Album Notes

All Cows Eat Grass is Peter Altenbergs first solo CD. He makes his home mostly in Bremen, Germany along with his 10 year old son kalyan and makes it back to his native place, USA, every year and also journies to India each winter to get his dose of chaos, biryani, and more tabla.

Peter started learning piano at the age of 8 and at the age of 13 starting studying classical piano with Emilio del Rosario and later jazz piano with Alan Swain. He has been studying tabla since 1984 starting with Ustad Alla Rakha in Chicago and Bombay and has been learning from Ustad Zakir Hussain since 1986. He has also been learning sarangi from Ustad Sultan Khan since 1997. He studied piano, cello and flute at University of Illinois.

Peter's latest musical endeavors include: accompanying sarangi meistro Ustad Sultan Khan on tabla, accompanying sitarist Shalil Shankar on a german tour, recording and performing with San Francisco band Warm Wires and singer/guitarist Bernie Jungle, working in Dublin, Ireland on music for dance with Irish choreographer Rionach Ni Neill.

Peter is also cellist with and founder of The Beer&Bach Orchestra who will soon release a CD a compilation "Beer&Bach Orchestra Playing with The Bands of San Francisco".