The Peet Project is a Hungarian pop-funk-jazz band comprising five twenty-something musicians. Their original music is a seductive and eclectic blend, reflecting influences encompassing Brian Culbertson, Candy Dulfer, George Duke, Earth Wind and Fire and the Rippingtons, among others. The group’s driving force is violinist-composer-vocalist-producer Peter “Peet” Ferencz (27). Peter gives the band its unique sound through his use of violin as a lead instrument in an equivalent role to saxophone or keyboards. His talent was recognized by contemporary jazz icons Brian Culbertson, culminating in Brian lending production guidance to one of the standout tracks off the second album, and Dave Koz who travelled to Hungary to record a single with the Peet Project in the summer of 2016. They play extensively in Hungary and regularly perform in the United States and other European countries like Spain, Slovakia, Romania, Malta and Switzerland.
“BEVERLY HILLS PARTY”
Beverly Hills Cop, Eddie Murphy and the music of the 1980s seem to have cast their spell across time, continents and generations. Even though each member of the Peet Project was born in Hungary years after the movie was released in 1984, both the film and the soundtrack became a highly influential favorite for them. So much so that they created a track to capture the feel of what it might have been like to be… at a Beverly Hills Party back in the 1980s…
Listen to Beverly Hills Party on Smooth Jazz Buzz (Playlist 5/7).
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