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Having first come to prominence as a member of the funk-jazz collective Fat Mama, Brooklyn-based pianist Erik Deutsch has toured and recorded with artists like Norah Jones, Charlie Hunter, Citizen Cope, Theo Bleckmann, Rosanne Cash, Ben Allison, Shooter Jennings, Allison Miller, Scott Amendola, Steven Bernstein, Ellery Eskelin, Jim Campilongo, Nels Cline, Jenny Scheinman, and Art Lande. A prolific composer and bandleader, Erik's five albums have received critical acclaim by RollingStone, Jazz Times, USA Today, and the Huffington Post, including Relix magazine naming Deutsch’s 4th album Outlaw Jazz the #16 best album of 2015. He was recently voted the #5 Rising Star Organist in Downbeat Magazine's annual poll, where he has been recognized for consecutive years. In March of 2016, Deutsch became a full-time member of the legendary pioneering jamband Leftover Salmon. Performing 100+ shows per year, Erik has been featured at major venues and festivals across the country ever since. 2018 marks the release of Erik’s 6th album, "Falling Flowers", a funky, energetic romp through the worlds of jazz, soul, blues, dub, and pop music. As usual, Deutsch features his crack NYC band: Tony Mason, Avi Bortnick, Jesse Murphy, Brian Drye, and Mike McGinnis; special guests Scott Metzger and Andy Thorn; and finally, his wife, rising star Victoria Reed with whom he collaborated on the soulful, uplifting title track. Deutsch’s music is always hard to categorize, but his playing and compositions are unmistakably personal and unique. Falling Flowers is the next exciting step in this pianist’s notable career.

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Downbeat Rising Star Poll 2013-2018


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Todd Sickafoose: Bear Proof

Read "Bear Proof" reviewed by Vic Albani


Era dai fasti di Tiny Resistors (uscito nel 2008 per la Cryptogramophone dell'amico Jeff Gauthier e che invitiamo a riascoltare per la bellezza che lo ammanta) che il signor Todd Sickafoose non regalava al mondo un nuovo lavoro. Inneggiato da più voci quale coerente ed intelligentissimo musicista nonché compositore e produttore Sickafoose è stato talmente occupato da non avere avuto tempo per dilettarsi ancora una volta con l'idea che lo ha subito posto all'attenzione del mondo musicale sin ...

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Todd Sickafoose: Bear Proof

Read "Bear Proof" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


Bassist Todd Sickafoose released only one album as a leader prior to this one, Tiny Resistors, (Cryptogramophone, 2008). However, he has kept busy in the music world since then. He has extensively worked as a sideman and producer, including collaborating with singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, and he has orchestrated the Broadway musical, “Hadestown," winning a Tony award in the process. Now he is back with an album that reaffirms him as one of those musicians who are ostensibly based in jazz ...

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Erik Deutsch: Demonio Teclado

Read "Demonio Teclado" reviewed by Florence Wetzel


The title of Erik Deutsch's Demonio Teclado means “Keyboard Demon"--and indeed he is. Raised in Washington, DC and Nashville, Deutsch spent ten years in Colorado honing his craft, receiving a degree from the University of Colorado in piano performance, plus studying and playing with pianist Art Lande and gigging with trumpeter Ron Miles. In the mid-2000s Deutsch moved to New York and jumped into the New Brooklyn Jazz scene; he also started working with a wide variety of musicians such ...

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San Jose Comics Shop Host Erik Deutsch And The Jazz Outlaws on July 14 at 7:30pm

San Jose Comics Shop Host Erik Deutsch And The Jazz Outlaws on July 14  at 7:30pm

Source: Dan Vado

Erik Deutsch and the Jazz Outlaws will be making jny: San Jose's The Art Boutiki a stop on their current west cost tour, bringing their brand of country influenced jazz into one of the most unique venues in the country. Having first come to prominence as a member of the funk-jazz collective Fat Mama, Brooklyn-based pianist Erik Deutsch has taken his talents across the globe to play with some of the finest musicians alive. Born in Washington D.C., Erik exists ...

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Todd Clouser and Erik Deutsch Crack New Music Seminar's 2012 "Artist On The Verge" Top 100 Chart

Todd Clouser and Erik Deutsch Crack New Music Seminar's 2012 "Artist On The Verge" Top 100 Chart

Source: All About Jazz

Guitarist/Composer Todd Clouser and Pianist/Composer Erik Deutsch were selected for the New Music Seminar “Artist On The Verge" Top 100 Chart. All About Jazz participated in the nominating process and both Todd and Erik were included on AAJ's recommendation list. About the NMS “Artist On The Verge" Program NMS “Artist On The Verge" (AOV) project offers emerging artists the opportunity of a lifetime! The New Music Seminar (NMS) presents the “Artist On The Verge" – Top 100 Chart, the most ...

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Taylor Haskins' Recombination & Erik Deutsch @ Loove at Coco 66 on March 29th

Taylor Haskins' Recombination & Erik Deutsch @ Loove at Coco 66  on March 29th

Source: Michael Ricci

Monday, March 29th The LOOVE at Coco 66 presents: Taylor Haskins' Recombination - 8pm Taylor Haskins [trumpet, fx & keys] Jonathan Goldberger [guitar] Henry Hey [keys] Todd Sickafoose [bass] Nate Smith [drums] With the intention of creating music with a unique set of DNA, Taylor Haskins & 'Recombination' ride soaring melodies atop lush, hypnotic grooves to reach new worlds of musical expression. They seek nothing less than the total integration ...

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The Jazz Session #146: Erik Deutsch

The Jazz Session #146: Erik Deutsch

Source: Michael Ricci


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Pianist/Keyboardist Erik Deutsch Releases Hush Money Nov. 10th

Pianist/Keyboardist Erik Deutsch Releases Hush Money Nov. 10th

Source: Fully Altered Media

Erik Deutsch Hush Money

With layers of keyboards, guitars and woodwinds, Erik Deutschs Hush Money is not your usual jazz album. The keyboardist and composer, a co-founder of Fat Mama and known for his work alongside trumpeter Ron Miles, singer Erin McKeown and guitarist Charlie Hunter among others, brought together collaborators from his time in Colorado and New York, headed up by guitarist and co-producer Jonathan Goldberger.

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"Erik Deutsch, a pianist with a taste for tuneful provocation, is an especially valuable resource as a solo commentator and accompanist…"   —Nate Chinen, NY Times

Falling Flowers is .“…a cornucopia of goodness... one of the best jazz blends we have encountered this year"—Indie Voice Blog

Country music and jazz can make for strange bedfellows, but musicians who love both sometimes create fascinating hybrids, like vibraphonist Gary Burton's ahead-of-its-time 1966 album Tennessee Firebird and guitarist Bill Frisell's bluegrass-infusedNashville. Add New York-based pianist Erik Deutsch's Outlaw Jazz to that list" —USA TODAY

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Bear Proof

Secret Hatch Records
2023

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Falling Flowers

LoHi Records
2018

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Outlaw Jazz

Hammer and String
2015

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Demonio Teclado

Hammer and String
2012

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Hush Money

Point of Departure, WMPG-FM
2010

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