From the Album "Piano" Release 2004.
Grammy Award Nomination 2005 Best New Age Album
Quotes regarding his work...
- Peter makes Eco-Challenge more than a soundtrack...the pianist brings together tribal grooves, chamber settings, desert atmospheres, sensual melodies and ethereal spaces ....weaving it all together with keyboard orchestrations and deep, percussively throbbing arrangements.
- Billboard Kater is astute. He seems to know the piano as well as Babe Ruth knew baseball or Hemingway the art of fiction.
- Rocky Mountain News If Peter Kater's Compassion, the second release in EarthSea Records Healing Arts Series, is any indication of what is to come; we have much to anticipate.
- Vision Magazine Essence - The genius of Peter Kater rises like the tide and transports us to a deeper region.
- NAPRA Review Kater has earned a distinct place among the most respected and prolific artists of the genre.
- Jazziz Peter Kater has returned to the solo piano format (Soul Nature), where he began, a more mature and deeper composer.... Kater's classical background informs, but doesn't dominate music that is at turns playfully melodic, exploratory, and introspective.
- Billboard On Soul Nature, Kater has it! You can sense it... He's got the chops and more ... Fans of Keith Jarrett's solo works should embrace Kater's sincerity and passion at the keys! --- New Age Voice The pianist's latest (Rooftops) soars with glistening tunes ... sparkling ... radio friendly ... gently elegant.
- Billboard This gem (Rooftops) is perhaps the sweetest and most infectious release of the young year ... astonishingly lovely compositions.
- Music Connection Migration is an intensely moving collaboration which exemplifies creativity, purpose and melody in music ... pure pleasure.
- Body Mind Spirit Magazine Peter deserves high accolades for his musical achievements ... he can fully explore the creative potential of his instrument ... a remarkable gift for improvisation ... I honestly felt chills as he began to play his exquisite music.
- New Frontier Magazine Kater's Rooftops is one of 91's best discs. Now discover what you've been missing and enjoy the holiday season with a true master.
- Contemporary Jazz Review This (Honorable Sky) is music that in all its quietude forces one to listen and be moved by its beauty.
Oakland Tribune
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Photography by Marcia Schulman Martin.
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