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Vince Ector

Vincent Ector hails from the musical city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he attended the University of Pennsylvania. Trained in Music beginning at age nine through GAMP, a music magnet school in Philadelphia that also enabled him to study at Temple University while still a junior high school student. He then began studying privately with drummers such as, Mickey Roker, Ralph Peterson Jr., and Armand Santarelli, as well as performing for six years as a percussionist with the United States Army Band.

As a performer, he has worked with jazz luminaries that include: NEA Jazz Masters, Freddie Hubbard, Randy Weston, James Moody, Slide Hampton and Jimmy Heath as well as Gloria Lynne, Charles Earland, Bobby Watson, Lou Donaldson, Grover Washington Jr., Dr Lonnie Smith, Ron Carter, Claudio Roditi, John Lee, Ralph Peterson Jr., Melvin Sparks, and Shirley Scott.

Most recently, Vincent produced his third CD as a leader entitled “Organatomy”, which features Grammy nominated Brazilian jazz great Claudio Roditi on one of his original compositions. His second CD as a leader entitled “Renewal of the Spirit” features Bobby Watson on Saxophones and four of Vincent’s original compositions. He is featured performing on drum set, djembe and sangba African drums. His first CD, “Rhythm Master” features the great Eddie Henderson on trumpet. Vincent also produced a tribute recording for the late Charles Earland on the High Note record label. This recording features Joey DeFrancesco, Pat Martino and Eric Alexander. Vincent can also be heard on recordings by: Gloria Lynne, Ben E. King, Jimmy Bruno, Onaje Allan Gumbs and Charles Earland, as well as appearing as a musician on ABC television’s “One Life to Live” daytime soap opera, which features Vincent’s recorded drum performance. He performs regularly in New York City with several ensembles such as, The Grammy Award winning Charles Mingus Orchestra & Big Band, The Orrin Evans Quartet and Captain Black Big Band and his own band in venues such as; Smoke, The Iridium, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Smalls and The Jazz Standard among others.

An accomplished musician with no confinements, Mr. Ector is currently a Lecturer of Jazz Percussion at Princeton University. He has been featured as a Clinician at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Lincoln University, and The Belgrade Serbia Jazz Festival.

Mr. Ector is the Founder, President and Executive Director of Arts For Kids Inc., a not-for-profit Arts- in-Education company providing workshops, performances and professional development in Music, Dance, Drama, Visual Art and Technology for schools and community based organizations in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. (www.artsforkidsinc.org). He is also a sought after Artist-in- Residence for The Center for Arts Education in NYC and Arts Horizons Inc. of Englewood, New Jersey. These residencies place him in the New York City public school system, primarily in districts for children with special needs.

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Richie Cole, Geri Allen & Vince Ector

Read "Richie Cole, Geri Allen & Vince Ector" reviewed by Joe Dimino


We kick off the 813th Episode of Neon Jazz with drummer Vince Ector leading his Organatomy Trio Plus with a cut from Llive at The Side Door. From there, we hear from his mentor in the late Ralph Peterson. We follow “Bemsha Swing" with music from Leo Sidran, Ben Miller, Jeb Patton and Ellie Martin. In between, we get classic cuts from Richie Cole, Maynard Ferguson and Geri Allen. Dig the jazz, my friends. Playlist Vince Ector and ...

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The Vince Ector Group at Cecil's Jazz Club

Read "The Vince Ector Group at Cecil's Jazz Club" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


The Vince Ector Group Cecil's Jazz Club West Orange, NJ April 28, 2006

The opening set at Cecil's Jazz Club was the first time The Vince Ector Group worked together as a unit. Instead of the familiar language of a standard repertoire, Ector choose to perform mostly material from his two records as a leader, Rhythm Master (Blues Leaf Records), and Renewal of The Spirit (Mambo Maniacs Records). There was also nothing safe about ...

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Rhythm In Every Guise

Vince Ector's Renewal Of The Spirit

Read "Vince Ector's Renewal Of The Spirit" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


During the course of Renewal Of The Spirit (Mambo Maniacs Records), Vince Ector's second recording as a leader, he forges a coherent, highly individualistic style of drumming from a number of disparate elements. One of the pleasures of listening to Ector on the disc's eleven tracks is discovering all of the things he brings to the music while working inside of the parameters of conventional jazz, funk, and Latin rhythms. His diverse sticking patterns, changes in dynamics, and contrasting timbres ...

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Vince Ector: Rhythm Master

Read "Rhythm Master" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


Energized by a core trio with bassist Dwayne Burno and pianist John di Martino, drummer Vince Ector's debut displays the loose, enjoyable feeling of a hard bop blowing session, yet the scope of the material and arrangements indicate a great deal of thought and preparation. Inventively utilizing a number of combinations of trombone, tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, trumpet, guitar, and percussion, the set includes American popular songs (eg. “I've Got The World On A String"), jazz standards (eg. “Short ...

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Vincent Ector Performs at The Baird in South Orange, NJ on March 28

Vincent Ector Performs at The Baird in  South Orange, NJ on March 28

Source: All About Jazz

Jazz at The Baird presents drummer Vince Ector Quartet on Saturday, March 28 at 8:00pm. The second of a four concert series held the last Saturday of each month, this event brings jazz greats up-close and personal. The Baird is located on 5 Mead Street, South Orange, NJ. As one of the most in-demand jazz drummers on the contemporary music scene, Ector has worked with jazz luminaries that include Freddie Hubbard, Gloria Lynne, Charles Earland, and Bobby Watson to name ...

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The Vince Ector Quartet to Appear at Cecil's Jazz Club on May 16 & 17, 2008

The Vince Ector Quartet to Appear at Cecil's Jazz Club on May 16 & 17, 2008

Source: All About Jazz

WHEN: May 16th & 17th, 2008 Set starting @ 9 PM

WHERE: Cecil's Jazz Club & Restaurant 364 Valley Road West Orange, NJ (973)736-4800

Vincent Ector hails from the musical city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he began his professional music career at the age of nine years old while attending a music magnet school (GAMP) devoted to fostering arts education in children.

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Vince Ector Quartet @ The Michener Museum on January 26, 2008

Vince Ector Quartet @ The Michener Museum on January 26, 2008

Source: All About Jazz

Vincent Ector hails from the musical city of Philadelphia, where he attended the University of Pennsylvania. His training in music began at age nine through GAMP, a music magnet school in Philadelphia that also enabled him to study at Temple University while still a junior high school student. He studied with drummers Mickey Roker, Ralph Peterson Jr., and Armand Santarelli, as well as performing for six years as a percussionist with the United States Army Band. As a performer, he ...

Primary Instrument

Drums

Location

New York City

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

Lecturer, Princeton University Dept. of Music NJ State Council on the Arts Permanent Status Approved Teaching Artist For more information go to; www.Vincentector.com

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

All Or Nothing

4RM Productions
2021

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Renewal of The Spirit

Mambo Maniacs
2005

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Rhythm Master

Blues Leaf Records
2003

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Come Sunday

From: All Or Nothing
By Vince Ector

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