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Take Five with Erik Telford
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Meet Erik Telford: A native of Pacific Grove (CA), Telford has performed as a sideman or leader at the Monterey, Montreux, North Sea, Melbourne, and Yokohama Honmoku jazz festivals. He's shared the stage with Bill Berry, George Bohannan, Maria Schneider, Joshua Redman, James Williams, Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, and Louie Bellson, among other artists. Telford currently lives in Austin where he is an active member of the local music scene leading both the Erik Telford Collective (ETC) and Hellfire Horns, ...
read moreAustin-Based Trumpeter Erik Telford to Appear with His Sextet, the Erik Telford Collective, at Kuumbwa (Santa Cruz) 1/13 & Jazzschool (Berkeley) 1/15
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Austin trumpeter/composer Erik Telford returns to his native California in January 2011 to perform two concerts with his Texas-based sextet, the Erik Telford Collectiveon Thursday 1/13, at Kuumbwa in Santa Cruz, and Saturday 1/15, at the Jazzschool in Berkeley. The shows are in support of his debut CD Kinetic, which Telford released earlier this year on his ETJ Music label. The Boston Globe's Steve Greenlee wrote of Kinetic that it represents everything that is right with contemporary jazz.... Telford announces ...
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Enter the "Erik Telford - Kinetic" Giveaway
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All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Erik Telford - Kinetic giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FOUR winners at the conclusion of the contest on June 10th.
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About Erik Telford
Erik Telford grew up in Steinbeck country in a sleepy town called Pacific Grove, located on the central coast of California. As a teenager he was ...
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Erik Telford - Kinetic (2010)
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By Pico We all know that Austin, TX is a hotbed for music, with so many artists located there to take advantage of its vibrant scene. Normally when we think of Austin music, blues-rock, roots, folk and singer-songwriter acts come to mind, like The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Eric Johnson, Monte Montgomery, Marcia Ball and James McMurtry, just to scrape the tip of the iceberg. But the capital of Texas is also home to so much more styles of music. When it ...
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Rather than attempt to re-create Davis’ “Aghartha,”...Telford brings his own twist to the tale on “Kinetic,” by blending straight-up funk workouts with sparse, lyrical ballads and tunes that blend well-arranged horn charts with a loose, swanky “jam-band” feel. --Jeff Miers, The Buffalo News
Wow! I'm truly blown away by this CD. Wonderful tunes and slamming horn charts. And the playing! Erik's such a beautiful trumpeter/soloist