Nathan Eklund with the Christopher Brown Quartet

Mon, Nov 06

Nathan Eklund, Trumpet John Nastos, Alto Saxophone Greg Goebel, Piano Garrett Baxter, Bass Christopher Brown, Drums Grammy Award winning trumpeter Nathan Eklund leads an active schedule as a professional trumpeter and jazz educator. He played lead trumpet and was a featured soloist on the Dafnis Prieto Big Band’s 2018 Grammy winning album Back To The Sunset. Nathan has earned two Jazz Performance degrees, his Bachelor’s from William Paterson University and his Master’s from New Jersey City University, under the tutelage of Joe Magnarelli, Scott Wendholt, Dave Rogers and Bud Burridge. He has released five albums as a leader and has recorded as a sideman with numerous artists including Phil Woods, Dafnis Prieto, Roseanna Vitro, Richie Cole, Chuck Loeb and Spyro Gyra. Nathan is equally busy in the NYC big band scene, having performed with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Mingus Big Band, Roy Hargrove Big Band, Christian McBride Big Band, Phil Woods Festival Orchestra, Ron Carter's Great Big Band, Jimmy Heath Big Band, Slide Hampton Big Band, Dafnis Prieto Big Band, Pedro Giraudo Big Band, Arturo O’Farrill’s Latin Jazz Orchestra and the Oliver Lake Big Band, among others. As an educator, Nathan is an adjunct professor at New Jersey City University (Jersey City, NJ), Montclair State University (Montclair, NJ), and Newark Academy (Livingston, NJ). He is also the Coordinator of Big Bands at Montclair, NJ’s Jazz House Kids program, directing their nationally renowned Jazz House Big Band. Nathan regularly presents clinics nationwide, adjudicates jazz festivals, and maintains his own private trumpet teaching studio.