Occupation(s) Musician, composer Role Composer Instruments Trumpet | Website hanniballokumbe.com Genres Jazz, Post-bop Name Hannibal Lokumbe | |
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Also known as Hannibal, Marvin Peterson Born November 11, 1948 (age 75) Smithville, TexasUnited States ( 1948-11-11 ) Albums African Portraits, Hannibal in Antibes, The Angels of Atlanta, Hannibal, The Tribe Record labels Enja Records, Baystate, Atlantic Records, Naxos Records, MPS Records, Muse Records, EMI Records, Eastworld Similar People George Adams, Diedre Murray, Gil Evans, Billy Harper, Don Pullen | ||
Education University of North Texas | ||
Hannibal lokumbe african portraits
Hannibal Lokumbe (born Marvin Peterson on November 11, 1948 in Smithville, Texas) also known mononymously as Hannibal, is an American jazz trumpeter and composer.
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He attended North Texas State University from 1967 to 1969, then moved to New York in 1970.
His oratorio African Portraits, which premiered in Carnegie Hall in 1990 by the American Composers Orchestra, has been performed 55 times by major orchestras, with the most notable performance being that by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The work traces the African American experience by combining West African music, blues, jazz, and classical music.
In 2009 he won a Fellow Award in Music from United States Artists. As of 2010, Lokumbe resides in Bastrop, Texas.
Hannibal lokumbe on canvas
As leader
As sideman
With Richard Davis
With Gil Evans
With Frank Foster
With Kip Hanrahan
With Billy Hart
With Roy Haynes
With Elvin Jones
With Eric Kloss
With Grachan Moncur III & Jazz Composer's Orchestra
With New York Unit
With Don Pullen
With Pharoah Sanders