Biography
Brooklyn, New York, USA. A highly individual and challenging songwriter with a distinctive voice, Peacock also plays keyboards, vibes and electric bass. Peacock was in the centre of the Milbrook, New York psychedelic scene in the 60s, having been ‘discovered’ by Timothy Leary. Her mother was a classical musician, and she was brought up on chamber music. She discovered jazz for herself at an early age but came into contact with the avant garde after she eloped to New York City with Gary Peacock, who was then the bass player with Albert Ayler. Gary then joined the trio of Paul Bley, who began to use her compositions as well as those of Carla Bley. Paul Bley’s 1967 recording Ballads used Annette Peacock’s tunes exclusively. Her compositions include such beautiful modern classics as ‘Open, To Love’ and ‘Nothing Ever Was, Anyway’. Touring as the Annette And Paul Bley Synthesizer Show at the start of the 70s,...
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