Peter Elias

Peter Elias, bass player and builder Professional bass player since 1970, Peter has played in a variety of musical styles on both double bass and electric bass. He has performed and recorded with rhythm and blues-based groups in Toronto and Edmonton. These include Billy Reed and the Street People and Privilege in which he collaborated with Steve Perry and Molly Johnson. While in Edmonton he was professor of double bass and electric bass at the Grant MacEwan University. Also while in western Canada he toured with renowned folk artist, Valdy, before settling in Switzerland In spite of these successes, playing music has always remained a priority. Jazz became the focus in Toronto and subsequently in Europe where he has been based since 1992. In Toronto and area, he performed with well known Canadian jazz artists, including Don Thompson, Lorne Lofsky, Ed Bickert, Reg Schwager, Jane Bunnett and Guido Basso and others. He has accompanied international stars such as Nat Adderley and Bennie Golson as well as playing regularly with Robin Kenyatta. Peter helped create the Cobourg (Ontario) Jazz Society featuring many of the great Toronto musicians. More recently he created the Milos (Greece) Jazz Project, which has hosted great young jazz talents from UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, Sweden and Latvia. This winter he will be playing with his trio featuring Noé Macary and Marc-Olivier Savoy at La Part des Anges in Villars sur Ollon once a week during the winter ski season.