Peter Brendler

Peter Brendler is a New York City-based bassist and composer originally from Baltimore, Maryland. Based in New York since 2001, he has performed extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Russia, performing at venues including the Blue Note, Birdland, The Jazz Showcase and Smalls Jazz Club. He has performed and recorded with John Abercrombie, Barry Altschul, Bruce Barth, John Cowherd, Jon Irabagon, Frank Kimbrough, Ben Monder, Victor Lewis, Rich Perry, Steve Slagle and Chris Speed. Brendler's latest album, And Then, Nothing, is his first album as a leader in a decade. Featuring a quartet with longtime collaborators Jon Irabagon, Zach Lapidus and Mark Ferber, the album brings together music written over the past ten years and explores Brendler's wide-ranging interests in composition, improvisation and sound. The album is the inaugural release on his independent label, Lost Song Records.