NATHAN PECK, BASSIST, was born in Ohio, 1977 and came from a family of musicians. He began playing professionally with them at age 15. Originally starting on piano at age 9, he also played clarinet, baritone saxophone, and drums before becoming a bassist in 1991. At age 16 he won the Milt Hinton Award, a Scholarship for Students of the Double Bass and also won an honorable mention from the National Endowment for the Arts. Mr. Peck was honored to be invited to perform at the International Duke Ellington Conference which was held in Pittburgh, Pennsylvania, in May 1995. From 1995-2002 he was based in Pittsburgh, PA where he performed regularly with his family consisting of his mother, Donna, a vocalist/drummer, father, Skip, a pianist and composer, as well as his brother Alex, a talented drummer and singer and also played with Joe Harris, Roger Humphries, Jimmy Ponder, John Wilson, Jay Ashby, Marty Ashby, David Budway Sean Jones and Mike Tomarro. In 1999 Mr. Peck toured the US and Asia with the great Maynard Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau Band which included a command performance in Bankok for King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Since moving to New York City in 2002, he has also had the privilege to perform with artists such as Mark Murphy, Maria Muldaur, Bonnie Tyler, Vernon Reed, James Wlliams, Ralf Lalama, Lafayette Harris, Joel Frahm, Roy Campbell, Jonathan Kreisberg, Bruce Cox, Allison Miller, Ari Hoenig, and is currently touring/recording with guitarist Alex Skolnick. He also toured with Mr. Skolnick throughout the US, Canada, and Europe and is also on Skolnick's current release, Last Day In Paradise (Magna-Carta records). In summer 2004, he participated in the Kennedy Centers Jazz Ambassador Program along with the Kelley Johnson Quartet which included performances in Russia, Croatia, Slovenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan. In 2005 Peck performed in Moscow, Istanbul, and Baku, with Shahin Novrasli, a pianist from Azerbaijan and is on his current release Live in Moscow. He was also accepted to the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program in 2006. In winter 2008 he toured Central America and the Caribbean with the Kelley Johnson Quartet as part of Lincoln Center's Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad Program. Currently based in Queens, New York, he is a fulltime musician and can be seen performing in NYC at Knitting Factory, Smoke, Iridium, 55 Bar, Lenox Lounge, Deer Head Inn, Joes Pub, Kenny's Castaways, Arthurs Tavern, Tribecca Rock Club, the Annex, and others.