Hannibal Lokumbe

Hannibal Lokumbe
File:Hannibal Marvin Peterson.jpg Peterson performing in New York City July 6, 1976
Background information
Also known as	Hannibal, Marvin Peterson
Born	(1948-11-11) November 11, 1948 Smithville, Texas United States
Genres	Jazz, post bop
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instruments	Trumpet
Labels	MPS, Baystate, Muse, EMI, Naxos, Atlantic, Enja
Website	hanniballokumbe.com

Hannibal Lokumbe (born Marvin Peterson on November 11, 1948 in Smithville, Texas) also known mononymously as Hannibal, is an American jazz trumpeter and composer.

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.

Discography

As leader

• 1973: Children of the Fire (Sunrise) with Richard Davis, Diedre Murray, Waheeda Masse, David Amram
• 1975: Hannibal (MPS) with Michael Cochrane, Diedre Murray, Stafford James, Thabo Michael Carvin, Chris Hart
• 1976: Hannibal in Berlin (MPS) with Diedre Murray, George Adams, Michael Cochrane, Allen Nelson
• 1977: Hannibal in Antibes (Enja) with Diedre Murray, Steve Neil, George Adams, Makaya Ntshoko
• 1978: The Light (Baystate) with Michael Cochrane, Diedre Murray, Cecil McBee, David Lee, Frank Wright, Marcella Allen, Stanley Robinson, Roland Love
• 1978: Naima (Eastworld) with Kenny Barron, Cecil McBee, Billy Hart, Diedre Murray
• 1978: Live In Lausanne (Baystate)
• 1979: Tribute (Baystate) with Michael Cochrane, Diedre Murray, Erroll Waters, Makaya Ntshoko
• 1981: The Angels of Atlanta (Enja) with Kenny Barron, Diedre Murray, Cecil McBee, George Adams
• 1990: Kiss on the Bridge with Johannes Barthelmes, Fred Stern, Michael Henning, Michael Landmesser
• 1991: Visions of a New World (Atlantic) with Clyde Criner, Diedre Murray, Omar Hakim, Jean Paul Bourelly, Ronnie Drayton
• 1993: One with the Wind (Muse) with Joe Ford, Michael Cochrane, Lonnie Plaxico, Cecil Brooks III, Jeff Haynes
• 1995: African Portraits (Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim)
• 2009: Dear Mrs. Parks (Naxos)

As sideman

With Richard Davis

• Epistrophy & Now's the Time (Muse, 1972)
• Dealin' (Muse, 1973)

With Gil Evans

• Where Flamingos Fly (Artist House, 1971 [1989])
• Svengali (Atlantic, 1973)
• The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (RCA, 1974)
• There Comes a Time (RCA, 1975)
• Priestess (Antilles, 1977)
• Gil Evans Live at the Royal Festival Hall London 1978 (RCA, 1979)
• Live at the Public Theater (New York 1980) (Trio, 1981)
• Live at Sweet Basil (Gramavision, 1984 [1986])
• Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 2 (1984)

With Frank Foster

• The Loud Minority (Mainstream, 1972)

With Billy Hart

• Enchance (Horizon, 1977)

With Roy Haynes

• Hip Ensemble (Mainstream, 1971)
• Senyah (Mainstream, 1973)

With Don Pullen

• Tomorrow's Promises (Atlantic, 1977)

With Pharoah Sanders

• Black Unity (Impulse!, 1971)
• Live at the East (Impulse!, 1972)
• Village of the Pharoahs (Impulse!, 1973)

With Eric Kloss

• Essence (Muse, 1974)

With Elvin Jones

• Live at the Village Vanguard (Enja, 1968)

With Grachan Moncur III & Jazz Composer's Orchestra

• Echoes Of Prayer (JCOA, 1974)

With Kip Hanrahan

• Desire Develops An Edge (Yellowbird, 1983)

External links

• Official website
• Article from New York Times
• Article from Boston Phoenix at the Wayback Machine (archived March 1, 2012)