Peter Apfelbaum

Apfelbaum formed the Hieroglyphics Ensemble in 1977.^[2] He performed with Carla Bley from 1978 to 1982 and toured with Warren Smith and Karl Berger.^[3]

He has composed for the Hieroglyphics Ensemble and for Don Cherry.^[3] In 1990, he toured and recorded with Cherry in the band Multikulti, playing piano and saxophone.^[3]

Apfelbaum's main instruments are tenor saxophone, piano, and drums.^[2] His work is influenced by world music with experimental jazz.^[3]

• Pillars (Jewish Matador, 1979)
• Signs of Life (Antilles, 1991)
• Jodoji Brightness (Antilles, 1992)
• Luminous Charms (Gramavision, 1996)
• It Is Written (ACT, 2005)

With Trey Anastasio

• Bar 17 (Rubber Jungle, 2006)
• Plasma (Elektra, 2003)
• Seis De Mayo (Elektra, 2004)
• The Horseshoe Curve (Rubber Jungle, 2007)

With Karl Berger

• Live at the Donaueschingen Music Festival (MPS, 1980)
• New Moon (Palcoscenico, 1980)
• Stillpoint (Double Moon, 2002)

With Steven Bernstein

• Diaspora Soul (Tzadik, 1999)
• MTO Volume 1 (Sunnyside, 2006)
• Diaspora Suite (Tzadik, 2008)
• MTO Plays Sly (Royal Potato Family, 2011)

With Dafnis Prieto

• Taking the Soul for a Walk (Dafnison, 2008)
• Live at Jazz Standard NYC (Dafnison, 2009)
• Triangles and Circles (Dafnison, 2015)
• Back to the Sunset (Dafnison, 2018)

With Jai Uttal

• Beggars and Saints (Triloka, 1994)
• Shiva Station (Triloka, 1997)
• Thunder Love (Nutone, 2009)
• Roots, Rock, Rama! (Mantralogy, 2017)

With others

• Ben Allison, Peace Pipe (Palmetto, 2002)
• Cyro Baptista, Beat the Donkey (Beat, 2004)
• Cyro Baptista, Love the Donkey (Tzadik, 2005)
• Jon Batiste, The Process (M.O.D., 2014)
• Will Bernard, Medicine Hat (Antilles, 1998)
• Vinicius Cantuaria, Tucuma (Verve, 1998)
• Don Cherry, Multikulti (A&M, 1990)
• Lisle Ellis, Children in Peril (Music & Arts, 1997)
• Charlie Hunter, Charlie Hunter (Blue Note, 2000)
• Valerie June, The Order of Time (Concord, 2017)
• Bill Laswell, Kauai: the Arch of Heaven (Metastation, 2014)
• Bill Laswell, Risurrezione Dubopera (ESP Disk, 2016)
• Master Musicians of Jajouka featuring Material, Apocalypse Live (M.O.D., 2017)
• Barney McAll, Release the Day (Michael Watt, 2000)
• Lee "Scratch" Perry, Rise Again (M.O.D., 2011)
• Phish, A Live One (Electra, 1995)
• Phish, Road to Vegas (Jemp, 2007)
• Roberto Juan Rodríguez, El Danzon De Moises (Tzadik, 2002)
• Roberto Juan Rodríguez, The First Basket (Tzadik, 2009)
• Josh Roseman, Treats for the Nightwalker (Enja, 2003)
• Josh Roseman, New Constellations (Enja, 2007)
• Adam Rudolph, Can You Imagine... the Sound of a Dream (Meta, 2011)
• Todd Rundgren, Nearly Human (Warner Bros., 1989)
• Sex Mob, Dime Grind Palace (Ropeadope, 2003)
• Paul Shapiro, Midnight Minyan (Tzadik, 2003)
• Paul Shapiro, It's in the Twilight (Tzadik, 2006)
• Omar Sosa, Eggun (Ota, 2013)
• Cassandra Wilson, Vodou Pt. 1 & 2 (Blue Note, 2002)
• Jah Wobble & Bill Laswell, Realm of Spells (Jah Wobble 2019)
• John Zorn, Voices in the Wilderness (Tzadik, 2003)