article_title birth_date background genre image origin name occupation
peter zummo
 1948 non_vocal_instrumentalist rock music jazz new music electronic music disco punk world peter zummo.jpg cleveland , ohio , united states peter zummo musician , composer
peter zummo

peter zummo -lrb- born 1948 -rrb- is an american composer and musician .
he has been described as `` an important exponent of the american contemporary classical tradition . ''
meanwhile , he has been quoted as describing his own work as `` minimalism and a whole lot more . ''
since 1967 , zummo 's compositions exploring the rock , jazz , new - and electronic-music , disco , punk , and world-music idioms have been presented in venues including the brooklyn academy of music , new york city center , experimental intermedia foundation , dance theater workshop , and la mama experimental theatre club , among many others in new york city , as well as in numerous additional spaces worldwide .
the website of the music magazine `` pitchfork '' called zummo 's music `` the sound of sublimity ... that sends shivers down the nervous system , '' and in an interview with `` the quietus '' , scottish deejay jd twitch -lrb- keith mcivor -rrb- characterized zummo 's work as `` sheer bliss . ''
