Pete Christlieb (Los Angeles, 16 februari 1945) is een Amerikaanse jazzsaxofonist van de bop, westcoast-jazz en hardbop.
Biografie Pete Christlieb is de zoon van fagottist Don Christlieb. Hij heeft met veel muzikanten gewerkt, zoals Louie Bellson, Chet Baker, Woody Herman, Count Basie, Tom Waits, Steely Dan, Warne Marsh, Doc Severinsen, The Tonight Show Band, Bob Florence, Frank Mantooth, Gary Urwin, Phil Kelly en Bill Holman. Christlieb speelde de saxofoonsolo's op Steely Dan's hit Deacon Blues van het album Aja, het met een Grammy Award bekroonde album Unforgettable van Natalie Cole en de verlengde tenorsaxsolo op het nummer FM (No Static at All) uit de film met dezelfde naam. Christlieb speelt momenteel met zijn recent opgerichte 11-koppige band de Tall & Small Band, het Bill Holman Orchestra en zijn eigen kwartet. Ook is Pete jarenlang betrokken geweest bij professionele dragraces, waarbij zijn auto's deelnamen aan talloze races in het zuidwesten en door het hele land. Zijn team heeft twee nationale kampioenschappen gewonnen in de klasse 'Blown Alcohol Dragster'.
Discografie As leader of co-leader 1971: Jazz City: A Quartet with Pete Christlieb (RAHMP) 1978: Apogee (met Warne Marsh) (Warner Bros. Records) 1981: Self Portrait (Bosco) 1982: Going My Way (Bosco) 1983: Dino's '83 (Bosco) 1990: Mosaic (met Bob Cooper) (Capri Records) 1990: Conversations with Warne Volume 1 (met Warne Marsh) (Criss Cross Records) 1995: Conversations with Warne Volume 2 (met Warne Marsh) (Criss Cross) 1996: Get Happy – Don Lanphere & Pete Christlieb met New Stories (Origin Records) 1997: The Tenor Trio – Ernie Watts/Pete Christlieb/Rickey Woodard (JMI/JVC) 1997: Red Kelly's Heroes (met the Bill Ramsay/Milt Kleeb Band) (CARS) 1998: Live At Capozzoli's (Las Vegas Late Night Sessions) – Pete Christlieb/Andy Martin Quintet (Woofy) 1999: For Heaven's Sake (CARS) 2000: Late Night Jazz – Pete Christlieb & Slyde Hyde (Vertical Jazz/Fine Tune) 2006: Live at the Jazz Cave (Cognito) 2010: Reunion – Hadley Caliman & Pete Christlieb (Origin) 2011: High On U – Tall & Small: The Pete Christlieb & Linda Small Eleven-Piece Band (Bosco)
met Doc Severinsen 1986: The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen (Amherst) 1988: The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen, Vol. II (Amherst) 1991: Once More...With Feeling! (Amherst) 1991: Merry Christmas From Doc Severinsen & the Tonight Show Orchestra (Amherst)
Als sideman of gast Met Louie Bellson 1974: 150 MPH – Louie Bellson Big Band 1975: The Louis Bellson Explosion 1976: Live at Concord Summer Festival – Louie Bellson's 7 1977: Prime Time 1978: Sunshine Rock – Louie Bellson & The Explosion Orchestra 1978: Matterhorn: Louie Bellson Drum Explosion 1979: Louis Bellson Jam 1984: Don't Stop Now! 1996: Their Time Was the Greatest – Louie Bellson Honors 12 Super-Drummers 1997: Air Bellson – Louie Bellson's Magic 7 1998: The Art of the Chart – Louie Bellson's Big Band Explosion!
