He had private lessons with George Golla at the Academy of Guitar in Sydney as well as attending a number of jazz clinics presented by Jamey Aebersold including musicians like Dave Liebman, Randy Brecker, John Scofield and Hal Galper.
He was a regular at jam sessions where he met musicians like Steve Murphy, Tommy Emmanuel, Michael Bartolomei, Willy Qua, Dale Barlow, Miroslav Bukowsky and Jackie Orszaczky.
At 21 Peter found himself performing regularly with seasoned jazz musicians like Errol Buddle, Barry Duggan and Stewie Speer as well as the big band at South Juniors Football Club backing artists like Patti Page and Al Martino.
Peter spent three months in New York in summer 1981 going to concerts, jam sessions as well as having lessons from musicians like Dave Liebman, John Scofield, Jimmy Raney and Attila Zoller.
In 1990 a chance meeting with saxophonist and composer Klaus Doldinger lead to him being invited to join the legendary Jazz-Rock group Passport where he performed for over 25 years, touring Europe a number of times as well as South Africa, Brazil, Morocco and New Zealand.
In the years since Peter has toured Australia and New Zealand performing with local musicians like Mike Nock, Paul Williamson, Miroslav Bukovsky, Nick Haywood, Brett Hirst, Jonathan Zwartz, Hamish Stuart and Andrew Gander.
Having numerous friends living in Munich and Cologne Germany, I am well aware of the vibrant jazz scene which may rank a close second to New York when considering the depth and virtuoso skill the area artists are able to bring to the studio or concert hall.
The Rodgers and Hart classic is slightly reharmed into a free flowing ballad with Tim Collins solo adding a harmonic flavour that is rich in texture and colour while blending perfectly with this stellar 4tet.
The subtle nuances from the rhythm section rounded out by contrabass player Henning Sieverts and Matthias Gmelin are done with the type of finesse and elegance necessary to keep the integrity of this beautiful tune.
Clean single note lines with the lyrical bass of Sieverts and deceptively subtle brush work of Gmelin make this tune far more than the average cover but rather an emotional trip back to the future for the jazz aficionado that lives for tradition.
He has worked and recorded with many musicians on the international Jazz scene including: Kenny Wheeler, Joe Lovano, Dave Holland, Jon Christensen, Roberto Di Gioia, Adam Nussbaum, Bob Mintzer, Russell Ferrante, Anthony Jackson, Randy Brecker, Terri Lyne Carrington, Pee Wee Ellis, Fred Wesley, Joe Nay, Maria Joao, John Marshall, Patrick Scales, John Taylor, Randy Brecker, Charlie Mariano, Benny Bailey, Robben Ford, Mike Nock, Albert Mangelsdorff, Ack van Rooyen, Johnny Griffin, Willy Qua, Tony Lakatos, Tim Collins.