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Anita Eccleston

Vocalist and trumpet player Anita Eccleston writes music deeply influenced by jazz – catchy songs that resonate.

About Me

Jazz sweetheart Anita Eccleston is a multifaceted vocalist, instrumentalist, composer and arranger. Born in Kamloops, she was raised in a musical family who encouraged her music when she fell in love with the trumpet and vocal jazz. She pursued it in Montreal, studying at McGill University, and eventually landed in Vancouver, releasing her debut solo album, Jazz EP (2011).

Upon releasing So It Goes (2014), her first album of original songs, she toured eastern Canada, showcasing at Canadian Music Week in Toronto. She has also led her band at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival several times, melding her eclectic songs with her jazz in spectacular style.

Eccleston’s records have been played on radio stations across Canada. Her most recent jazz album, More Trumpet (2016) hit #5 on the Earshot National Jazz Charts. She has also performed for CBC Radio One’s jazz program, Hot Air, and her music has been featured by Italian radio show Donne in Jazz.

Anita has traveled internationally with Canada’s premiere all-women mariachi band, Las Estrellas de Vancouver, performing at festivals in Mexico, Los Angeles, and the Vancouver Folk Music Festival.

Her holiday single Long Nights (2021) received a warm reception, garnering over 11k streams on Spotify in its first seasonal cycle.

Anita has announced a new album, Gala Gardens (2022), coming November 4th. It is an instrumental lofi hip hop album which she played on, produced, recorded, and mixed herself. The first single “Golden Hour,” is a laid-back swinging song that sounds like being bathed in sunshine.

Influences

Amy Winehouse, Madeleine Peyroux, Jeff Buckley, Sarah McLachlan, Sia, Poe, Esthero, Radiohead, Fiona Apple, Portishead, Gwen Stefani, The Tragically Hip Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Diana Krall, Ingrid Jenson, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Betty Carter, Louis Armstrong, Charles Mingus, Joni Mitchell