Eric Von Essen

Bassist, composer and pianist Eric Von Essen was based from the U.S. Western Coast for a lot of his profession, collaborating using the leading jazz music artists of the region, from avant-garde to bebop. In 1978, Von Essen was a 25 yr old person in the Young Music artists Basis Debut Orchestra, where he 1st fulfilled violinist Jeff Gauthier, whom he spontaneously (and effectively) urged to improvise while in course one day. Both began working collectively several times weekly, with Von Essen trading off between bass, piano and acoustic guitar. Von Essen got already been dealing with guitarist Nels Cline at this time, and finally the three emerged jointly. The guitarist’s sibling, percussionist Alex Cline, sat in on the finish from the trio’s initial springtime concert, and after Von Essen came back from a summer months in India (where he examined tablas), the four music artists became Quartet Music, an avant-garde jazz group, which lasted for another 12 years. In 1989, near Quartet Music’s end, the group acquired a chance to develop music for the show with the Milwaukee Symphony.. on eight weeks see. Von Essen rode a teach from L.A. to NY, and back, coming back with three orchestrations of existing originals, and two brand-new orchestra parts, “Prayer For Adam Pt. 1 and Pt. 2,” created for his friend who acquired recently passed away. In 1992, Von Essen became the bassist for the Lighthouse All-Stars with Shorty Rogers and Bud Shank, following the band’s bassist, Monty Budwig, passed on. He also performed bebop with Frank Morgan and Artwork Farmer, was a pal and accompanist of Jimmy Rowles, made an appearance on Vinny Golia albums, supported vocalist Mike Campbell and documented with a lot more. For seven years, Eric Von Essen was Musical Movie director from the acclaimed Jazz Touch Ensemble. Then visited Sweden to provide as trainer at a music conservatory, and passed away unexpectedly while there, in August of 1997. Eric Von Essen is normally universally appreciated as a good player who influenced those he fulfilled along with his enthusiastic and open up creativeness — and like of music. In early 2000, the Cryptogramophone label released a tribute towards the past due bassist which really is a compilation of his compositions as performed by others, entitled The Music of Eric Von Essen, Vol. 1.