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Ted Piltzecker

Born: May 22

Vibraphonist/Composer Ted Piltzecker has eclectic musical interests. He has performed throughout the United States and around the globe, and his seven albums as a leader have been influential in both the percussion and jazz worlds.

Ted’s debut album, Destinations, climbed to number eight in national jazz airplay, and his second release, Unicycle Man  remained on the Gavin Jazz Chart for months. Jazz writer and critic, the late Nat Hentoff praised the album as “a lyrical, thoughtful, relaxing meeting of mutually appreciative improvisers whose time is timeless.” All About Jazz reports that in his solo vibraphone album, Standing Alone  “He fills the 43-minutes with expressive grace, maintaining interest throughout”, and cites his release Steppe Forward  as “an upbeat, joyous and uplifting album, from beginning to end”. Ted's 2018 album entitled Brindica is a reflection of his four-month venture around the world. "Piltzecker writes and arranges tunes that draw on tango, second-line, Afro-Cuban, South African, and even carnatic influences, always in an organic, fun, and respectful way. The result is a stylistic kaleidoscope of an album that reveals new combinations of rhythm and harmony at every turn and always sparkes with wit and good humor." CDHotList

Brindica

By Ted Piltzecker

Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2018
Track listing: 1. Great Idea! Who Pays? 2. Uncle Peck 3. Feliz Paseo 4. Brindica 5. Look At It Like This 6. Ogoh, Ogoh 7. Por Supuesto 8. What Happens To A Dream Deferred? 9. From The Center 10. Uncle Peck Reprise

The Third Annual World Vibes Congress Creates Waves in Asbury Park

by Gloria Krolak
March 3, 2015

Another epic gathering of vibraphone players was uncorked and, like Champagne on New Year's Eve, this bubbly was not staying in the bottle. Part of the Third World Vibes Congress, the jam exploded at the packed Langosta Lounge and Restaurant on Asbury Park's boardwalk early in January. Pairs of vibes players, many of whom had never ...

Ted Piltzecker: Steppe Forward

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 21, 2011

In compagnia di giovani di belle speranze, Ted Piltzecker mette insieme un disco con sue composizioni che è un bel biglietto da visita. Neanche quaranta minuti, comunque ben concentrati, per quello che è stato il vibrafonista negli ultimi gruppi del compianto pianista George Shearing. Steppe Forward è un lavoro registrato con la tecnica della sovraincisione. Il ...

Steppe Forward

By Ted Piltzecker

Label: Corner Mushroom
Released: 2010
Track listing: Steppe Forward; Flight Following; He Sent an Angel; Nica's Dream; Kalunga; Why So Long?; Reunion Blues.

Ted Piltzecker: Steppe Forward

by Bruce Lindsay
September 6, 2010

From the opening notes of “Steppe Forward" itself, Ted Piltzecker and his sextet give a clear statement of intent: Steppe Forward is going to be an upbeat, joyous and uplifting album, from beginning to end. As the closing bars of “Reunion Blues" fade away, it's clear that the band has achieved this intention, with a lively, ...

Ted Piltzecker: Standing Alone

by Craig W. Hurst
February 1, 2002

After listening multiple times to Ted Piltzecker’s newest release Standing Alone, a listener may easily conclude that this CD should be required listening for any aspiring vibraphonist. While Piltzecker’s work should not relegated to merely a pedagogical model of technique, it would however, be impossible to overlook the incredible sound Piltzecker draws from his instrument, his ...

Standing Alone

By Ted Piltzecker

Label: Equilibrium
Released: 2001
Track listing: My Romance; My One And Only Love; In Your Own Sweet Way; In A Sentimental Mood; Trieste; God Bless The Child; Body And Soul; Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans; Blue In Green; Invitation; Like Someone In Love; Naima; La Malange.

Ted Piltzecker: Standing Alone

by Mark Corroto
December 1, 2001

Like solo piano sessions, solo vibraphone recordings are extremely personal, solitary events. They tend to relate to their listeners on an individual basis. Vibes-man Ted Piltzecker a member of George Shearing’s quintet releases this solo session as a follow up to his 1996 excellent quintet date Unicycle Man with Bob Mintzer, James Williams and Harvie Swartz. ...

Unicycle Man

By Ted Piltzecker

Label: Equilibrium
Released: 1993
Track listing: 1 .Buffalo Dance 2. Thea 3. Tango for An Elegant Man 4. Unicycle Man 5. Ouray 6. Conundrum 7. Take a Moment 8. There Is No Greater Love 9. Hometown