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On January 19th we posted the story about a GoFundMe campaign for Peter Zeldman, there was serious hope that he could be helped with a new procedure. Sadly, that procedure didn’t help, or even take place. You can read the story: HERE
In the below bio, portions were taken from his Drummerworld profile: HERE
Pete went to Berklee College of Music where he met and started gigging with fusion bands whose members included Baron Browne, Vic Bailey, Stu Hamm, Steve Vai and a host of other futures.
It was there that Pete recorded his first album with a Brazilian outfit that he was involved with. Pete would travel to New York to take some lessons with Kenwood Dennard.
When Pete went back to Pittsburgh, he got to play with some great artists at a jazz club called Heaven. These artists included Sonny Stitt, Clark Terry, Jimmy Ponder, Lee Konitz, Slide Hampton and Lew Soloff. This was a great opportunity and was a welcome part of his early education. At the same time, he was doing outdoor jazz festivals with American hard bop sax player Nathan Davis.
Pete was one of the pioneers of multiple pedal orchestrations.
We encourage you to read about him at the above link, if you are not familiar with him, he has accomplished much including contributing greatly to the drumming community.
The announcement of his death was posted on his GoFundMe page by organizer and friend Cindy Shapiro on March 4th 2023.
“Dear GoFundMe funders —
It’s my sad task to let you know that the great Pete Zeldman left our world and went on to the next on February 28, 2023 at 5pm GMT. As I grapple with my own personal grief, the world tragically has lost a musician and theorist of staggering genius. As I have written elsewhere, if Bach tempered the scale, Pete Zeldman tempered time. It is now the work of those of us who knew, collaborated with, struggled to understand, studied under and/or venerated Pete’s contribution to the understanding of music and time to bring that knowledge to the rest of the world. We take this responsibility seriously, given the enormity of Pete’s contribution.
As supporters of Pete’s health and well-being, I will keep you updated as to our progress in these endeavors.
Pete’s beautiful wife Cheryl has made sure that regardless of where you are physically in the world, you will be able to observe his funeral through a live stream, which will remain available for 28 days afterwards.”
His funeral took place March 31st. Please consider continuing to make donations at his GoFundMe page: HERE
On February 10th, 2023 – Pete was a guest on Vinnie Colaiuta’s “Breakfast With Vinnie” Podcast.
Episode 40 – Sensationalism – Breakfast with Vinnie!
Rest well Pete.
