Austin Peralta was an American jazz pianist and composer from Los Angeles, California.
18 Facts About Austin Peralta
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Austin Peralta was the son of film director and Z-Boys skateboarder Stacy Peralta.
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Austin Peralta was born on October 25,1990, to filmmaker Joni Caldwell and Z-Boys skateboarder and film director Stacy Peralta.
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In 2003 at age 12, Austin Peralta was awarded the Shelly Manne New Talent Award by the Los Angeles Jazz Society, which was presented to him by Quincy Jones.
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Austin Peralta was an honor student at Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica.
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Austin Peralta studied classical piano for five years at Pepperdine University and later with jazz pianist Alan Pasqua and saxophonist Buddy Collette.
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At a young age Austin Peralta performed in Los Angeles with the Gerald Wilson Orchestra at venues such as the Jazz Bakery and the Blue Whale jazz club.
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Austin Peralta has had multiple performances at the California Institute of the Arts; the first being a collaboration with David Wexler in the summer of 2010, and the second as the Austin Peralta Group in 2012.
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Austin Peralta joined Ellison's Brainfeeder label, which released his final album, Endless Planets.
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Austin Peralta said that he did not promote his first two albums because the producer did not allow him to express his artistic vision.
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Austin Peralta was a touring member of jazz group The Cinematic Orchestra and performed regularly with Allan Holdsworth and Virgil Donati.
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Austin Peralta was a regular collaborator with Flying Lotus and Thundercat and made recordings with Teebs, Strangeloop, and Erykah Badu.
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Austin Peralta was interviewed in the documentary film Being in the World by Tao Ruspoli, which includes a brief performance interlude in support of the interview.
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Austin Peralta died on November 21,2012, at the age of 22.
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Austin Peralta felt that his music had the power to evoke spiritual places similar to death, orgasm, love, or "whatever".
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Austin Peralta found him like-minded and ended up connecting, becoming best friends.
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Strangeloop's music is more electronic and Austin Peralta wanted to introduce that world into his acoustic style of music.
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Austin Peralta felt that something was missing in his Endless Planet's project that was in the works and decided to tie Strangeloop's work into his.