Category Archives: Personal History

Inventions / Reinventions

Posted on March 18, 2023 by dantepfer

Inventions / Reinventions, my new solo album, came out today on StorySound Records. Listen here (US & Canada) or here (Europe & UK). It’s also available in physical CD format here. What follows are my album liner notes. How to … Continue reading →

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Ruben the Squirrel & the Boston Marathon bombing

Posted on October 14, 2021 by dantepfer

Something extraordinary happened to me in the spring of 2013. I found a squirrel. Or rather, the squirrel found me. It’s not all that uncommon, it turns out, but it sure felt special at the time.  It all started on … Continue reading →

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Lee Konitz, 1927 – 2020

Posted on March 3, 2021 by dantepfer

Thanks to JazzTimes for inviting me to write this memoriam. It appeared in their March 2021 issue commemorating lives lost to the pandemic. The photographs are by Josh Goleman, originally taken for our 2018 duo album on Verve, “Decade”. As … Continue reading →

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