"Zimmer's drumming boasts a crisp, swinging command with
judicious musicality."
Modern
Drummer Magazine
L-R Joel Frahm, Mike
Rodriguez, Toru Dodo, David Wong, Pete Zimmer (2/7/06)
"The hard bop of the 1960s provides thematic sustenance for the
drummer Pete Zimmer, who leads an athletic combo"New York
Times - Nate Chinen
"The local drummer is a fixture in the jazz
scene. Zimmer knows how to swing."
New York Press
"Judgment is packed with memorable pieces"
Down Beat
News
●Pete Zimmer
lead his group on a very well received UK Tour during March
of 2008 which featured a collaboration of New York based
saxophonist Joel Frahm, US born, London basedbassist
Michael Janisch, and some of London's finest jazz
musicians including, Alex
Garnett (ts), Jim Hart (vibes), Graeme Blevins(ts),
Quentin Collins (tp), and Phil Robson (gt).
Highlights included headlining two sold out sets at Ronnie
Scott's (Soho, London)
on Friday, March 14th, 2008. Other highlights included Pizza
on the Park (Knightsbridge,
London), The Drum
(Birmingham, UK),
Con Cellar Bar (Camden Town,
London), Epsom Jazz Club
(Epsom, UK),
Oliver's (Greenwich, London),
and Broxbourne Jazz Club (Broxbourne,
UK). To view photos of
the tour
CLICK HERE.
●
Pete Zimmer is on George
Garzone'snew CD One Two Three Four released by Stunt
Records that is now available!
Click Here
●
New
JUDGMENT review from PARIS, FRANCE: "trouvera
beaucoup de plaisir dans la fraîcheur de musiciens enthousiastes et
qui jouent pour de bon."Jazz Hot Magazine
(June '07)
- Jean Szlamowicz
Click Here for More!
●
Listen to Pete Zimmer's
Interview by Jason Crane on the online podcast of
The Jazz Sessions.
Click HERE to Listen!
●"Judgment is packed with
memorable pieces, including a pair of edgy, show-stopping duo
numbers, with Garzone and Zimmer sparring like they'd been doing so
forever on "Bye Bye Blackbird" and their moody, sprawling "8 a.m.
Wednesday Spirit." "Cut Off" is a Jazz Messenger-style tune
featuring engaging turns by Frahm, trumpeter Michael Rodriguez,
Dodo and Zimmer that leaves listeners wanting more."3.5
Stars! DownBeat Magazine - Philip Booth (1/07)
● "The
smart, swinging Pete Zimmer"
ThePhiladelphia Inquirer
8/13/06
●
Read recent review on JazzRadio247.com
by Rich Thompson
(Drum Professor at Eastman School of Music)
on JUDGMENT!
CLICK HERE.
● JUDGMENT
is receiving heavy spins on Music Choice
so stay tuned to your cable TV Jazz music channel throughout the
USA!
●
"The best kept secret in straight ahead
jazz circa 2006."All Music Guide
- Jonathan Widran
Read More
●
Philip Booth from JJA
ranked JUDGMENT in his Top 10
for 2006!
●
Eric "Flash" Flashner from KRFC in Fort Collins, CO ranked
Burnin' Live in his Top 10
for 2006!
● "The music swings -- sometimes
hard, the players are
first rate."4 Stars! Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (11/30/06)MORE
● "A recent performance at Cecil’s
Jazz Club
was even more impressive
than the recordings."
David A. Orthmann - Allaboutjazz.com MORE
● Judgment
has charted at #37 on CMJ Radio Charts (College Music
Journal) for the USA!
●Pete Zimmer will be giving a live radio interview on
Thanksgiving night November 23rd on WBEZ (91.5FM) in Chicago
from 9pm to 10pm Central.
● NEW Audiophile
Audition Review for Common Man,
"Representative of the current elevated state of modern jazz."
-Birney K. Brown-Audiophile Audition Click
HERE
●
"we say that the drummer uses an excellent judgment in putting
together this album. " Tad Hendrickson-JazzWeek
10-30-2006
● "Zimmer and David Wong frame a
rhythmic infrastructure that is not only enticing but also
indespecible. More than an hour of spirited blowing that is
straight ahead, swinging, and recommended." Cadence
Magazine (Nov. '06)
- Jack Bowers review for Burnin'(1102)
● "Zimmer's drumming boasts a crisp, swinging command with
judicious musicality." Jeff Potter - Modern
Drummer Magazine (Nov. '06)
●
Two of Pete Zimmer's tunes from Burnin'
Live, Woodside Blues and Doin'
Somethin', have been recommended by the Jazz Record Mart in
Chicago to be licensed to NOKIA
for a highly selective new worldwide ringtone series called
Music Recommenders.
