Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson

Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson and the Sunrise Orchestra: Children of the Fire

by Aaron Rogers
February 15, 2006

Trumpet and koto player Marvin “Hannibal" Peterson has led a reclusive career in jazz since the early '70s, when he first started making albums. A free jazz player in the style of Don Cherry with the metallic tone of Freddie Hubbard, Peterson is widely unknown even to the most diehard jazz fans. His low profile is strange given that he played with popular artists like Pharoah Sanders and Elvin Jones and was a regular member of Gil Evans' big band ...