Eagle Bank Presents:
The UnCommon Concert Series: Summer Music in the Cortex Commons

July 21: Peter Martin’s Summer Jam Band

Peter Martin is an acclaimed jazz pianist, composer, arranger and educator. His touring career has taken him to six continents numerous times. In January 2011 Peter performed with a select group of jazz artists at the White House for a State Dinner hosted by President Obama, and he returned to perform for the Governor’s Dinner in February 2012 for the first family and other guests. Peter performed on and arranged Dianne Reeves’ Grammy® winning release A Little Moonlight.

He also appeared in George Clooney’s 2005 film Good Night, and Good Luck as well as being the featured pianist and an arranger on the Grammy® winning soundtrack. Peter has performed, toured and recorded with Wynton Marsalis, Chris Botti, Betty Carter, Christian McBride and Joshua Redman as well as the Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. In 2014 Peter was selected to tour with “Newport Now 60”, an all-star ensemble that toured nationwide in celebration of the iconic festival’s 60th anniversary.

Peter attended the Juilliard School of Music and is a former member of the faculties of Northwestern University and Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville). He has performed workshops and master classes at institutions worldwide, including Oberlin College, Northwestern University, Duke University, the Carnegie Hall Professional Training Workshops, Steinway Piano Gallery, the Rotterdam Conservatory, and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow.

The concert is produced in partnership with Urban Chestnut Brewing Company, ITC, Cortex Innovation Community and Venture Cafe St. Louis

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Beer and food trucks @ 5 pm
Music @ 8-10- pm

The UnCommon Concert Series: Summer Music in the Cortex Commons Lineup:
Miss Jubilee and the Humdingers | Thursday June 16
Peter Martin’s Summer Jam Band | Thursday July 21
Blank Generation | Thursday August 18