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

Career

Apfelbaum formed the Hieroglyphics Ensemble in 1977. He performed with

Carla Bley Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936) is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera '' Escalator over the Hill'' ...

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.Down Beat Profile

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 ''The Horseshoe Curve'' is Trey Anastasio's sixth studio album. It was his second release on his record label, Rubber Jungle Records. ''The Horseshoe Curve'' is entirely instrumental apart from three cries of "Burlap Sack & Pumps" on track 3 of ...

'' (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 Dafnis Prieto (born July 31, 1974) is a Cuban-American drummer, composer, bandleader, and educator. Career In his home town of Santa Clara, Cuba, Prieto studied percussion and guitar. During his teens, he moved to Havana to study at the Nati ...

* ''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 Vinícius is a Portuguese given name from the Roman family name ''Vinicius'', possibly derived from Latin ''vinum'' "wine". Notable people with the name include: * Lucius Vinicius, Roman consul in 33 BC * Marcus Vinicius, Roman consul in 19 BC, Rom ...

, ''Tucuma'' (Verve, 1998) * Don Cherry, ''

Multikulti Multikulti is a slogan of the multiculturalism public policy approach. Its etymological origin is with the German progressive movements of the 1970s and 1980s. It was popularised by the German Green Party and gained popularity throughout Europe. ...

'' (A&M, 1990) * Lisle Ellis, ''Children in Peril'' (Music & Arts, 1997) * Charlie Hunter, ''Charlie Hunter'' (Blue Note, 2000) *

Valerie June Valerie June Hockett (born January 10, 1982),Hubbell, John (2009),, '' The Commercial Appeal'', May 28, 2009.(aged 27 in May 2009). known as Valerie June, is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Memphis, Tennessee, Unite ...

, ''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 The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar (sometimes written as ...featuring Bachir Attar) are a collective of Jbala Sufi trance musicians, serving as a modern representation of a centuries-old music tradition. The collective includes m ...

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 Phish is an American rock band formed in Burlington, Vermont, in 1983. The band is known for musical improvisation, extended jams, blending of genres, and a dedicated fan base. The band consists of guitarist Trey Anastasio, bassist Mike Gordon ...

, ''

A Live One ''A Live One'' is a live album by the American rock music, rock band Phish, released on June 27, 1995, by Elektra Records. The album was the band's first official live release, their first album to be certified Platinum by the Recording Industry ...

'' (Electra, 1995) * Phish, ''Road to Vegas'' (Jemp, 2007) *

Roberto Juan Rodríguez Roberto Juan Rodríguez (Havana) is a Cuban-American jazz musician who is known for fusion of Latin music and Jewish Klezmer elements. Although not Jewish his father's Latin band regularly played at Jewish theatre, weddings and bar mitzvahs in Mia ...

, ''El Danzon De Moises'' (Tzadik, 2002) * Roberto Juan Rodríguez, ''The First Basket'' (Tzadik, 2009) *

Josh Roseman Josh Roseman (born 5 June 1967) is an American jazz trombonist. His nickname is "Mr. Bone". He studied in Newton North High School. Roseman was born in Boston, and studied at the New England Conservatory of Music. Roseman toured Jamaica with The ...

, ''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 Omar Sosa (born April 10, 1965) is a jazz pianist from Cuba. Biography A native of Camagüey, Cuba, Sosa studied percussion at the Escuela Nacional de Musica and Instituto Superior de Arte. In the 1980s he started the band Tributo, recording alb ...

, ''Eggun'' (Ota, 2013) * Cassandra Wilson, ''Vodou Pt. 1 & 2'' (Blue Note, 2002) * Jah Wobble & Bill Laswell, ''Realm of Spells'' (Jah Wobble 2019) *

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jaz ...

, ''Voices in the Wilderness'' (Tzadik, 2003)

References

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