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Jon Sheckler
A new talent based in Seattle.
About Me
New Orleans based drummer Jon Sheckler is becoming a unique voice in the modern jazz scene. After winning
numerous awards while attending high school in suburban Seattle, Jon attended the University of Northern
Colorado and continued to excel, being named an Outstanding Musician at the 2010 UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival
and winning the 2009 UNC Jazz Composers Contest among other achievements. While at home, Jon was
never idol and was nominated as a Rising Star at the 2010 Inside/Out Jazz awards presented by Lucid Jazz
Lounge, while leading his trio at notable local venues such as Tula’s Jazz Club, Egan’s Ballard Jam House, Lucid
Jazz Lounge and the Seamonster Lounge. Additionally, Doug Haire’s Sonarchy Radio twice featured Jon as one
the area’s leading jazz artists in 2009 and 2013.
While living in Brooklyn, Jon continued where he left off by being a constant presence in the New York music
scene. His trio has been featured multiple times at ShapeShiter Lab, Club Bonafide, NuBlu, Williamsburg
Music Center, and Rockwood Music Hall among others. In 2017, his trio was in residence at Caffe Vivaldi in
Greenwich Village. He has been sidemen to Al Rowe, James Robbins, James Weidman, Larry Corban, Steve
Denny, Clay Jenkins, Darrius Wilrich, Fima Chupatkin and Reuel Lubag among others.
In addition to his work as a jazz musician, Jon keeps busy as an in demand drummer for all genres. He has
played with Ryan and Annalyse, Marshal White and the Regiment, Monquez Pippins, Sharina Louise, Lotus
Berry, Sons of Cloda and Robert Whaley. During this time he was the co-founder of Linden St. Productions.
Furthermore, Jon has begun to work behind the glass, acting as a producer for Monquez Pippins, Sean Britt,
Linden St. Connection and Jordan Ziskin’s debut album Crazy Child. In 2018, the Hartford Jazz Society
nominated Jon an emerging artist. In 2021, Jon was awarded a Student Music Award by DownBeat Magazine
for Outstanding Original Composition and was named the ASCAP Louis Armstrong Scholar. In 2022, Jon won
the UNO Svenson Jazz Composition Contest. Since moving to New Orleans, Jon has played with Grammy-
winning saxophonist Brent Rose (New Orleans Nightcrawlers) and Grammy-nominees Andrui Yanovski (Cha
Wa), Eric Lucero (NOJO), and Christos Melios (Sean Ardoin).
Jon has a BM – Jazz Studies from the University of Northern Colorado and a Masters of Music degree from the
University of New Orleans. Jon has studied with Jim White, John Riley, Grey Barrier, Johnny Vidacovich, and
Ricky Sebastian.
