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Eric Felton

"Singer and trombonist Eric Felten is a rising star on the international jazz scene," raves PBS. Eric's first concert special for public television, The Big Band Sound of WWII, was a tremendous success. The overwhelming response from television audiences across the country demonstrated the enduring power and appeal of classic American popular music. And it showed why PBS calls Eric a "renowned crooner and bandleader." The program has been seen by over 12 million viewers. Eric Felten grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, where he began studying trombone at age nine with his grandfather, a veteran of east-coast bands from the Swing Era. At 24, Eric was named best new jazz trombonist by the International Trombone Association

Album

Seize the Night

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2010

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Article: Album Review

Eric Felton: Seize the Night

Read "Seize the Night" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Eric Felten's Seize the Night is a throwback to the tradition of Jack Teagarden, that has carried forward through Wycliffe Gordon and Vincent Gardner; that is, the tradition of the singer-trombonist. A talented songwriter, Felten, is also quite the instrumentalist in composing and performing, as evidenced by his original ,"Three-Martini Lunch." More swing ...


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