Photo Credit: Dan Nawrocki
Ottawa jazz pianist Peter Hum takes his new band on its maiden voyage when his Comet Quartet performs at the Jazz Room on March 18. The group, which includes renowned Toronto guitarist Ted Quinlan, Toronto bassist Michael Herring and Peter’s long-time friend, Guelph drummer Ted Warren, will play exhilarating and lyrical modern jazz, including original compositions from Peter’s 2020 sextet album Ordinary Heroes, which received four stars from DownBeat magazine, newer compositions by Peter, plus a few choice jazz standards. He has performed at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Ottawa International Jazz Festival, and the Nuits Bleues Jazz Festival in Quebec City. His music has been featured on the CBC radio programs Tonic, Canada Live, and Bandwidth, among others.
Outside of music, Peter has been a journalist at the Ottawa Citizen since 1990, and has covered the education, crime, city hall, courts and technology beats. He has also reported for the newspaper from Hong Kong, New York, San Francisco, London, Amsterdam, Hanover and Eastern Slovakia. Now an assistant editor responsible for arts and life coverage, Peter blogs on jazz at www.jazzblog.ca.
Peter Hum-piano
Ted Warren-drums
Michael Herring- bass
Ted Quinlan- guitar
