PETER KOGAN - DRUMMER, COMPOSER, JAZZ MUSICIAN
RECENT REVIEWS OF "JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT"
"A thriving listen with no lack of solos from Kogan, as well as from Jake Baldwin’s trumpet and Pete Whitman’s tenor sax, Just Before Midnight was rehearsed and performed outdoors during the pandemic and spans many reactions including resistance, compassion and reassurance. Kogan’s history in blues and rock certainly are in tact across the entire affair, too, which brings some much appreciated diversity. "
From Take Effect Reviews November 12, 2022
“Right out the gate, Peter Kogan races onto the scene with a hard-hitting drum solo that introduces us to a song he calls, “Pow, Pow, Pow, Pow – Yeah! ”Employing his various group productions, Kogan introduces us to amazing musicians and a stunning number of his original compositions.” - Musicalmemoire's Blog A Jazz WordPress.com weblog September 1, 2022 by DeeDee McNeil
RECENT REVIEWS OF "THE GREEN ALBUM"
“ “The Green Album"Peter Kogan brings together some of the finest jazz musicians from Minnesota to celebrate the history of jazz and carry on the improvisational art form. —Jeff W. Johnson PERCUSSIVE NOTES VOL.57, No. 2 – May, 2019 ” ”
“ "Peter Kogan: The Green Album" Drummer Peter Kogan mixes and matches hard bop ensembles of various sizes on this comfort food collection of jazz standards and originals. Eternal sounds for the ages. - GEORGE W. HARRIS — JAZZ WEEKLY -- May 2, 2019”
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BIO
Peter Kogan backed up Blues masters Lightnin' Hopkins, Floyd Jones and Honeyboy Edwards, appeared with the Larry Elgart Big Band and played with jazz, rock and blues bands in New York City before joining The Minnesota Orchestra as Principal Timpanist from 1986 - 2015.
In recent years he has released 3 well reviewed CDs, and his Monsterful Wonderband (the Septet), Quintet and Quartet have appeared at all the major jazz venues around Minneapolis and St Paul, MN. Peter's new CD: JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT was just released in April and features his most recent compositions. On June 25th The Peter Kogan Quintet performed at the MetroNOME Brewery in St Paul as part of the Twin Cities 2023 Jazz Fest.
Since September, 2022 -
The MetroNOME Brewery has booked - PeterKoganJazzPresents - every third Thursday, featuring unique and distictive jazz combos led by Peter.
For booking, please contact:
Peter Kogan
651 303 4529
peterkogan@comcast.net