Swing Award and a year later the Princess Christina Award. In 1990 the first recording of the Beets Brothers was issued, followed by School Is Closed Now and Brotherwise. Then Peter recorded his debut as a leader, First Date, with drummer Jeff Hamilton. Completing conservatory studies, he won the Parisian Prix du Martial Solal, and became a member of the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw. He has been making recordings for the Criss Cross label, working with Americans like Rodney Whitaker, Willie Jones III, Larry Grenadier, Reginald Veal, Herlin Riley, Joe Cohn, and Reuben Rogers, as well as fellow Dutch jazzmen Martijn Van Iterson and Ruud Jacobs. Though rarely in the U.S., he has toured Europe extensively. Over the years Peter Beets has collaborated with Curtis Fuller, Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, George Coleman, Johnny Griffin, Chris Potter, and John Clayton.
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Live at Amersfoort Jazz Festival
Jazz - Released by Maxanter Records on 3 mei 2013
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Chopin Meets the Blues (Jazz Version Live)
Jazz - Released by Magic Ball Jazz Records on 21 sep. 2010
The Qobuz Essential Discography16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Our Love is Here to Stay (Gershwin Reimagined)
Jazz - Released by Magic Ball Jazz Records on 1 mrt. 2019
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Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and All That Jazz!
Jazz - Released by Magic Ball Jazz Records on 12 jan. 2024
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Beets Meets Rosenberg - Django Tribute
Peter Beets, Stochelo Rosenberg
Jazz - Released by Magic Ball Jazz Records on 21 dec. 2018
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Blues for the Date
Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, Peter Beets
Jazz - Released by Challenge Records on 29 mrt. 2010
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The Flying Dutchman (Live)
Peter Beets, The Henk Meutgeert New Jazz Orchestra
Jazz - Released by Magic Ball Jazz Records on 10 jan. 2020
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Chopin Meets the Blues
Peter Beets, Joe Cohn, Reuben Rogers, Greg Hutchinson
Klassiek - Released by Criss Cross Jazz on 21 sep. 2010
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New York Trio - Page 3
Peter Beets, Reginald Veal, Herlin Riley
Jazz - Released by Criss Cross Jazz on 19 apr. 2005
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New York Trio
Peter Beets, Rodney Whitaker, Willie Jones III
Jazz - Released by Criss Cross Jazz on 13 nov. 2001
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New York Trio - Page Two
Peter Beets, Larry Grenadier, Willie Jones III
Jazz - Released by Criss Cross Jazz on 1 jan. 2009
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Piano Concerto No. 2 II. Adagio sostenuto
Jazz - Released by Magic Ball Jazz Records on 15 dec. 2023
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Live at the concertgebouw II
Jazz - Released by Maxanter Records on 27 dec. 2013
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First Date Live
Jazz - Released by Maxanter Records on 29 nov. 2013
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Peter's Theme (from 'Peter and the Wolf’)
Jazz - Released by Magic Ball Jazz Records on 7 dec. 2023
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Live At The Concertgebouw I
Jazz - Released by Maxanter Records on 30 dec. 2013
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Fly Away on the Wings of the Wind (from 'Prince Igor - Polovtsian Dances')
Jazz - Released by Magic Ball Jazz Records on 5 jan. 2024
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Houston Person Meets Peter Beets Trio - 'Live in Holland'
Jazz - Released by Maxanter Records on 29 mrt. 2024
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Our Love is Here to Stay (Live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam)
Peter Beets, The Henk Meutgeert New Jazz Orchestra
Jazz - Released by Magic Ball Jazz Records on 20 dec. 2019
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Our Love is Here to Stay
Peter Beets, Tom Baldwin, Eric Kennedy
Jazz - Released by Magic Ball Jazz Records on 15 feb. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo