''Winter Colors'' is a studio album by the jazz group Peterson Kohler Collective, released in 2019 on

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David Peterson,

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, and Rob Kohler are cousins who grew up in

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. Peterson is a veteran of the Seattle jazz scene, teaching at

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for 35 years. Peterson is best known for his work with

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and

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. John Bishop, the drummer, is the founder of Origin Records. Brent Jensen, originally from Idaho, is a Seattle-based saxophonist who attended college with Rob Kohler. The album includes original compositions by every member of the band except Bishop, two freely improvised tracks ("Grey Mist" and "White Flurries"), and a song composed by the Kohler brothers' father John Kohler.

Critical reception

Critics were generally favorable of the album, praising its balance of versatility and cohesiveness. Many critics pointed to the familial connection and maturity of the players as particularly striking. The title track was singled out as exemplary of the album's signature sound, but the compositions were widely praised.

Track listing

Personnel

*David Peterson -

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

*Brent Jensen -

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to p ...

*Lee Kohler -

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

*Rob Kohler -

double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

and

electric bass The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an electric but with a longer neck and scale leng ...

*John Bishop -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

References

External links

Album website

Artist page
{{Authority control 2019 albums Jazz albums by American artists Origin Records albums