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Ralph Peterson Quintet Frank Lowe Quintet The Ralph Peterson Fo'tet Bobby Zankel Quintet Craig Harris And Tailgaters Tales Ralph Peterson Trio Michele Rosewoman Trio Orrin Evans Ortet George Colligan Quartet Bobby Zankel Septet The New York Comes To Groningen Ensemble Aggregate Prime Contemporary Standards Ensemble Ralph Peterson's Gennext Big Band Jeremy Pelt Sextet Duane Eubanks Quintet/Sextet Ralph Peterson's Unity Project Ralph Peterson & The Messenger Legacy The Danny Walsh Quartet The Ralph Peterson Sextet Tullio Ricci Quartet Walter Davis, Jr. Trio

ex David Murray Octet, David Murray Quartet, Out Of The Blue, Uri Caine Trio, Tom Harrell Quintet, Ascent, George Colligan Trio, Captain Black Big Band, Orrin Evans Trio

American jazz drummer and bandleader (* 20 May 1962 in Pleasantville, New Jersey, USA; † 01 March 2021 in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA).

ALBUMS


Ralph Peterson
Raise Up Off Me
2021, CD, Album, Onyx Music (3),
Brandon Goldberg Featuring Ralph Peterson
In Good Time
2021, 10x File, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
B. J. Jansen, Delfeayo Marsalis, Ralph Peterson, Duane Eubanks, Dezron Douglas, Zaccai Curtis
Common Ground
2017, CD, Album, RoninJazz
Ralph Peterson · Luques Curtis · Zaccai Curtis
Triangular III
2016, CD, Album, Pap, Onyx Music (3), Truth Revolution Records
Ralph Peterson
The Fo'tet Augmented
2004, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz,
Ralph Peterson, David Kikoski, Gerald Cannon
Triangular 2
2000, CD, Album, Sirocco Jazz Limited
George Kontrafouris Trio Featuring Ralph Peterson Jr.*
Too Close
2000
Ralph Peterson
Ralph Peterson Presents The Fo'tet
1991, Cass, Advance, Album, Promo, Dol, Blue Note, ,
Post Bop/Modal
Ralph Peterson
Ralph Peterson Presents The Fo'tet
1990, CD, ,
Post Bop/Modal
Ralph Peterson & The Messenger Legacy
Onward & Upward
2020, CD, Album, Onyx Music (3), ,
Hard Bop/Bop
Ralph Peterson's Gen-Next Bigband*
Listen Up!
2019, CD, Album, Onyx Music (3), ,
Post Bop/Bop/Big Band/Vocal
The Ralph Peterson Fo'tet Augmented*
Alive at Firehouse 12 Vol.2: Fo' n Mo'
2016, CD, Album, Onyx Music (3)
The Ralph Peterson Fo'tet / Sextet*
The Duality Perspective
2012, CD, Album, Onyx Music (3),
Ralph Peterson's Unity Project
Outer Reaches
2010, CD, Album, Onyx Music (3)
Kevin Bruce Harris
Folk Songs - Folk Tales
1994, CD, Album, Tiptoe, Tiptoe, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Ralph Peterson Quintet
Art
1993
Ralph Peterson Fo'tet*
Ornettology
1991
Ralph Peterson & The Messenger Legacy
Legacy Alive, Volume 6 At The Sidedoor
2019, 2xCD, Album, Onyx Music (3)
Aggregate Prime
Dream Deferred
2016
Captain Black Big Band
Captain Black Big Band
2011, CD, Album, Posi-Tone
Ralph Peterson Quintet
Tests Of Time
2003, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz
Jeremy Pelt Sextet
Insight
2003, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz
George Colligan Quartet
Ultimatum
2002, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Ralph Peterson Quintet
Subliminal Seduction
2002, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Tullio Ricci Quartet
179-76 Selover Rd
2002, CD, Splasc(h) Records,
Frank Lowe Quintet
Soul Folks
2001, CD, Album, No More Records
Duane Eubanks Quintet/Sextet
Second Take
2001, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Ralph Peterson Quintet
