Jimmy Peggie is a bassist, musician and composer based in Phoenix Arizona. He plays regularly in a number of live situations - with the group Subterranean Jazz, with guitarist Jeff Lauffer in Sol Gitana, and with the improvising trio Hi Lo Trio. In all these situations the focus is on adventurous music that is accessible to the listener.

He has been involved with three recordings as a co-leader - Subterranean (1999), Subway Sonnets (2001), and Celtic Lines (2005). In all of these recordings he was involved as the bassist as well as co-producer, composer, and arranger of the music. He has recorded with other musicians in the role of bassist.

Jimmy is dedicated to creating and developing new music through avenues that are slightly removed from the mainstream.

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Jimmy is currently involved in a number of live and recorded projects.

Jimmy plays live around the Phoenix area with Subterranean Jazz. Check out the dates on the Subterranean Jazz site. He has worked with Freetribes with Mike Livingston the sax player and with drummer Richard Bogan. This features meditative, avant garde and mostly free-form improvised music. He also plays with guitarist Chris Zahnleiter.

Jimmy also records with a variety of musicians including folk and Celtic acts. Recent recordings include Cds from Caji, The Clare Voyants, Brid Dower, Deb Myking, Adam Panic and Jim Pipkin,

Jimmy is also involved in developing ambient and sound art recording projects. Find his weekly contribution on the 52 Weeks Project site.   You can listen to his experimental improvisery music.