Peter Ecklund

Best-known as the cornetist with <a href="spotify:artist:5ENdsJ7eVdYshQtx592Izf">Marty Grosz's Orphan Newsboys</a>, Peter Ecklund has always been attracted to pre-swing-era jazz. A superior ensemble player whose crisp solos are a delight, Ecklund graduated from Yale in 1967 and worked with a wide variety of musicians, including <a href="spotify:artist:0yDmbRjVTQsQd3OnMs5s3I">Gregg Allman</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2VUiF0VFkXzB0DLg9AzrqT">Maria Muldaur</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7hYKC5uBED0V5rpKQkqgQ5">Leon Redbone</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:1iQbAecYvKMXhpaFg7oSRq">Paul Butterfield</a>. He helped form the Galvanized Jazz Band shortly after graduating from Yale and toured with singer Paula Lockheart, but also played with rock bands and did a lot of freelancing in the 1970s and early '80s. Most importantly, Ecklund began subbing in <a href="spotify:artist:1F4A7SV8Xp0KrWdPzkh8UO">Vince Giordano's Nighthawks</a> and became a permanent member and co-leader of <a href="spotify:artist:5ENdsJ7eVdYshQtx592Izf">the Orphan Newsboys</a> (a perfect outlet for his talents) when it was formed in 1988. Also a fine whistler, Ecklund has played with the who's who of trad jazz and mainstream at jazz parties and festivals, leading recording dates for Stomp Off and Arbors. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi