Talk:Gilles Peterson

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[edit] Peterson's age

I'm writing on the german wikipedia article about Gilles Peterson. Gilles' birthday seems to be a secret. I can find this date nowhere in the web. Anyone knows more. Please contact me at my user page at the german wikipedia: de:Benutzer:Trainspotter. --Trainspotter 09:48, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

That's what I was going to ask - how old is the man?!! Labcoat 22:32, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

After a little searching I've discovered this: Peterson in the following interview says that he was about 18 or 19 when he was asked to dj at the first Bognor soul weekender [1]. On the Caister Soul Weekender website [2] it says the event moved from Caister to Bognor in 1980. I know this is true because I've been around that scene many years and written about Caister on the Jazz-funk article. so that makes Peterson about 44 or 45 now - I know he's older than 40, I just can't source it anywhere for definite. Escaper7 15:57, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

On his MySpace page he recently made reference (in his latest blog entry) to seeing tv host Matthew Wright - who he says he last saw in the school playground. Wright was born in 1965. So chances are, Peterson's DOB is closer to 1965 than 1961. So it should be changed in the article to 'circa 1965'?

He was born in 1964 - see Guinness Who's Who of popular music. Escaper7 14:49, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion

I believe there's a lot more detail to Peterson's career, so I've added some new sub-headings, hopefully editors will consider adding to this. It's perhaps worth writing a separate section on his involvement with various labels, including his new one Brownswood. Escaper7 07:05, 28 September 2006 (UTC)