What do you get when you combine jazz harmony and improvisation with rock grooves and instrumentation? Well, you get the best of both worlds: all of the intensity and fullness of sound of a driving rock tune, with the harmonic complexity, motives, and improvisational elements of the jazz world. This happens to be great for me, because I tend to get bored listening to straight-ahead jazz, and yet conventional rock often never does anything interesting after the first chorus. So a fusion of the two is where I've settled for the moment, but where did I find the personnel for such … read more
What do you get when you combine jazz harmony and improvisation with rock grooves and instrumentation? Well, you get the best of both worlds: all of … read more
What do you get when you combine jazz harmony and improvisation with rock grooves and instrumentation? Well, you get the best of both worlds: all of the intensity and fullness of sound o… read more
Peter Fernandes is a trumpet player and producer from Southeastern Massachusetts. In high school, Peter played in bands both in and out out of school and found a passion for music that eventually led him to jazz, rock, Latin music, and everything in between. It was during this time that he also discovered composition and the joy of hearing an arrangement realized by live instruments. By the time he graduated high school, Peter was in the middle of recording and producing his first solo album. Since this time, he has recorded and been the sole producer of two more solo albums. In his… read more
Peter Fernandes is a trumpet player and producer from Southeastern Massachusetts. In high school, Peter played in bands both in and out out of school and found a passion for music that even… read more
Peter Fernandes is a trumpet player and producer from Southeastern Massachusetts. In high school, Peter played in bands both in and out out of school and found a passion for music that eventually led him to jazz, rock, Latin music, and… read more