Home » Jazz Musicians » David Ecker

David Ecker

Hailed for an “engaging modern jazz sound” and music with “a joy-filled momentum” (All About Jazz), pianist-composer David Ecker is a rising star in the jazz scene.   With four absorbing albums and hundreds of thousands of streams, he continues to gain traction and turn heads within the broader listening sphere. 

A graduate of Columbia University’s Jazz Studies Program, Ecker has been pursuing his own sound and vision for the past decade.  In 2018 he released his debut— The Visitor Suite.  A captivating duo session, it artfully bridged jazz and neo-classicism.  His sophomore release—2020’s Songs from the Other Day—engaged with the tradition, offering a personalized slant on the piano trio format.         

Leveraging remote recording techniques during the pandemic, Ecker brought his production skills to the fore on Respite (Despite).  Stitching together that quintet session, he crafted a bricolage tied to the moment.  Recently, Ecker further expanded his palette in merging piano trio with strings for 2025’s How to Rebuild EP–a suite-length meditation on life and its evolving scope.

In parallel to his recording career, Ecker advocates for artists by dealing with partnerships and marketing as a Label Development Manager at Exceleration Music. With that positive presence in the music business, feature placement at major listening hubs like Spotify’s Jazztronica playlist and Pandora’s Tomorrow’s Jazz station, and an ever-evolving outlook, David Ecker has his fingers on the pulse of the moment. 


Tags

5
Album Review

David Ecker: How to Rebuild

Read "How to Rebuild" reviewed by Carl Medsker


Attempting to enhance jazz with classical music trappings is nothing new and has previously yielded mixed results. Often, the music comes across as saccharine, or the strings serve as mere window dressing to add a faux classical touch. At best, when the two worlds are creatively combined, the emergent results are something new and vibrant. Frequently, though, the jazz component and its companion classical group alternate and support each other, which, although it can be beautiful at times, dodges the ...

9
Album Review

David Ecker: Respite (Despite)

Read "Respite (Despite)" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


The Covid pandemic has been educational. One of its lessons is (to paraphrase a famous movie): music finds a way. If getting together in the studio is a problem, then grab the technology and go the remote recording route. It worked for guitarist Justin Morell and drummer Mark Ferber on 2022's Exit Music For Intelligent Life On Earth (Sonic Frenzy Records), and it works for pianist David Ecker in 2023, with his sophomore outing, Respite (Despite). The recording ...

Read more articles

Photos

Music

Videos

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.

Install All About Jazz

iOS Instructions:

To install this app, follow these steps:

All About Jazz would like to send you notifications

Notifications include timely alerts to content of interest, such as articles, reviews, new features, and more. These can be configured in Settings.