● Pete Zimmer Quintet's
new CD JUDGMENT is
hitting
radio waves October 31st, 2006 stay tuned to a radio station
near you!
● Pete Zimmer
will be the guest DJ on WKCR (NYC)
Musician's Show this Wednesday, October 4th from 6pm to 9pm
Eastern Time. He will play some of his favorite CDs as
well as some of his own CDs including the new release
JUDGMENT!
●
Article published for Pete Zimmer Quintet
gig at Cecil's Jazz Club on allaboutjazz.com.
Click HERE
●
Pete Zimmer Quintet's new release is
Burnin' up the airwaves nationwide, Canada, and many
other parts of the world! Thank you to all of the radio DJs
for all of your overwhelmingly great support!! Stayed tuned to
a radio station near you.
● "Pete
has found in his group something close to the perfect expression of
his artistry to afford him the viable and gainful recognition he
well deserves."
MOREejazznews.com - George W.
Carroll/The Musicians' Ombudsman 4/30/2006
●
"He (Zimmer) is a master of
discretion coupled with the ability to swing.
5 Stars"
MORE ejazznews.com - John Gilbert 4/27/2006
●
"Like the suit and tie
Zimmer wore, the entire set had clean, smart edges and was totally
in the pocket."
MORE
AllAboutJazz-New York - Brian Lonergan (3/06
NY@Night)
●
"New
York drummer Pete Zimmer, an
engaging mainstream modernist, leads a like-minded quartet
featuring a big book of swinging originals, most of them by Zimmer."
MORE
Detroit Free Press - Mark Stryker 10/7/05
●
Common Man
received a rave review in the August 2005 edition of AllAboutJazz-New
York. MORE
●Pete Zimmer was featured in the January 2005
edition of New York City's Hot House magazine's centerfold
Spotlight section. More
●Pete Zimmer was also featured in the January 2005
edition of
AllAboutJazz-NY in their Listen-Up! section.
●Common Man has been receiving substantial radio play
nationwide on NPR and was recently listed #28 on Bob
Parlocha'sTop 40 New Releases
and on WRTI's
Jazz Hot 11 chart in Philadelphia, PA.
●Common Man has also
been receiving heavy airplay on college radio stations including top
10 listings on WNEC, WMPG, CJRS, KWRF, KSAU, WRBC, WTUL, WVIA,
WBRS, WRTC, WIIT, and KEUL.
Announcements
The Pete Zimmer Quintet's
THIRD
CD
JUDGMENT(TIP1103)
is now available released on Tippin' Records!
"Expect to hear more than a few
appealing tunes from "Judgment""
Pete Zimmer & Jim Hart @ Ronnie Scott's, Soho,
London March 14th, 2008
Michael Janisch, Joel Frahm, Pete Zimmer, Quentin
Collins, Jim Hart & Alex Garnett @ Pizza on the Park,
Knightsbridge, London 3/16/08
Ronnie Scott's 3/14/08
Alex Garnett, Joel Frahm, Jim Hart, Michael
Janisch, Pete Zimmer @ Epsom Jazz Club, Epsom, UK 3/13/08
photo by Stephen Jay
Joel Frahm & Pete Zimmer @ Pizza on the Park,
Knightsbridge, London 4/16/08
Indiana University Clinic 9/11/07 Avi Rothbard, Jeremy Pelt,
David Wong, Pete Zimmer
Avi
Rothbard, David Wong, Jeremy Pelt, Pete Zimmer 9/07 USA Tour
Toru Dodo,
Joel Frahm, Pete Zimmer, Michael Rodriguez, David Wong 2/7/06
Pete Zimmer, Mike
Rodriguez, Joel Frahm, John Sullivan, Toru Dodo
Iridium, NYC 5/11/07
Pete Zimmer & George Garzone Systems Two 7/1/06
Toru Dodo Photo 2/26/07
Photos by: R. Andrew Lepley
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