Charlie Peacock | "Blue For You"

Grammy® award-winning record producer Charlie Peacock adds another Jazz entry to his discography, an acoustic quintet set titled BLUE FOR YOU. Players are: ERIC HARLAND/drums, JOHN PATITUCCI/upright bass, CHRIS POTTER/tenor saxophone, MARCUS PRINTUP/trumpet, and Peacock on piano. The quintet performs Peacock’s compositions, “Refuge of the Wild”, “Blue For You”, and “Up Jumped Freddie.” 

While Peacock is known for his music production prowess, he has recorded with a long list of prominent jazz artists and musicians. 

Peacock followed his 2005 jazz debut, Love Press Ex-Curio (featuring Ravi Coltrane, James Genus, and Joey Baron) with Arc of the Circle (2008), an improvisational duets record with saxophonist Jeff Coffin featuring contributions from Marc Ribot and Derrek Phillips. Peacock’s solo piano outing, Lemonade, was released in 2014 and peaked at #4 on the Billboard Jazz Chart. All of Peacock’s jazz recordings have charted Top 5 on iTunes and Amazon, including 2018’s When Light Flashes featuring Jeff Coffin, Ben Perowsky, Felix Pastorius, Hilmar Jensson, and Matt White. In 2020, Peacock collaborated with bassist Steve Swallow on the single, “After All These Years” and yMusic Ensemble members, CJ Camerieri and Gabriel Cabezas on “Surprised Me Too.” In 2021, Peacock recorded “Brooklyn Brother Bond” with John Patitucci and Go Light, Go Free with the Turtle Island String Quartet.

Short Bio: Charlie Peacock is a Grammy Award-winning, multi-format performer, composer, and record producer. Peacock's production credits include Americana successes such as The Lone Bellow, Holly Williams, Ben Rector, Brett Dennen and "Misery Chain" for Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell featuring Joy Williams, from the soundtrack to the film, 12 Years A Slave. Peacock composed the title theme to the AMC drama Turn: Washington’s Spies featuring Joy Williams and The National’s Matt Berninger. Peacock founded the Commercial Music Program at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee and served as Director of the School of Music.