Peter Apfelbaum

American jazz saxophonist and composer

Peter Apfelbaum
Apfelbaum at the Moers Festival 2022
Background information
Born	(1960-08-21) August 21, 1960 (age 63) Berkeley, California, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Tenor saxophone, piano, keyboards, drums
Years active	1970s–present

Musical artist

Peter Noah Apfelbaum (born August 21, 1960) is an American avant-garde jazz pianist, tenor saxophonist, drummer, and composer born in Berkeley, California.^[1]^[2]

Career

Apfelbaum formed the Hieroglyphics Ensemble in 1977.^[2] He performed with Carla Bley from 1978 to 1982 and toured with Warren Smith and Karl Berger.^[3]

He has composed for the Hieroglyphics Ensemble and for Don Cherry.^[3] In 1990 he toured and recorded with Cherry in the band Multikulti, playing piano and saxophone.^[3]

Apfelbaum's main instruments are tenor saxophone, piano, and drums.^[2] His work is influenced by world music with experimental jazz.^[3]

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

Ben Allison, Peace Pipe (Palmetto, 2002)
Cyro Baptista, Beat the Donkey (Beat, 2004)
Cyro Baptista, Love the Donkey (Tzadik, 2005)
Jon Batiste, The Process (M.O.D., 2014)
Will Bernard, Medicine Hat (Antilles, 1998)
Vinicius Cantuaria, Tucuma (Verve, 1998)
Don Cherry, Multikulti (A&M, 1990)
Lisle Ellis, Children in Peril (Music & Arts, 1997)
Charlie Hunter, Charlie Hunter (Blue Note, 2000)
Valerie June, The Order of Time (Concord, 2017)
Bill Laswell, Kauai: the Arch of Heaven (Metastation, 2014)
Bill Laswell, Risurrezione Dubopera (ESP Disk, 2016)
Master Musicians of Jajouka featuring Material, Apocalypse Live (M.O.D., 2017)
Barney McAll, Release the Day (Michael Watt, 2000)
Lee "Scratch" Perry, Rise Again (M.O.D., 2011)
Phish, A Live One (Electra, 1995)
Phish, Road to Vegas (Jemp, 2007)
Roberto Juan Rodríguez, El Danzon De Moises (Tzadik, 2002)
Roberto Juan Rodríguez, The First Basket (Tzadik, 2009)
Josh Roseman, Treats for the Nightwalker (Enja, 2003)
Josh Roseman, New Constellations (Enja, 2007)
Adam Rudolph, Can You Imagine... the Sound of a Dream (Meta, 2011)
Todd Rundgren, Nearly Human (Warner Bros., 1989)
Sex Mob, Dime Grind Palace (Ropeadope, 2003)
Paul Shapiro, Midnight Minyan (Tzadik, 2003)
Paul Shapiro, It's in the Twilight (Tzadik, 2006)
Omar Sosa, Eggun (Ota, 2013)
Cassandra Wilson, Vodou Pt. 1 & 2 (Blue Note, 2002)
Jah Wobble & Bill Laswell, Realm of Spells (Jah Wobble 2019)
John Zorn, Voices in the Wilderness (Tzadik, 2003)

References

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^ Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin Books. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-141-00646-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kernfeld, Barry; Kennedy, Gary W. (2002). "Apfelbaum, Peter (Noah)". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Down Beat Profile Archived 2006-11-18 at the Wayback Machine