Gary Peacock & Ralph Towner

A sophisticated, forward-thinking jazz bassist, Gary Peacock was a subtle yet distinctive musician whose intuitive, sympathetic ear for group interplay found him crossing from straight-ahead standards to avant-garde free jazz. While his intellectual curiosity drew him to such wide-ranging pursuits as biology and Eastern philosophy, Peacock's immense musical talents kept him at the epicenter of progressive jazz and creative improvisation for more than six decades. He began recording with saxophonist Bud Shank and others during the late 1950s. His first engagement with the '60s ...