Met Wayne Bergeron 2002: You Call This a Living? 2007: Plays Well with Others
Met Bobby Caldwell 1996: Blue Condition 1999: Come Rain or Come Shine
Met Frank Capp 1982: Juggernaut Strikes Again! 1995: In a Hefti Bag 1997: Play It Again Sam
Met Rosemary Clooney 1992: Girl Singer 2002: Out of This World
Met Natalie Cole 1991: Unforgettable... with Love 1993: Take a Look 1999: Snowfall on the Sahara 2008: Still Unforgettable
Met Bob Florence 1979: Live at Concerts by the Sea 1981: Westlake 1982: Soaring 1992: Jewels - compilation
Met Bill Holman 1995: A View from the Side 1997: Brilliant Corners: The Music of Thelonious Monk 2007: Hommage
Met Quincy Jones 1971: Smackwater Jack 1974: Body Heat 1976: I Heard That!! 1995: Q's Jook Joint 1999: From Q with Love 2000: Basie and Beyond (met Sammy Nestico)
Met Phil Kelly & The Northwest Prevailing Winds 2003: Convergence Zone 2006: My Museum – Phil Kelly & The Southwest Santa Ana Winds 2009: Ballet Of The Bouncing Beagles
Met Seth MacFarlane 2011: Music Is Better Than Words 2017: In Full Swing
Met The Manhattan Transfer 1977: Pastiche (album)|Pastiche 1991: The Offbeat of Avenues 1992: The Christmas Album
Met Frank Mantooth 1987: Per-Se-Vere 1995: Sophisticated Lady 1999: Miracle
Met Diane Schuur 1986: Timeless 1993: Love Songs
Met Tom Scott 1973: Great Scott 1982: Desire 1983: Target 1991: Keep This Love Alive 1992: Born Again 1995: Night Creatures 1999: Smokin' Section
Met Keely Smith 2000: Swing, Swing, Swing 2001: Keely Sings Sinatra 2002: Keely Swings Basie-Style with Strings
Met Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra 2000: Perspectives 2001: Living In The Moment [rel. 2003] 2006: Kindred Spirits – Bill Watrous/Pete Christlieb/Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra 2014: A Beautiful Friendship – Bill Watrous/Pete Christlieb/Carl Saunders/Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra
Met Tom Waits 1974: The Heart of Saturday Night 1975: Nighthawks at the Diner [live]
Met Anthony Wilson 1997: Anthony Wilson 1999: Adult Themes
Met anderen 1968: Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool), Sonny Criss 1970: Music from 'The Adventurers' , Ray Brown 1972: Free Again, Gene Ammons 1972: Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand, Sarah Vaughan 1973: Corazón, Percy Faith 1974: Dreamer, Bobby 'Blue' Bland 1974: Let's Love, Peggy Lee 1975: High Energy, Freddie Hubbard 1976: Can't Hide Love, Carmen McRae 1976: Earl Klugh, Earl Klugh 1977: Aja, Steely Dan 1978: 3-Way Mirror, Livingston Taylor 1978: Frankie Valli...Is the Word, Frankie Valli 1979: Donald Byrd and 125th Street N.Y.C., Donald Byrd 1979: Palette, Alan Broadbent 1979: Street of Dreams Bill Henderson 1979: The Cat and the Hat, Ben Sidran 1980: Growing Up in Hollywood Town, Lincoln Mayorga/Amanda McBroom 1980: Night Song, Ahmad Jamal 1981: Playin' It Straight, Jack Sheldon 1982: Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass, David Grisman 1982: It's a Fact, Jeff Lorber 1984: Then and Now, Joe Williams (met Mike Melvoin) 1989: Sarabanda, Martin Taylor 1991: Never Let Me Go, Toni Tennille 1992: Sweet Simon, Conte Candoli 1993: Forever, Michael Feinstein 1993: Homage to Duke, Dave Grusin 1993: Michel Plays Legrand, Michel Legrand 1993: Rules of the Road, Anita O'Day 1994: Masterpieces, The Singers Unlimited 1994: Somebody Loves Me, Frank Strazzeri 1998: Big Band Favorites of Sammy Nestico, Sammy Nestico 1998: The Magic Band II, Howard Roberts 1998: When I Look in Your Eyes, Diana Krall 2001: Singin' and Swingin' , Joey DeFrancesco 2002: A Jazz Musician's Christmas, Tom Kubis 2002: The House I Live In, Tony Danza 2002: Waves: The Bossa Nova Sessions, Eden Atwood 2003: From Me to You: A Tribute to Lionel Hampton, Terry Gibbs 2004: Jazz Standards, Stanley Clarke 2005: Big Band, Kevin Mahogany 2005: Let Me Off Uptown, Cheryl Bentyne 2006: Back in Town, Matt Dusk 2006: Round Trip, Marilyn Harris 2007: The Lost Bill Holman Charts, Carl Saunders 2009: At Last, Lynda Carter 2012: Ellington Saxophone Encounters, Mark Masters 2013: Made in California (1962–2012), The Beach Boys 2013: To Be Loved, Michael Bublé 2018: Sunlight, Chris Standring
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