Peter Madsen is an American

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pianist.

Early life

Madsen was born in

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, Wisconsin, where he started playing classical piano at eight years old and classical double bass at age ten. At thirteen he started to play the piano in the jazz idiom. He attended the

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where he majored in music education. In 1980 he moved to New York City where he got a break in the jazz world when Stan Getz invited him to tour in Europe. After his tour with Getz, he began performing regularly with many jazz musicians. He also embarked on a career as a headliner in the Peter Madsen Trio. He runs the Collective of Improvising Artists.

Career

He has performed on over 125 CDs and has worked as a composer and arranger. He has composed over 600 pieces and has recorded hundreds. He has worked with Tony Allen, Arthur Blythe,

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, Oscar Brown Jr.,

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, Ravi Coltrane,

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, Stan Getz, Benny Golson,

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, Cheikh Lo,

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, Chris Potter,

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, and

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. His students have included Bill Carrothers,

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and

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) in Austria, Japan, and the United States.

Discography

As leader

* ''Snuggling Snakes'' (Minor Music, 1993) * ''Peter & Peter. Darkness Pursues the Butterfly'' (PAO, 1995) * ''Sphere Essence: Another Side of Monk'' (Playscape, 2003) * ''Prevue of Tomorrow'' (Playscape, 2006) * ''Klemens Marktl Free Spirit Quartet Live'' (Alessa, 2008) * ''The Litchfield Suite'' (Playscape, 2010) * ''Gravity of Love'' (Playscape, 2012) * ''Transformation'' (HGBS, 2013) * ''Satin Doll: A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn'' (Playscape, 2017) * ''Never Bet the Devil Your Head'' (Playscape, 2018) * ''Curiouser & Curiouser'' (Playscape, 2019) With Kilimandscharo Dub & Riddim Society * ''Last Flight from Rwanda'' (Boomslang, 2005) * ''Hip to Be Happy'' (Boomslang, 2008) * ''Dance for Peace'' (Boomslang, 2015) With Three of a Kind * ''Three of a Kind'' (Minor Music, 1994) * ''Drip Some Grease'' (Minor Music, 1996) * ''Meets Mister T.'' (Minor Music, 1994)

As sideman

With

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* ''The Underground Railroad to My Heart'' (Soul Note, 1994) * ''Turn Pain into Power!'' (OODiscs, 1997) * ''Yes Means Yes, No Means No, Whatever She Wears, Wherever She Goes!'' (Koch, 1998) With

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* ''Song for (Septet)'' (New World/CounterCurrents, 1994) * ''Dancers Tales'' (Knitting Factory, 1997) * ''Remembering Thomas'' (Knitting Factory, 1999) * ''Motion Poetry'' (Playscape, 2000) * ''Totem Blues'' (Knitting Factory, 2000) * ''Op.Ed'' (Playscape, 2001) * ''Mythos'' (Playscape, 2002) * ''Orange'' (Playscape, 2003) * ''Boom'' (Playscape, 2004) * ''Deez to Blues'' (Playscape, 2006) * ''Ancestors'' (Playscape, 2008) * ''Arc Suite'' (Playscape, 2010) * ''Street Songs'' (Playscape, 2014) With

* ''Amalgamation'' (Minor Music, 1994) * ''Comme Ci Comme Ca'' (Minor Music, 1991) * ''Full Circle'' (Victor, 1998) * ''Studio Live Session'' (LoEnd, 2018) * ''Swing & Be Funky'' (Minor Music, 1993) * ''With a Little Help from My Friends'' (BHM, 2010) With Carla White * ''Andruline'' (Stash, 1984) * ''Orient Express'' (Milestone, 1987) * ''Mood Swings'' (Milestone, 1988) * ''Listen Here'' (Evidence, 1995) * ''The Sweetest Sounds'' (DIW, 2000) With others *

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, ''You Don't Know Me'' (Arabesque, 1995) * Thomas Chapin, ''Never Let Me Go'' (Playscape, 2012) *

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, ''Break Down the Walls'' (Konnex, 1992) *

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, ''Bridges'' (FiveCut, 2014)

References

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