Peter Epstein


Peter Coleman Epstein is an American jazz saxophonist.

Biography

Epstein learned clarinet as a youth from his father, Ed Epstein, who played saxophone, but picked up his father's instrument in his teens, playing in high school ensembles. While attending the California Institute of the Arts, Epstein studied improvisation and composition with bassist Charlie Haden, flautist James Newton, and clarinetist John Carter, concurrently exploring West African music and dance, North and South Indian classical music and Balkan folk music.
He graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a degree in music in 1992, then moved to Brooklyn, New York and has since appeared on more than 50 recordings and toured with Ralph Alessi, Michael Cain, Scott Colley, Jerry Granelli, Carola Grey, Bobby Previte, Brad Shepik, and Marcelo Zarvos.
Epstein was a founding member of the School for Improvisational Music in New York City and has taught workshops at universities, conservatories, and festivals around the United States and the world.
He received his Master of Music Degree in Saxophone Performance from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2004. In 2007 Epstein became the director of Jazz & Improvisational Music and Associate Professor of Jazz Saxophone at University of Nevada, Reno.

Discography

As Leader

Staring at the Sun Solus The Invisible Lingua Franca Old School The Gadfly The Dark Abstract Realism Epstein Alliance Polarities
  • ''Two Legs Bad''

As The Collective

Boats Balance
  • ''Once and Again''

With [David Ake]

Bridges
''Lake Effect''

With [Ralph Alessi] and Modular Theatre

Hissy Fit
  • ''Open Season''

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Circa
  • ''Phfew''

With James Carney Group

Offset Rhapsody Green-Wood
  • ''Ways and Means''

With [Jerry Granelli]

Enter, A Dragon
  • ''Crowd Theory''

With [Carola Grey]

Noisy Mama
  • ''The Age of Illusions''

With [Pete McCann]

Parable

With João Paulo Esteves da Silva

O Exílio Almas Esquina
  • ''Nascer''

With [Brad Shepik]

The Loan The Well
  • ''Lingua Franca''

With [Marcelo Zarvos]

Dualism Labyrinths
  • ''Music Journal''

As Sideman