AUSTIN PERALTA
Music is an intense search, a probe of the untapped realm, an eternal sojourn. Music is a harmonious, discordant, mellifluous, cacophonous, tense, free, screaming, whispering, incongruous, euphonious, ugly, beautiful incarnation of sound. It is a language, a force of energy, a dance, a pause, a breath, a cosmic transcendence.
Austin Peralta’s life is defined by, immersed in, obsessed with, said music. It is a necessity. Music is his religion, his spirituality, his existence, his passion.
At five, Austin’s ears were filled with the dulcet notes of Mozart. It registered subconsciously as do dreams—he began to move his fingers in the air like a pianist to these sounds. It led, appropriately, to his want of a piano and a teacher.
Through the discourse of study, Austin gained a grasp of the piano and music utilizing Classical as his medium.
Austin began his grapple with jazz at nine, tumbling through various school bands, musical settings, fake books, and records.
Now, not limiting his absorption to solely sound, he accrues musical inspiration from John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Dwight Trible, the fight against AIDS, Naguib Mahfouz. The list does not end.
During his happenings as musician, Austin has played with Adam Rudolph’s Go: Organic Orchestra (on flute), singer Dwight Trible, performed a piano quartet with Chick Corea, Hank Jones, and Hiromi Uehara, as well as recorded two albums as leader with sideman such as Ron Carter, Billy Kilson, Buster Williams, Steve Nelson, and Marcus Strickland. He has also been blessed with the opportunity to study with noted mentors Alan Pasqua, Buddy Collette, Ralph M. Jones III, and Kenny Cox.
An incessant adversary of close-mindedness, Austin always listens, conceptualizes, and formulates new ideas, often pushing the envelope, or rather, tearing it apart. Opposing also musical passivity, Austin insists on moving, changing, and evolving his sound, his conception, his goals.
Now 17, and at the Threshold of a life consumed with a musical pursuit, Austin allows for his musical conduit to dichotomize in many contrasted arteries.
Debut album, "MAIDEN VOYAGE" :
Austin Peralta- piano
Ron Carter- bass
Billy Kilson- drums
2nd Album, "MANTRA"- NEW RELEASE! (DECEMBER 20th) :
Marcus Strickland- tenor/soprano saxes
Steve Nelson- vibes
Austin Peralta- piano
Buster Williams- bass
Ronald Bruner Jr- drums
Mantra session shot:
L to R: Marcus Strickland, Buster Williams, me, Ronald Bruner Jr., Steve Nelson
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