Peter Epstein

Avant-garde saxophonist Peter Epstein was created and raised in Portland, OR; at age group ten he began monitoring the clarinet but quickly turned to alto sax, later on apprenticing beneath the wants of vocalist Nancy Ruler and bassist Glen Moore. While going to the California Institute from the Arts, Epstein analyzed improvisation and structure with bassist Charlie Haden, flautist Wayne Newton, and clarinetist John Carter, concurrently discovering Western African music and dance, North and South Indian traditional music and Balkan folk music; upon graduating in 1992, he relocated to NEW YORK, developing a quartet with accordionist Jamie Saft, bassist Chris Dahlgren and drummer Jim Dark. Epstein’s debut being a leader, Looking at the Sun, made an appearance over the M.A. label in early 1999; both Solus as well as the Invisible appeared afterwards that same calendar year.