Peter Slavov

Born: February 6

Peter Slavov is a New York-based bassist, composer, session musician, arranger, and educator. Since he started performing professionally in the mid-1990s, Peter has performed at some of the most prestigious venues and festivals in more than 40 countries on 5 continents.

Born to the family of legendary Bulgarian drummer Peter Slavov Sr., Peter (sometimes credited as Petar) has been playing bass since the age of twelve.

While studying classical music at the Pipkov Music School in Sofia, Bulgaria, Peter discovered American jazz and soon after became the busiest bassist on the scene in Bulgaria, playing with the country’s finest musicians and touring around Europe.

Faces and Places

By Jed Levy

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: EMAIL; Danza de Berrios; Calcata; Twiddle Twaddle; Coming to Terms; St. Simons; Personable; Tenerife; Leading Tone; Haiku; Partido Tenor; Postscript.

Jed Levy: Faces and Places

by Jack Kenny
May 15, 2025

This is a beautiful album that is fired up right from the start. The sound of the tenor is faintly reminiscent of Warne Marsh. There is no seeking after angularity. Jed Levy's way with melody is completely natural and integrated into the quintet, though there are surprises all the way through the improvisations. Jed ...

The Breathing Earth

By John Shannon

Label: Pavian Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Cardinal; The Breathing Earth; Inner Light; Raindance; Mountains of the Heart; Diamond; Auspicious; Peaceful Highway; Remembering; Until Now.

Between The Bars

By Behn Gillece

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Between The Bars; Mindful Moments; Thinking Cap; Beatrice; It's Like Magic; Due Up Next; Lucid Vision; Apogee; Roamers; Horizons; Celestial Lullaby.

Popular Jazz Songs: 2020

by Michael Ricci
January 1, 2021

All About Jazz tracks how often a featured song is heard, and the following represent the most popular in 2020. If you missed them the first time around, give them a listen now, and enjoy! Did Mark Murphy Believe In UFOS? Tony AdamoDid Mark Murphy Believe In UFOS? ...

A Wake of Sorrows Engulfed in Rage

By Alain Mallet

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Trolls ( For Lyle); Goya; Requiem; 3 Funerals #3: Mili; Joy; Yhe Unbreakable Veil; Lace; Hesitation; Listen; 3 Funerals #1: Tommy; The Groove; Prepare to Stop; Water Creatures; 3 Funerals #2: Roberto; Breach; Ima

Patrick Cornelius: From ECM to Acadia National Park

by Friedrich Kunzmann
November 17, 2020

With a persistently active live and equally dynamic release schedule in his back pocket, alto saxophonist Patrick Cornelius continues to push the boundaries of the straight-ahead approach to jazz into a more modern context. Since his first recording as a leader--2006's self-released Lucid Dream featuring a cast of fellow Berklee College of Music Students from the ...

Peter Slavov: Little Stories

by Dan Bilawsky
March 7, 2020

While these ten tracks recorded by bassist Peter Slavov's variable-sized outfit were all fleshed out in the studio between 2017 and 2019, this debut album actually covers a wider span of time. Collecting music penned over the past 20 years, and attaching attendant stories for background and bridging purposes, Slavov essentially looks back over his entire ...

Little Stories

By Peter Slavov

Label: Slavov Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: Prologue: Glide; Gone; Small Little Things; Photos; Bye; History of Beauty; Ghost; In Defense Of The Minotaur; A.M.; Elegy.