# Peter Apfelbaum

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2024.01.08 Peter Apfelbaum on Andrew Hill, Hampton Hawes - 2 of 3

This music is at its best when the artist is telling you exactly who they are.  Pianist Andrew Hill always seemed able to take us inside his internal mindscape of thoughts, puzzles and emotions.  Whether alone or in an ensemble, in both his playing and his writing, he did so with an articulateness …

2024.01.08 Peter Apfelbaum on Hampton Hawes, Mulatu Astatke - 3 of 3

This music is at its best when the artist is telling you exactly who they are.  Pianist Andrew Hill always seemed able to take us inside his internal mindscape of thoughts, puzzles and emotions.  Whether alone or in an ensemble, in both his playing and his writing, he did so with an articulateness …

EP 93 NATALIE CRESSMAN is a trombonist/vocalist from San Francisco. Many know her from touring the past 13 years with PHISH's Trey Anastasio, but she's also active on the national jazz and Brazilian jazz music scene and is currently on tour! !

​Possessing a voice as cool and crystalline as an Alpine stream, Natalie Cressman draws inspiration from a vast array of musical currents. A prodigiously talented trombonist, she’s spent the last 14 years touring as a horn player and vocalist with Phish's Trey Anastasio, while also performing aroun…

EPISODE 102 - Peter Apfelbaum

Born in Berkeley, California in 1960, Peter Apfelbaum started playing drums at the age of three, taking up piano and saxophone in elementary school and forming his first band at age 11. A product of the Berkeley Schools' pioneering Jazz Project, Apfelbaum began performing professionally while in hi…

Session 24 - Will Bernard - Pursuit of Happiness

iTunes |TuneIn | Stitcher | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Will Bernard is a jazz guitarist and band leader from the San Francisco Bay Area. He has led the Will Bernard Band, Will Bernard Trio, Will Bernard 4-tet, and Motherbug. Bernard's first major touring and recording was with Peter Apfelbaum's Hiero…

Music You Can't Pigeonhole: Danny Sher on Emotion Over the Analytical

Drummer and composer Danny Sher sits down to discuss the tug-of-war between highly intellectualized composition and raw emotion. Danny breaks down his desire to dodge "accounting jazz" and write music that forces the audience to feel the rhythm before they can analyze it. Tracing his wild musical e…

2026.08.17 Steven Bernstein and Peter Apfelbaum on the Don Cherry tapes 3 - 1 of 3

This Monday's (8/17) Deep Focus is on pocket trumpeter and global troubadour Don Cherry, a dear, deeply missed friend of WKCR.  Back in the Eighties, Don was a frequent guest on Mitch Goldman's show.  Don would guest DJ, talk to the audience, bring guests... It was an ongoing Eighties NYC Don Cherr…

2026.08.17 Steven Bernstein and Peter Apfelbaum on the Don Cherry tapes 3 - 2 of 3

This Monday's (8/17) Deep Focus is on pocket trumpeter and global troubadour Don Cherry, a dear, deeply missed friend of WKCR.  Back in the Eighties, Don was a frequent guest on Mitch Goldman's show.  Don would guest DJ, talk to the audience, bring guests... It was an ongoing Eighties NYC Don Cherr…

2026.08.17 Steven Bernstein and Peter Apfelbaum on the Don Cherry tapes 3 - 3 of 3

This Monday's (8/17) Deep Focus is on pocket trumpeter and global troubadour Don Cherry, a dear, deeply missed friend of WKCR.  Back in the Eighties, Don was a frequent guest on Mitch Goldman's show.  Don would guest DJ, talk to the audience, bring guests... It was an ongoing Eighties NYC Don Cherr…