Peter Ecklund
Peter Ecklund (born September 27, 1945 in Woodbridge , Connecticut ; † April 8, 2020 ) was an American trumpeter and cornet player of old-time jazz and swing .
Live and act
Peter Ecklund graduated from Yale University as a historian in 1967 . He then worked first as a teacher, then in the folk and rock environment with musicians such as Gregg Allman , Maria Muldaur , Leon Redbone and Paul Butterfield . In the late 1960s he founded the Galvanized Jazz Band , toured with Paula Lockheart and performed classical music with the New Haven Symphony . From 1973 to 1985 he was part of David Bromberg's band . He also played in the 1980s with Vince Giordano's Memphis Nighthawks , and later with Madeleine Peyroux and Scott Foster . Between 1987 and 1999 he recorded five albums with his own band. He was also a founding member of the swing quartet Orphan Newsboys with Marty Grosz and played regularly in Michael's Pub in Woody Allen's band. He was with Marty Grosz, Ralph Sutton or his own groups on tour in Japan as well as in Europe. He was also involved in the soundtrack of several films such as Eight Men and a Scandal (1988), All Say: I Love You (1996), Under The Spell Of Jade Scorpion (2001) and (as a composer) Diary of a Nymphomaniac (2008).
Ecklund published two studies on Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke , which mainly deal with the transcriptions of relevant solos (also in the context of CD booklets, for example on his album The Further Adventures of Bix Beiderbecke ). In 2001 his article Louis Licks' and Nineteenth-Century Cornet Etudes: The Roots of Melodic Improvisation as Seen in the Jazz Style of Louis Armstrong was published in the Historic Brass Journal . He died in April 2020 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease .
Discographic notes
- Peter Ecklund and the Melody Makers (Stomp Off Records, 1987)
- Laughling at Life (1991)
- Ecklund at Elkhart (Jazzology Records, 1994)
- Strings Attached ( Arbors Records , 1996)
- Christmas at the Almanac Music Hall (1999)
- Gigs: Reminiscing in Music (Arbors, 2000)
- The Potted Palm Orchestra (2005)
Lexical entry
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon . Volume 1: AABA-Form to Kyle . Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek 1988, ISBN 3-499-16316-0 , ( rororo 6316).
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Web links
- Scott Yanov on Peter Ecklund in the All Music Guide
- The Cool Groove over Ecklund
- Peter Ecklund at Discogs (English)
- Peter Ecklund in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Peter Ecklund at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ecklund, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter and jazz researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Woodbridge , Connecticut, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 2020 |