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Ralph Peterson Jr., performing in 2012 at Symphony Space in New York. Ralph Peterson Jr., a drummer, bandleader, composer and educator whose lunging propulsion and volatile combustion were hallmarks of a jazz career spanning more than 40 years, died on Monday in North Dartmouth, Mass. The cause was complications from cancer, his manager, Laura Martinez, tells NPR Music; Peterson had been living with the disease for the last six years. He was 58. The sheer, onrushing force of Peterson's beat, paired with his alert ear and agile dynamism, made him one of the standout jazz musicians to emerge in the 1980s. Part of a striving peer group known as the Young Lions, which coalesced around the resurgence of acoustic hard bop, he distinguished himself early on as a powerful steward of that tradition.
Ralph Peterson Jr., jazz drummer and bandleader, dies at 58 Onward and Upward by Ralph Peterson and the Messenger Legacy. by Giovanni Russonello (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- Ralph Peterson, a thunderously swinging drummer who began his career as Art Blakeys last protégé and finished it as a mentor to a new generation of jazz talent, died on March 1 at his home in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. He was 58. His publicist, Lydia Liebman, said the cause was complications of cancer, which he had been fighting for six years. Peterson came to the fore in the 1980s as a member of the so-called Young Lions, a coterie of young improvisers devoted to the core ideals of bebop: swing rhythm, acoustic instrumentation and rigorous improvisational exchange within the constraints of a standard song form. Within that context, he brought a take-no-prisoners style and a bountiful, collaborative spirit.
Ralph Peterson Jr., a drummer, bandleader, composer and educator whose lunging propulsion and volatile combustion were hallmarks of a jazz career spanning
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