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Jazz pianist and composer
Austin Peralta was a technically adroit improviser with a bent toward post-bop and expansive modal jazz. Born in Los Angeles, California,
Peralta was the son of noted skateboarder and filmmaker Stacy Peralta. A piano prodigy,
Peralta began taking piano lessons at age six and later studied with such luminaries as jazz pianist
Alan Pasqua and saxophonist
Buddy Collette. At age 13,
Peralta won the Los Angeles Jazz Society's Shelley Manne New Talent Award. In 2006, at age 16, he released his debut album, Maiden Voyage, featuring bassist
Ron Carter. Also that same year, he released the album Mantra with bassist
Buster Williams, saxophonist
Marcus Strickland, and others. In 2011,
Peralta released
Endless Planets on
Brainfeeder. Tragically,
Peralta died of undisclosed causes on November 21, 2012. He was 22 years old. ~ Matt Collar