- Peter Ecklund
Peter Ecklund (b. 1945,
Woodbridge, Connecticut ) is an Americanjazz cornet ist.Ecklund graduated from
Yale University in 1967, then played withGregg Allman ,Maria Muldaur ,Leon Redbone , andPaul Butterfield . He formed theGalvanized Jazz Band in the late 1960s and toured withPaula Lockheart , in addition to working with many pop and rock bands in the 1970s and 1980s. He played withVince Giordano 'sMemphis Nighthawks in the 1980s, and then with theOrphan Newsboys (led byMarty Grosz ) from 1988.Discography as leader
*"Peter Ecklund and the Melody Makers" (
Stomp Off Records , 1987)
*"Ecklund at Elkhart" (Jazzology Records , 1994)
*"Strings Attached" (Arbors Records , 1996)
*"Gigs:Reminiscing in Music" (Arbors, 2000)
*"The Potted Palm Orchestra" (2005)References
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