Jon Sheckler

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About Me

A new talent based in Seattle.

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.

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My Jazz Story

I have played sports, written stories, tried to make movies, and done a bunch of other activities meant to foster creativity, but none of these things have excited me the way jazz has. It wakes me up. It makes me smile when there is nothing to smile about. My knowledge of the world was created through jazz colored glasses. Having been a professional for several years now, I realized that other music is fine, but jazz is what truly excites me. It speaks for me when my words fail. It challenges me when nothing else can. It comforts me when none will. Jazz is a major part of my life from when I first heard the Count Basie band on record in middle school. There is nothing else I would sacrifice for in this world outside of my family.