Peter Apfelbaum and the New York Hieroglyphics "It Is Written"

Track Listing

1. Prelude (1:15)
2. Labile (Unfolding) (2:20)
3. Rainbow Sign (7:20)
4. Apparition/Projectiles (14:25)
5. Song Of The Signs (6:00)
6. Petroglyph Extension (3:15)
7. Shotgun Bouquet (12:00)
8. It Is Written (5:25)
9. Titiwa (7:50)

Personnel

Peter Apfelbaum (piano, organ, tenor sax, clarinet, flute, harmonium, melodica, qarqabas, bata drums); Peck Allmond (tenor sax) Josh Roseman (trombone); Jessica Jones (tenor sax); Tony Jones (tenor sax); Norbert Stachel (bass sax); Craig Handy (alto sax); Steven Bernstein (slide trumpet); Natalie Cressman (trombone); Jeff Cressman (trombone); Charles Burnham (violin); Juliana Cressman (violin); David Phelps (guitar); Viva De Concini (guitar); Will Bernard (guitar); Trey Anastasio (electric guitar); Patrice Blanchard (bass); John Shifflett (acoustic bass); Abdoulaye Diabate (vocal); Jai Uttal (vocal, harmonium); Dafnis Prieto (caxixi); Cyro Baptista (pandeiro, caxixi, bells); Josh Jones (bata drums); David Frazier (bata drums); Aaron Johnston (drums); Deszon X. Claiborne (drums)

Released by

ACT/High Note

Info

Recorded at Loho Studios, NYC, September 22 - 24, 2004/Produced by Hans Wendl and Jeff Cressman.

Peter Apfelbaum "Luminous Charms"

Track Listing

1. Phoenix Hill (5:16)
2. Long Road/Motherless Child (5:15)
3. Move In And Flourish (4:00)
4. Luminous Charms (8:54)
5. Chimes - (For Roscoe Mitchell) (4:45)
6. Song Of Corrosion (6:03)
7. Petroglyph/Marwa (4:20)
8. Theater Piece (3:03)
9. For The Living (4:53)
   

Personnel

Peter Apfelbaum (tenor saxophone, piano, organ); Jeff Cressman (trombone, electric bass); Jai Uttal (harmonium); Will Bernard (guitar); John Shifflett (acoustic bass); Deszon X. Claiborne (drums); Josh Jones (congas, percussion, drums)

Released by

Gramavision/Ryko

Info

Recorded at Bay Records Studio, Berkeley, California, January 1996/Produced by Hans Wendl.

Peter Apfelbaum & the Hieroglyphics Ensemble "Jodoji Brightness"

Track Listing

1. Ghost Train Comes Peacefully (1:16)
2. Chant 9 (4:59)
3. 500 Years (5:41)
4. Light Leaving The Spirit Bridge (4:24)
5. The Hand That Signed The Paper (8:06)
6. The Glow (5:30)
7. Gypsies (4:05)
8. The Gates (5:30)
9. The Ankh (12:44)
10. Libya Blues (6:25)
11. I'll Look For You (4:01)
12. A Las Estrellas (To The Stars) (7:30)

Personnel

Peter Apfelbaum (organ, tenor sax, synthesizer, drums, percussion, piano); Bill Ortiz (trumpet, flugelhorn); Norbert Stachel (clarinet, flute, alto sax , bass sax, tenor sax, soprano sax, baritone sax, piccolo); Jai Uttal (guitar, percussion, harmonium, dotar) Seku Heath (percussion, bata, vocals); Deszon X. Claiborne (percussion, drums); Steven Bernstein (trumpet); James Harvey (trombone); Peck Allmond (trumpet, alto sax, baritone sax, tenor sax, soprano sax); Will Bernard (guitar); Jeff Cressman (percussion, bells, trombone); Rachel Durling (violin); Stan Franks (guitar); Bo Freeman (bass); Paul Hanson (bassoon, alto sax; tenor sax); Buddha Robert Huffman (conga, gong, bell tree, bata, bells, vocals); Josh Jones (conga, timpani, drums, vocals); Tony Jones (tenor sax) 

Released by

Antilles/Polygram

Info

Recorded January 25 – January 28, 1992/Produced by Brian Bacchus, Hans Wendl, and Wayne Horvitz.

