Peter Apfelbaum

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American jazz saxophonist and composer (born 1960)

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::summary American jazz saxophonist and composer (born 1960) ::

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captionApfelbaum at the Moers Festival 2022
backgroundnon_vocal_instrumentalist
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birth_placeBerkeley, California, U.S.
genreJazz
occupationMusician
instrumentTenor saxophone, piano, keyboards, drums
years_active1970s–present
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Peter Noah Apfelbaum (born August 21, 1960) is an American avant-garde jazz pianist, tenor saxophonist, drummer, and composer born in Berkeley, California.

Career

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Apfelbaum formed the Hieroglyphics Ensemble in 1977. He performed with Carla Bley from 1978 to 1982 and toured with Warren Smith and Karl Berger.

He has composed for the Hieroglyphics Ensemble and for Don Cherry. In 1990, he toured and recorded with Cherry in the band Multikulti, playing piano and saxophone.

Apfelbaum's main instruments are tenor saxophone, piano, and drums. His work is influenced by world music with experimental jazz.

Discography

As leader

  • Pillars (Jewish Matador, 1979)
  • Signs of Life (Antilles, 1991)
  • Jodoji Brightness (Antilles, 1992)
  • Luminous Charms (Gramavision, 1996)
  • It Is Written (ACT, 2005)

As sideman

With Trey Anastasio

  • Bar 17 (Rubber Jungle, 2006)
  • Plasma (Elektra, 2003)
  • Seis De Mayo (Elektra, 2004)
  • The Horseshoe Curve (Rubber Jungle, 2007)

With Karl Berger

  • Live at the Donaueschingen Music Festival (MPS, 1980)
  • New Moon (Palcoscenico, 1980)
  • Stillpoint (Double Moon, 2002)

With Steven Bernstein

  • Diaspora Soul (Tzadik, 1999)
  • MTO Volume 1 (Sunnyside, 2006)
  • Diaspora Suite (Tzadik, 2008)
  • MTO Plays Sly (Royal Potato Family, 2011)

With Dafnis Prieto

  • Taking the Soul for a Walk (Dafnison, 2008)
  • Live at Jazz Standard NYC (Dafnison, 2009)
  • Triangles and Circles (Dafnison, 2015)
  • Back to the Sunset (Dafnison, 2018)

With Jai Uttal

  • Beggars and Saints (Triloka, 1994)
  • Shiva Station (Triloka, 1997)
  • Thunder Love (Nutone, 2009)
  • Roots, Rock, Rama! (Mantralogy, 2017)

With others

References

References

  1. Cook, Richard. (2005). "Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia". Penguin Books.
  2. (2002). "Apfelbaum, Peter (Noah)".
  3. link. (2006-11-18)

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