Nat Peck is an American jazz

Jazz

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 trombonist.

Nat Peck was born in New York City

New York City

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. He played with Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller

Alton Glenn Miller was an American jazz musician , arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known "Big Bands"...

 (1943–45) and Don Redman

Don Redman

Donald Matthew Redman was an American jazz musician, arranger, bandleader and composer.Redman was announced as a member of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame on May 6, 2009....

 (1947) early in his career. After moving to France

France

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, where he lived from 1947 to 1951, he attended the Paris Conservatory (1949–51) and played with Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Randolph Hawkins was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Hawkins was one of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument. As Joachim E. Berendt explained, "there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn"...

 (1949), James Moody

James Moody (saxophonist)

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 (1949–50), Roy Eldridge

Roy Eldridge

Roy David Eldridge , nicknamed "Little Jazz" was an American jazz trumpet player. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos and his strong influence on Dizzy Gillespie mark him as one of the most exciting musicians of the swing era and a...

, Don Byas

Don Byas

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 and Kenny Clarke

Kenny Clarke

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 (1950). In the 1950s Peck played on television

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 in New York and Paris. In 1953 he recorded with Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz...

.

Peck returned to France again in the 1960s, playing with Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand

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, Léo Ferré

Léo Ferré

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, André Hodeir

André Hodeir

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 and Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

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. He spent some time in England and Germany, working as a staff musician at Sender Freies Berlin

Sender Freies Berlin

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 and playing with Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...

 and the Clarke-Boland Big Band (1963–69). He relocated to London

London

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 in 1965, where he became active in the studios, film, and television. He worked with Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman

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 in 1970–72 and with Peter Herbolzheimer

Peter Herbolzheimer

Peter Herbolzheimer was a German jazz trombonist and bandleader.- Biography :Herbolzheimer was born in Bucharest and migrated from communist Romania to West Germany in 1951. In 1953 he moved to the United States of America, where he worked as a guitarist...

in 1979.

Peck had more or less retired by the 1990s, but remained in the music industry as a contractor and promoter.