Pistol Pete Wall - Biography
'Pistol' Pete Wall is a well-traveled musician, composer and
arranger. Pete plays all saxophones, keeping a tenor,
soprano, C-Melody and bari in his everyday arsenal. Pete
is also accomplished on flute and tin whistles. A musical
chameleon, Pete is currently playing and touring mostly
with Particle, but you can also catch him with his own
groups (Textiles, Pete Wall Duo/Trio, The Vitaphone
Wall-Stars) or hitting the stage with Whitewater Ramble,
Teal Leaf Green, Counterclarkwise, Let It GO!, the Ethereal
Plane or other groups. Since graduating from the esteemed
jazz program at the University of Northern Colorado in
1999, Pete has traveled the world playing with a variety of
musicians.
Some of those he has shared the stage and the studio with include such diverse talents as
Herbie Hancock, Joshua Redman, Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction), Steve Molitz (Particle/Phil
Lesh & Friends), Bernie Worrell (Talking Heads/P-Funk), Robbie Kreiger (The Doors), Rick
Gardner (P-Funk), Michael Kang (SCI), Tony Franklin (Jimmy Page, David Gilmour), Karl Denson,
Eric Krasno (Soulive), Josh Clark & Reed Mathis (Tea Leaf Green), Henry Butler, George Porter Jr
(The Funky Meters), Adam Deitch (Lettuce/Pretty Lights), Erik Duetsch (Charlie Hunter
Trio),Vince Welnick (Grateful Dead), Steve Adams (ALO), Matt Butler (Everyone Orchestra),
Steve Ellington, Dave Liebman, Willie Waldman, Saskia Laroo, Rob Wasserman, Michael Kang
(SCI), Bill McKay (Leftover Salmon), Hope Clayburn & Jen Durkin (Deep Banana Blackout),
Dave Watts & Garrett Sayers & Joey Porter (The Motet), Brian Jordan (KDTU), Ryan Burnett
(Signal Path), Cecil P'Nut Daniels, Greg Garrison (Punch Brothers), Steve Molitz (Phil Lesh &
Friends), Rob Eaton (Dark Star Orchestra), CR Gruver & Sam Holt (Outformation), Fred Thomas
(James Brown), and many others.
Pete Wall - saxes, flute