Barry Altschul

Barry Altschul ( born January 6, 1943 in the Bronx, New York City ) is an American jazz drummer.

Life and work

Altschul, who has already learned toddler piano and drums game was eleven years old, from 1960 students of Charlie Persip and the late 1960s, by Sam Ulano. During this time he first played on jam sessions. He had a his first appearances with Larry Willis and Walter Booker. Starting in 1964, performed regularly in the Paul Bley Trio, with whom he also undertook tours of Europe and worked later. In 1969 he founded with Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Anthony Braxton, the group Circle. In 1972, he took with Anthony Braxton and Sam Rivers, led by Dave Holland album Conference of the Birds on. In addition, he also worked with Paul Bley, Alan Silva and Andrew Hill, and Lee Konitz and Tony Scott. In the 1980s, Altschul worked as a bandleader in a trio with Ray Anderson and Mark Helias, but also as a sideman with Simon Nabatov, Art Pepper and Kenny Drew.

Between 1984 and 1993 Altschul lived in Paris and drew largely from the tour operation; among other things, he led a big band. Then he taught at Sarah Lawrence College. During the 2000s, he performed with the FAB Trio ( Joe Fonda and Billy Bang ) in Europe, whose first album Transforming the Space was published in 2003. He also worked with Adam Lane (Four Beings, 2002) and Roswell Rudd's Trombone Tribe.

Discography

• Barry Altschul, Paul Bley, Gary Peacock Virtuosi, 1967
• You Can not Name Your Own Tune, 1977
• Another Time / Another Place, 1978
• For Stu, ( Soul Note, 1979)
• Somewhere Else, 1979
• Brahma, 1980
• Irina, 1983
• That's Nice, 1985
• Joe Fonda / Barry Altschul / Billy Bang Transforming the Space, 2003
• The 3DOM (TUM, 2013), with Jon Irabagon, Joe Fonda