The Art Of War
2001, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz
The Danny Walsh Quartet
Satellite
2000, CD, Album, Ratamacue Records
Uri Caine Trio
Blue Wail
1999, CD, Album, Winter & Winter, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Orrin Evans Trio
Grown Folk Bizness
1999, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz,
Orrin Evans Ortet
Captain Black
1998, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz,
Bobby Zankel Quintet
Prayer And Action
1997, CD, Album, CIMP, ,
Free Jazz
George Colligan Trio
Activism
1996, CD, Album, SteepleChase, ,
Post Bop
Bobby Zankel Septet
Emerging From The Earth
1995, CD, Album, Cadence Jazz Records, ,
Free Jazz
David Murray Quartet
Tenors
1993, CD, Album, DIW, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Ralph Peterson Quintet
Art
1993
Michele Rosewoman Trio
Occasion to Rise
1991
David Murray Octet
Hope Scope
1991, CD,
Ralph Peterson Quintet
Volition
1990, ,
Hard Bop
Walter Davis, Jr. Trio
Scorpio Rising
1989
David Murray Quartet
I Want To Talk About You
1989
Ralph Peterson Quintet
V
1988, Vinyl, ,
Post Bop
David Murray Octet
New Life
1987, Vinyl No Barcode, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Out Of The Blue
Inside Track
1986
Out Of The Blue
O.T.B.
1985

APPEARANCES +


Wayne Escoffery
Like Minds
2023, CD, Album, Smoke Sessions Records
Orrin Evans
The Red Door
2023, CD, Album, Smoke Sessions Records
Johnathan Blake
Passage
2023, CD Gatefold,
Brandon Goldberg
In Good Time
2021
Wayne Escoffery
The Humble Warrior
2020, CD, Album, Smoke Sessions Records, ,
Post Bop
Ralph Peterson & The Messenger Legacy
El Grito
2020, File, FLAC, Single, Onyx Music (3)
George Colligan
Humanity
2020, 8xFile, FLAC, Album, Ultimatum Records (4), ,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
The Curtis Brothers
Algorithm
2019, CD, Album, Truth Revolution Recording Collective,
Todd Marcus
Trio+
2019, CD, Album, Stricker Street Records
Wayne Escoffery
Vortex
2018, CD, Album, Sunnyside, ,
Post Bop
Ralph Peterson's GenNext Big Band
I Remember Bu: Alive Vol. 4 @ Scullers Featuring Donald Harrison
2018, CD, Album, Onyx Music (3)
Ralph Peterson's Aggregate Prime*
Inward Venture: Alive Vol. 5 At The Side Door
2018, CD, Album, Onyx Music (3)
Miles Donahue
The Bug
2017, CD, Whaling City Sound,
Delfeayo Marsalis
An Evening With Delfeayo Marsalis - Kalamazoo
2017, CD, Album, Troubadour Jass Records
Wayne Escoffery
Live At Smalls
2015, CD, Album, SmallsLIVE
Orrin Evans' Captain Black Big Band*
Mother's Touch
2014, CD, Album, Posi-Tone, ,
Big Band
Charles Lloyd
Quartets
2013, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, ECM Records, ECM Records
David Murray
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note - Volume 2
2013, 7xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Black Saint, Soul Note, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Ralph Peterson's Unity Project
Alive At Firehouse 12 - Vol.1
2013
Greg Skaff
116th & Park
2012, CD, Album, Zoho
Blake Meister
Septagon
2012, CD, Inner Circle Music
The Curtis Brothers
Completion Of Proof
2011, CD, Album, Truth Revolution Records, ,
Post Bop
David Murray Octets*
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note
2011, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,, Black Saint, Soul Note, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Melissa Aldana
Free Fall
2010, CD, Album, Inner Circle Music,
