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Peter Naphtali Lemer (born 14 June 1942) is an English
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musician. He worked with the Pete Lemer Quintet,
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, Seventh Wave, Harry Beckett's Joy Unlimited,
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, and Miller/Baker/Lemer. He currently works with In Cahoots, Peter Lemer Trio/Quartet, Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia, and the Peter Lemer-Billy Thompson Quartet and Duo.


Early life and education

Peter Lemer was born in London, England. He studied piano and composition at the
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with Sven Weber and John Gardner, privately with
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, and then at workshops in London run by Jack Goldzweig (who had himself co-coached in New York with
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). Lemer then went to New York to study double bass with David Walter, attended workshops run by Bill Dixon, and studied piano with
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Career

In 1965, Lemer formed a trio with John Stevens and
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, which opened the Little Theatre Club. In 1966, he formed the Peter Lemer Quintet, with
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on drums, George Khan on tenor sax,
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on baritone sax and Tony Reeves on bass. This band successfully played a season at
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and helped to pave the way for the British free jazz movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, along with the Mike Taylor trio. It cut one LP, ''Local Colour'' which was engineered by
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. In 1969, Lemer worked with the
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, an experimental jazz group. In that year, he also joined Barbara Thompson. The relationship developed into Thompson forming
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with husband
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. Paraphernalia became the most frequently performing jazz-oriented group in Europe, and Lemer was keyboardist for most of the years up to the present, including ten albums recorded live or at Thompson and Hiseman's Temple Music Studios. In 1974, Lemer joined Gilgamesh and played several gigs and some
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sessions. He subsequently became an in-demand session player. In 1974, he joined Ken Elliot's Seventh Wave, a pioneer synthesiser-based rock band, appearing on their second album, ''Psi-Fi''. In 1975, he joined
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, Mr Snips, and The Gurvitz brothers in the
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- recording Elysian Encounter . In 1976, he joined
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briefly to record their final album, ''Strange Terrain''. Although the album was recorded in 1976, it was only released in 2010. In 1979, Lemer joined Mike Oldfield's fifty-piece touring band as one of two keyboard players. This led to him guesting on Moerlen's album ''Time is the Key''. Lemer has done much recent work with the band
In Cahoots In Cahoots was a Canterbury scene band led by guitarist Phil Miller, their main composer. History The band was formed in November 1982 by Miller with Pip Pyle (drums), Richard Sinclair (bass) and Elton Dean (saxophone), as the Phil Miller Qua ...
. With them, he played on the album ''Cutting Both Ways'' (1987) and toured Europe. He joined the band Paraphernalia in 1987 and played on the albums ''A Cry from the Heart'' (1987), ''Everlasting Flame'' (1993) and ''Shifting Sands''. Lemer subsequently worked with In Cahoots again. He played on the album ''Digging In'' (1991) and rejoined the band permanently in 1995. After two In Cahoots tours, Lemer devoted 1999 to touring with Paraphernalia in support of the album they had recently released. Paraphernalia is not currently touring while Barbara Thompson is fighting Parkinson's Disease. Lemer's most recent albums include ''Players of Games'' recorded with Billy Thompson, ''Looking for Soup'', ''All That'' with In Cahoots, and ''Never Say Goodbye'' recorded with Paraphernalia.


Present

He is now coaching piano, improvisation, music technology. He also plays with the Spanish Harlow Orchestra. He is also actively involved in lobbying to end global hunger and participates as Group Leader with Results UK, the premier UK citizen advocacy group to eradicate poverty globally.


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