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Rachel Eckroth

Born: August 25, 1976

Polymath (noun): a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning.

Music needs a term for this. What do you call one person who is a pianist, vocalist, keyboardist, composer, producer, arranger, band leader, sideman and more? Music may not have a term, but it does have a name: Rachel Eckroth. 

Eckroth can lead with a bold vision or accompany with the subtle skills necessary to make another musician shine. Her combination of jazz experimentation and pop feeling form the engine behind her own work as a leader or co-leader on 20 albums, most recently The Garden on Rainy Days Records (2021). That same crossover talent is why she's been featured on voice and keyboards in the bands of Rufus Wainwright, St. Vincent, KT Tunstall, and Chris Botti. 

High Desert Winter

By Rachel Eckroth

Label: Blackbird Sessions
Released: 2024
Track listing: High Desert Winter

Humanoid

By Rachel Eckroth

Label: Sam First Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Humanoid; Mind; Lawns; Under a Fig Tree; Fleurette Africaine; Evolution; Strange Meeting; Vines.

Rachel Eckroth: Humanoid

by Mike Jurkovic
September 22, 2023

Pianist Rachel Eckroth may use wellness or New agey terms such as polymath or bold vision to describe her approach to her considerable art, but she gets down to Earth for real and very quickly on Humanoid, her first all-acoustic recording. Recorded live at Sam's First in Los Angeles, Eckroth's very active imagination spearheads ...

Rachel Eckroth, Céline Bonacina, Csaba Palotai, Gard Nilssen & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 19, 2023

The transatlantic partnership between Céline Bonacina, John Hadfield and Rachel Eckroth opens an edition of Mondo Jazz which also focuses on drummer-driven projects and piano trios.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Céline Bonacina “Tunnel" Jump (Cristal) 0:16 Host talks 4:59 John Hadfield “Tower of ...

A Few of My Favorite 2023 Jazz Things (so far) - Part 3

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 25, 2023

Last week we focused our playlist on some of our favorite tracks from the first six months of 2023. Evidently two hours were not enough and we could not play them all... so here we are going through the rest of the best.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash ...

Rachel Eckroth trio at Blue Note Milan

by Roberto Cifarelli
June 3, 2023

Rachel Eckroth al Blue Note di Milano

by Claudio Bonomi
May 31, 2023

The Garden--Rachel Eckroth, Anna Butterss, John Hadfield Blue Note Milano 24.5.2023 La pianista, tastierista, cantante e compositrice americana Rachel Eckroth, definita da alcuni la regina del crossover per le sue doti camaleontiche nel passare da un genere all'altro quasi senza soluzione di continuità, è sbarcata in Italia durante un tour europeo ...

Mark Guiliana, Chet Baker, Rachel Eckroth, Dorian & Nayanna Holley & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 27, 2023

A special focus on the deep, eclectic and exciting LA scene in this hour of Mondo Jazz, which then concludes with an unearthed gem by Chet Baker from the late '70s.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Mark Guiliana “Carbon Dating App" Mischief--EP (Edition) 0:16 ...

A Tribute To Ryuichi Sakamoto & Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 29, 2023

This week we dedicate our show to two artists who recently passed away, and who--even though very far apart in terms of geographical origins and life trajectories--shared a devotion to beauty, elegance and originality: Ryuichi Sakamoto and Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou.Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Ryuichi Sakamoto ...