Peter O'Mara

Peter John O'Mara ( born December 9, 1957 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian jazz guitarist and composer.

O'Mara was a student of Attila Zoller and has for many years the head of the European jazz scene. He is a member of Klaus Doldinger's Passport since 1990.

He also played numerous concerts with musicians such as Dave Holland, Anthony Jackson, Joe Lovano, Bob Mintzer, Kenny Wheeler, Randy Brecker, Charlie Mariano, Mike Nock, Wayne Darling or David Friedman.

In addition to his concert activities, he teaches at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz and at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich.

Since 1981 he lives in Munich.

Discography (selection)

• YuMag featuring Michael Hornek, Patrick Scales & Christian rood screen Marangani 2008
• Mirage featuring Henning Sieverts & Adam Nussbaum Pirouet 2003
• With- Within- Without featuring Michael Hornek & Henning Sieverts Acoustic Music 2001
• Backseat Driver featuring John Enders, Victor Alcantara, Henning Sieverts & Matthias Gmelin Enja 1999
• Too Early For This World featuring Henning Sieverts & Guido May GLM Edition Collage 1998
• Heritage featuring Florian Trübsbach, H.C. Petzoldt, Florian Schmidt, Guido May & Biboul Darouiche SBF 1997
• A- Strain featuring Adrian Mears, Patrick Scales & Falk Willis SBF 1996
• Symmetry featuring Bob Mintzer, Marc Johnson & Falk Willis GLM Edition Collage 1995
• Travellers featuring Tony Lakatos, Roberto di Gioia, Anthony Jackson, Ernst Ströer & Wolfgang Haffner SBF 1994
• Stairway featuring Tony Lakatos, Russell Ferrante, Anthony Jackson, Tom & Alex Acuña Brechtlein Enja 1993
• Avenue U featuring Joe Lovano, Roberto Di Gioia, Dave Holland & Adam Nussbaum Enja 1990

Textbooks

• A Rhythmic Concept For Jazz Guitar. Advance Music.
• A Rhythmic Concept For Funk / Fusion Guitar. Advance Music.
• A Modal Concept for Jazz Guitar. Advance Music.
• A Chordal Concept for Jazz Guitar. Advance Music.