Peter Apfelbaum & the Hieroglyphics Ensemble “Signs of Life”

Track Listing

1. Candles And Stones (8:17)
2. Walk To The Mountain (And Tell The Story Of Love's Thunderclapping Eyes) (3:17)
3. Grounding (7:30)
4. The Last Door (5:47)
5. The World Is Gifted (7:45)
6. Chant #11 (5:14)
7. Forwarding, Parts 1 & 2 (12:48)
8. Samantha Smith (8:06)
9. Folksong #7 (3:20)
10. Waiting (2:00)

Personnel

Peter Apfelbaum (bells, drums, keyboards, percussion, piano, qarqaba, baritone sax, soprano sax, tenor sax, tambourine); Peck Allmond (clarinet, percussion, baritone sax, trumpet); David Belove (bass); Will Bernard (guitar); Deszon X. Claiborne (drums); Jeff Cressman (percussion, trombone); Stanley Franks (guitar); Bo Freeman (bass, vocals); Paul Hanson (bassoon, alto sax, tenor sax); James Harvey (percussion, trombone); Buddha Robert Huffman (bell tree, congas, gong, percussion, shekere); Josh Jones (djun-djun, drums, timbales); Tony Jones (tenor sax, synthesizer); Bill Ortiz (trumpet); Norbert Stachel (flute, bass flute, baritone sax, bass sax, soprano sax, tenor sax, sopranino); Scheherazade Stone (vocals); Jai Uttal (bells, cymbals, guitar, harmonium, MIDI guitar, percussion, vocals)

Released by

Antilles/Polygram 

Info

Recorded November 23 – 26, 1990/Produced by Wayne Horvitz.

Peter Apfelbaum & the Hieroglyphics Ensemble “Pillars”

Track Listing

SIDE ONE

1. Signature
2. Pillars
3. Lift Every Voice

SIDE TWO

1. Blood Chimes
2. Zeus
3. Blood Intellect
4. African Hymn/Salvation

Personnel

Peter Apfelbaum (bass sax, drums, gongs, poem recitation, percussion, soprano sax, piano); Steven Bernstein (trumpet, flugelhorn, tuba); Josh Pickus (alto sax, bells); Tony Jones (tenor sax); Peck Allmond (trumpet); Rachel Durling (violin); Kevin Lock (tenor sax, baritone sax); Norbert Stachel (tenor sax); Wendy Apfelbaum (vocal); Herbert Sneed (trumpet); Sarah Cline (trombone); Paul Hanson (alto sax); Steve Mitchell (bass sax); Jed Kreinberg (electric guitar); Benny Green (piano); Bruce Somers (bass); Josh Jones (timbales); Robert Huffman (congas)

Released by

Jewish Matador

Info

Recorded at the Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA, November 15, 1978 and Bear West Studios, San Francisco, CA, March 3 & 10, 1979/Produced by Berkeley Arts Company Production.

Steven Bernstein "Diaspora Suite"

Track Listing

1. Reuben (5:12)
2. Simeon (Yis May Chu) (3:44)
3. Levi (4:04)
4. Judah (7:00)
5. Dan (4:49)
6. Naphtali (4:52)
7. Gad (8:15)
8. Asher (4:22)
9. Issachar (5:47)
10. Zebulon (5:49)
11. Joseph (5:10)
12. Benjamin (6:00)

Personnel

Peter Apfelbaum (tenor saxophone, flute, qarqabas); Steven Bernstein (trumpet); Ben Goldberg (clarinet, contra alto clarinet); John Schott (electric guitar); Scott Amandola (drums); Will Bernard (electric guitar sweeteners); Nels Cline (electric guitar); Jeff Cressman (trombone); Devin Hoff (electric bass); Josh Jones (drums, percussion)

Released by

Tzadik

Info

Recorded at Bay Studios, Oakland, CA, March 21, 2007/Produced by John Zorn, Kazunori Sugiyama, and Steven Bernstein.

Josh Roseman’s New Constellations “Live in Vienna”

Track Listing

1. Satta Massaganna (6:47)
2. Greasy Feets Music (7:15)
3. Thoroughfare (7:25)
4. I Should Have Known Better (5:30)
5. Olsen Twins Subpoena (5:42)
6. Theme Constellations (7:45)
7. B4 And After (6:19)
8. Confucious (5:28)
9. Purpled Turtles Liberations (8:36)
10. I Wanna Be With You (4:04)
11. I Should Have Known Better (Live Remix) (4:39)

Personnel

Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet); Peter Apfelbaum (synthesizer bass); Will Bernard (guitar); Justin Brown (drums); Jeff Cressman (background vocals); Natalie Cressman (background vocals); Jonathan Maron (bass) Barney McAll (electronics, keyboards, piano, sampling); Josh Roseman (electronics, trombone); Marvin Sewell (guitar)

Released by

Enja

Info

Recorded at Joe Zawinul's Birdland, Vienna, Austria, June 14 – 18, 2005/Produced by Josh Roseman.