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Mike Eckroth

Mike Eckroth pianist and keyboardist, is a native of Phoenix Arizona and currently resides in Jackson Heights, NY. He is currently completing his PhD degree in jazz performance at NYU as well as leading and co-leading a number of projects in varied genres of music. Michael is currently preparing for release the album Piano and Rhythm with a cast of New York latin greats. Recently the group La Voz De Tres released the album Sueños Y Delirios. In recent years, Michael has participated in a number of recordings- including the first self-titled La Voz De Tres album, Ron McClure Quartet "Crunch Time", Travis Sullivan Quartet "New Directions", Greg Diamond "Shift", a live DVD filmed in Brazil with Paul McCandless and Alieksey Vianna, "Ebano", DEFtrio's debut album "Bushwicked", Kenny Shanker Quartet's "Steppin' Up", Giuseppe Milici's "Amarsi Un Po", Afromantra's "This Side of Mestisaje", Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra's "Bloom", as well as the Chulo Records albums "Melaza" and "Peliroja"

Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm: Grit & Grace

by Dan Bilawsky
November 2, 2023

Blessed be the 'bone of invention and intention that is Jennifer Wharton. A mere six years ago, the noted bass trombonist had the idea to form a slide-centric septet and commission new music to bring her oft-neglected and ballasting instrument to the fore. Driven to act on that concept, Wharton thought things through, put a plan ...

Jennifer Wharton: Not a Novelty

by Dan Bilawsky
March 3, 2023

The eponymous debut from Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm broke the mold. There are no two ways about it. And while some may look at a statement like that and cry hyperbole, history begs to differ. With rare exception, the bass trombone—a horn forever typecast as an anchor—has been marginalized. So the idea of an ensemble featuring that ...

Vortex

By Kenny Shanker

Label: Wise Cat Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Vortex, Lulu's Back in Town, Winter Song, Hunter, Ramble, Nightfall, The Duke, Cinnamon, Midnight Snack, Autumn Leaves.

The Relay

Label: Same Island Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: Four For; One Right; Road Traveled; Spirit Walk; Lost in Brazil; Song of Babes; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Anabell's Ballad; Novo Sete.

Kenny Shanker: Vortex

by Geannine Reid
October 18, 2022

Saxophonist Kenny Shanker is an award-winning composer hailing originally from California, now residing in New York. His debut album Steppin' Up (Positone, 2011) was followed by Action City (Positone, 2014), which helped garner him the ASCAP award for composition. In 2017, Shanker released his third recording, The Witching Hour (Wise Cat, 2017), on his own imprint. ...

7 Shades of Snow

By June Bisantz

Label: Arabesque
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Merriest Ring a Merry Bell Hang Them on the Tree Seven Shades of Snow Sorry to See You Go Winter's Got Spring Up Its Sleeve

In the Morning Light

By Connie Marotta

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: And Was It Just Luck?, A Beautiful World, Every Time I Look at You, Lost in You, Three Magic Wishes, In the Morning Light, Although We're One, When I Wake Up in the Morning, Everything to Me, Morning Star

Lost in You

February 9, 2021

Album: Lost in You
By Connie Marotta
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Duration: 3:58

Lost in You

By Connie Marotta

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Lost in You