Erik Jekabson is a freelance trumpet player, composer and educator who has recorded or performed with Illinois Jacquet, the Woody Herman Big Band, John Mayer, Galactic, Mark Turner, Brian Blade, and Nicholas Payton, among others. His most recent solo album “Crescent Boulevard” was released in 2010 on his own Jekab’s Music label. “Intersection”, a jazz record recorded in New York, was released in the fall of 2003 by the Fresh Sound/New Talent label, and recordings of two of his other projects, “Vista: the Arrival” and “New World Funk Ensemble” are also widely available. Erik has recorded as a sideman on over 25 other jazz recordings, as well as recording on movie and video game soundtracks, and is currently recording a series of jazz trumpet duets to accompany an original book. Erik has spent time on the road with Illinois Jacquet, John Mayer, Galactic, and the Howard Fishiman Quartet, performing at the Concertegebow in Amsterdam, the Algonquin Room, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Madison Square Garden and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with David Letterman. |
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