Gilles Peterson

Born

1964-09-28

Birthplace

Caen, Calvados, France

Biography

Gilles Jérôme Moehrle MBE (French pronunciation: [ʒil ʒeʁom muʁl]; born 28 September 1964), better known as Gilles Peterson (/dʒaɪlz/), is a broadcaster, DJ, record label and festival owner. He is renowned for his genre-defying approach to music with jazz at its core. From this base he has systematically championed a whole range of music from across the globe moving from dance music to experimental and all points in-between. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gilles Peterson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.