He's really from another world. And it's not just about music (about trumpet too). _________________ C. LeLoiL
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It took me a few minutes to get into what he is doing, but once I picked up on the logic and structure of his playing, I found myself really liking it.
Is he playing a pic?!
This brings to mind a sax player I saw live at the Jazz Estate in Milwaukee years ago. His solo was based on some really 'out there' extensions of the basic chord progression, but he did it so logically that it was accessible and enjoyable to even the casual listener. _________________ "He that plays the King shall be welcome . . . " (Hamlet Act II, Scene 2, Line 1416)
"He had no concept of the instrument. He was blowing into it." -- Virgil Starkwell's cello teacher in "Take the Money and Run"
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 2:02 pm Post subject:
I knew Peter as a teen and had the opportunity and/or poor luck (depending on how you look at it) to be in a few bands alongside him, although I have not spoken to him since high school. He was always a player of stupendous ability and a preternatural ability to improvise, forever, in any style. I really cannot stress that enough. There's an old clip on YouTube of him playing a ten-minute unaccompanied cadenza on Night in Tunisia. I have no doubt that he could do it for ten times that length, and he could have done it by his junior year of high school, without running out of ideas.
Were he of the disposition, Peter could easily have much more name recognition, views, and dollars playing straight ahead hard bop in the vein of a Hubbard, Hargrove, etc. He could play like that at age 15. But he's a searcher, I think. A bit like Miles in that regard: always looking for the next thing. Intellectually restless. His search has taken him in... interesting directions. In my humble opinion - and I am not remotely as good a player in my forties as he was at age 15 - some are not to my taste, but some are really extraordinary. I think his album Ghosts is an absolute masterpiece, with Destination: Void not far behind. His first Live in Lisbon (I think he has two albums with that name) is fascinating, and I love everything he's did with Mostly Other People Do the Killing.
One more tale: one summer he took up piano. The following spring, when the secondary school-level jazz competitions were held, he was voted one of the best jazz pianists in the state. Then again, I think I got one of those the prior year and my brain can still stall out when thinking about more complex voicings at speed _________________ 1936 King Liberty No. 2
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 7:35 am Post subject:
abontrumpet wrote:
Subtropical and Subpar wrote:
I knew Peter as a teen . . .
Awesome stories. As a fan, it was a fun read.
As I recall, his favorite book in high school was Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Autumn of the Patriarch, a wildly ambitious journey through the world - and mind - of an aging, failing Latin American dictator. Just about the hardest, densest thing to read this side of James Joyce. A single sentence can run for many pages. But... a very rewarding and unique experience.
I think his taste in books somewhat informs his playing style _________________ 1936 King Liberty No. 2
1958 Reynolds Contempora 44-M "Renascence" C
1958 Olds Ambassador
1962 Reynolds Argenta LB
1965 Conn Connstellation 38A cornet
1995 Bach LR18072
2003 Kanstul 991
2011 Schilke P5-4 B/G
2021 Manchester Brass flugel
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