Pat Bianchi
Back Home
2010, CD, Album, Doodlin' Records,
Albert Rivera
Re-Introduction
2008, CD, Turnaround Records (2)
Various
Έλληνες Jazzistes
2008, CD, Comp, El Capitan, Ο Κόσμος Του Επενδυτή
Uri Caine
The Classical Variations
2007, CD, Comp, Winter & Winter, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Classical/Contemporary/Contemporary Jazz
Slide Huxtable
The Return Of Slide Huxtable
2007, CD, Album, Not On Label (Slide Huxtable Self-released),
John Bishop (3) / Rick Mandyck / Jeff Johnson
Nothing If Not Something
2006, CD, Album, Origin Records, ,
Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Various
Maestros Of Cool - A Tribute To Steely Dan
2006, 2x CD, ,
Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Smooth Jazz/Pop Rock
Anthony Branker & Ascent
Spirit Songs
2005, CD, Album, Sons Of Sound Recorded Music
Rick Germanson
You Tell Me
2005, CD, Fresh Sound New Talent, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Uri Caine
Tra Jazz, Classica Ed Etnica
2005, CD, Comp, DeAgostini, DeAgostini, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Sean Jones
Eternal Journey
2004, CD, Album, Mack Avenue,
Wayne Escoffery
Intuition
2004, CD, Album, Nagel Heyer Records, Nagel Heyer Records
Luis Perdomo
Focus Point
2004, CD, Album, RKM Music
Various
JazzMania
2003, CD, Comp, Promo, Stereo & Video,
Andrei Kondakov
Kind Of Optimistic
2002, CD, Album, Boheme Music
Jeremy Pelt
Profile
2002, CD, Album, Fresh Sound New Talent
Joris Teepe & The New York Comes To Groningen Ensemble
Jazz In Jazz Out - New York Comes To Groningen
2002
Various
Classic Jazz: The Eighties
2002, 2x CD,
Dimitrios Vassilakis*
Labyrinth
2001, CD, Album, Candid,
Carmen Lundy
This Is Carmen Lundy
2001, CD,
Uri Caine Ensemble
The Goldberg Variations
2000, 2xCD, Album, Winter & Winter, ,
Post-Modern/Vocal/Instrumental/Turntablism/Dixieland/Neo-Romantic/Baroque/Contemporary/Contemporary Jazz/Gospel/Klezmer/Minimal/Tango
Mark Griffith
Drumatic
2000, CD, Album, Bluejay Records
Don Braden, Contemporary Standards Ensemble
Contemporary Standards Ensemble
2000, CD, Album, Double-Time Records,
Various
As Long As You're Living Yours: The Music Of Keith Jarrett
2000
Bobby Watson
Quiet As It's Kept
1999, CD, Album, Red Record, Red Record, ,
Bop/Vocal
Ralph Peterson Jr And The Fo'tet*
Back To Stay
1999, CD, Album, Sirocco Jazz Limited
Duane Eubanks
My Shining Hour
1999, CD, Album, TCB Records (2)
Mark Elf
Over The Airwaves
1999, CD, Album, Jen Bay Records
Various, Michael Cuscuna
Blue Cuscuna • A Blue Note Sampler 1999
1999, CD, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Bop/Bossa Nova/Contemporary Jazz/Dixieland/Fusion/Hard Bop/Modal/Post Bop/Soul-Jazz/Swing/Vocal
Dawn*
Dawn
1998, CD, Album, Imani Records (5)
Roy Hargrove
The Collected Roy Hargrove
1998, ,
Hard Bop
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Groove 2000
1998
Mark Shim
Mind Over Matter
1998, ,
Post Bop
The Ralph Peterson Fo'tet
The Fo'tet Plays Monk
1997, CD, Album, Evidence (5)
Various
Verve Today 97
1997, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Motor Music, ,
Soul-Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Soul
K-Jazz All Stars
Strait-A-Head
1997, CD, Album, K-Jazz Productions
Bheki Mseleku
( Beauty Of Sunrise )
1997, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
Verona Jazz
1996, CD, Nettle, Musica Jazz, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Jex Saarelaht Trio
