Peter Ecklund
Peter Ecklund was an American jazz cornetist.
Career
In 1967, Ecklund received a degree from Yale University. He went on tour with singer Paula Lockheart and started a jazz band, in addition to working with many pop and rock bands in the 1970s and 1980s. He became a substitute for the Nighthawks Orchestra led by Vince Giordano and a member of the Orphan Newboys led by Marty Grosz.Ecklund died April 8, 2020, from Parkinson's disease.
Discography
- Peter Ecklund and the Melody Makers
- Laughing at Life with the Orphan Newsboys
- Ecklund at Elkhart
- Strings Attached
- Christmas at the Almanac Music Hall with Howard Fishman
As guest
- Wanted Dead or Alive
- Midnight on the Water
- How Late'll Ya Play 'Til
- Bandit in a Bathing Suit
- You Should See the Rest of the Band
- Marty Grosz and the Keepers of the Flame
- Unsaturated Fats
- On Revival Day
- Going Hollywood
- Pottery Pie
- Sweet Potatoes
- Blues Boy
- Private Astronomy
- Red to Blue
- Sugar
- Whistling in the Wind
- Paul Butterfield, Better Days
- Doveman, With My Left Hand I Raise the Dead
- Bob Dylan, Tell Tale Signs
- Howard Fishman, The Howard Fishman Quartet, Howard Fishman Quartet Vol. II, Moon Country
- Steve Forbert, Steve Forbert
- Gloria Gaynor, Glorious
- Steve Goodman, Words We Can Dance To
- Hello People, the Handsome Devils
- Ian & Sylvia & the Great Speckled Bird, You Were on My Mind
- Keith Ingham, Just Imagine
- Michael Jerling, My Evil Twin
- George McCrae, Diamond Touch
- Martin Mull, Martin Mull
- Alex Pangman, Can't Stop Me from Dreaming
- Bonnie Raitt, Give It Up
- Tom Sancton, Tommy Sancton and the Galvanized Washboard Band
- Cynthia Sayer, Jazz at Home
- Cynthia Sayer Featuring Kenny Davern, Forward Moves
- Johnny Shines, Johnny Shines & Co.
- Johnny Shines, Mr. Cover Shaker
- Paul Siebel, Jack-Knife Gypsy
- Siegel–Schwall Band, 953 West
- Eric Von Schmidt, 2nd Right 3rd Row
- Eric Von Schmidt, Eric Von Schmidt and the Cruel Family
- Andrea True Connection, More, More, More
- Terry Waldo, Footlight Varieties
- Terry Waldo, Presents the Jazz Entertainers Vol. 1 Let It Shine
- Loudon Wainwright III, Social Studies
- Loudon Wainwright III, High Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project
- Mitch Woods, ''Mr. Boogie's Back in Town''