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Eric Halvorson

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About Me

Eric has performed throughout Europe and the Americas and is featured on numerous recordings. Because of his pop and jazz sensibilities he is constantly in demand for a variety of gigs. He has collaborated with such artists as jazz guitarist Dave Stryker, vibraphonist Joe Locke, R n' B legend Ben E. King, and Blues icon Pinetop Perkins to name a few. Festival appearances include the Montreal Jazz Festival, Kennedy Center Women In Jazz, Radio Classica (Chile), Festival de Jazz (Colombia), Bayreuther Jazz Festival (Germany), Kaunas Jazz Festival (Lithuania) and the Iowa City Jazz Festival. He has performed at New York City's top venues including Lincoln Center, Town Hall and jazz venues Sweet Basil, Blue Note, and Birdland to name a few. He has performed with pop artists at the NXNE Music Conference in Toronto, Canada; Emerging Artists & Talent in Music Conference in Las Vegas and the NEMO Music Festival in Boston. .. ..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/19/2006
Band Website: erichalvorson.com
Band Members: JOEL NEWTON SITUATION: Joel Newton - gtr, Toshi Someya - bass, Ben Stivers - kbds;JAMIE JORDAN QUARTET: Jamie - voc, Joel Newton - gtr, Scott Thornton - bassTRIO: Dave Stryker - gtr, Dave Berkman - organ;HOLIDAY MOTEL: Chris Biesterfeldt - gtr, Ben Stivers - organ;DEBORAH WEISZ QUINTET: Deborah - tbone, Sheryl Bailey - gtr, Andrew Sterman - sax, Nicki Parrot - bass, Olivier Ker Ourio - harmonica
Influences: Just a few are the Beatles, Steely Dan, Jonatha Brooke, Fiona Apple, DeJohnette, Elvin, Miles, Newton and all the people that I play with...
Sounds Like: music
Type of Label: None

My Blog

the new Joel Newton Situation CD is out!

We just got copies of the new Joel Newton Situation CD 'Crying and Laughing'. If you would like a copy please contact myself or Joel Newton and we'll hook you up (for a small price of course!). For ...
Posted by Eric Halvorson on Sat, 04 Mar 2006 10:07:00 PST