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During the '60s, cornetist Peltier put together an avant-garde group The Jazz Corps. They often played and recorded at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, CA. In 1966, jazz giant Rashaan Roland Kirk joined the band to recorded an album for Pacific Jazz. "What Peltier and The Jazz Corps have accomplished is a synthesis that works because there is thought and, above all, warn, human emotion involved. This is an album to which you should open your ears and hearts." "The Jazz Corps was one of the best-kept secrets of the freedom movement of the 1960s. It reflected the innovations of Ornette Coleman and melded them with the New Orleans spirit of its leader, Peltier. For all of it's adventurousness, the music is accessible and, nearly 30 years later, timeless and fresh." Through the '70s, Tommy—now singer, songwriter, guitar and keyboard player, hooked up with close friend Judee Sill and put together a number of folk-rock bands. A CD and video from that period was released for the first time Sept., 2005, entitled, Tommy Peltier featuring Judee Sill - Chariot of Astral Light. "Chariot of Astral Light ... this is Peltier's own beguiling brew ... this mellow mix of jazzy electric folk is loose but appealing." The '90s brought Peltier's avant-garde pop performance group, Plastic Theatre Art Band to the clubs and concert halls around Southern California. The group performed with prominent dancers and companies such as The Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble and The Los Angeles Modern Dance and Ballet. The album Live at Luna Park was released in 1995. "A global sound circus...cloudy dream poetry fusing perfectly with equally lofty music." Arne Willander, Rolling Stone , 1996 CDs and videos of these very special moments in time can be found on this Web site. |
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TOMMY PELTIER, singer, songwriter, musician and innovator is constantly reinvented himself and persistently chasing the Muse..