Fridays Late: Live At Bennetts Lane
1996, 2xCD, Album, Bennetts Lane
Stanley Cowell
Mandara Blossoms
1996
Ralph Peterson Fo'tet*
The Reclamation Project
1995, CD, Album, Evidence (5)
Uri Caine
Toys
1995, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Don Byron
Music For Six Musicians
1995, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
Next Generation Volume.1 / ネクスト・ジェネレーション Vol.1
1995, CD, ,
Fusion/Contemporary Jazz
David Murray
David Murray
1994, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, Black Saint, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Anthony Cox
Factor Of Faces
1993, CD, Album, Minor Music
Craig Handy
Introducing Three For All
1993, CD, Arabesque Jazz
Uri Caine
Sphere Music
1993, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Craig Handy
Split Second Timing
1992, CD, Album, Arabesque Jazz,
Charles Lloyd
Notes From Big Sur
1992, CD, Promo, Dig, ECM Records
Charles Lloyd
Notes From Big Sur
1992, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, ECM
Don Byron
Tuskegee Experiments
1992
Charles Lloyd
Notes From Big Sur
1992, Vinyl, ,
Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Kip Hanrahan
Exotica
1992
Roy Hargrove
Diamond In The Rough
1990
James Spaulding
Gotstabe A Better Way
1990
David Murray
Ballads
1990
David Murray
Spirituals
1990, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
The Blue Note Jazz Story III - Blue Note Into 90s
1989, CD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop/Vocal/Smooth Jazz
Jon Faddis
Into The Faddisphere
1989
David Murray
Deep River
1989, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Ralph Peterson Trio featuring Geri Allen
Triangular
1989
Craig Harris And Tailgater's Tales*
Blackout In The Square Root Of Soul
1988
David Murray
Lovers
1988, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Dianne Reeves
That's All
1987, Laserdisc, 12", S/Sided, NTSC, TOEMI LaserVision, TOEMI Video
Branford Marsalis
Selections
1987, Vinyl, ,
Bop
OTB*
Live At Mt. Fuji
1987
Donald Harrison / Terence Blanchard
Nascence
1986, Vinyl, ,
Post Bop
Tom Harrell Quintet Featuring Kenny Garrett And Kenny Barron
Moon Alley
1986, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Hard Bop
Terence Blanchard / Donald Harrison
Discernment
1986
Branford Marsalis
Royal Garden Blues
1986, Vinyl, ,
Hard Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Modal/Post Bop
William Fielder
Love Progression
1985, LP, Prescription Records (2)
New York Comes To Groningen Art Ensemble*
New York Comes To Groningen Volume 2: A Beautiful Friendship
CD, Album, Hanzehogeschool Prins Claus Conservatorium
Various
Somethin' In Blue
2013, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Blue Note, Somethin' Else
Various
El Capitan The Compilation Εποχή Πρώτη
2008, 3xCD, Comp, El Capitan, Legend Recordings
Various
Best Jazz Piano Standards 100
2006, 6xCD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Swing
Various
Jazz Magazine Vol. 30
2005, CD, Comp, New Sounds 2000,
Various
60 Great Jazz Classics At The Movies
1995, 4xCD, Comp, Blue Sky Entertainment,
Various
Blue Note EMI Canada Fall 1992
1992, CD, Comp, Promo, EMI Music Canada,
Various
Critics' Choice
1992
Various
Special CD Sampler Vol. 1 - Somethin' Else Artist File And Eau
1991, CD, Comp, Mono, Promo, Smplr, Somethin' Else, EAU Records
Various
The Blue Note 50th Anniversary Sampler
1989, CD,