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Jonathan Sheckler
In 2010, the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival recognized Jon as an outstanding musician and his composition "Water Marks" won 2009 UNC Jazz Composers Contest. Sonarchy Radio has twice featured Jon in 2010 and 2013 when he debuted a suite for octet titled Bodies of Water.
With the release of Cable Street, featuring Darrius Willrich and Nathan Parker, Jon became a featured artist for Critical Sun Records. The track "Pensive Matters" was recently chosen as a Download of the Day by All About Jazz in 2013. Jon has also worked with Grammy winning producer and engineer Bubba Jones and singer-songwriter Jackie Sullivan.
While leading his own piano trio, Jon is co-leading Linden St. Connection with Caitlin Bement and producing singer-songwriter Jordan Ziskin's debut album Crazy Child and is featured on the eponymous debut album of Sons of Cloda. Jon is also producing Linden St. Connections Debut EP, Three Word Title, and his second album, Cityscapes.
Jon holds a Bachelor of Music - Jazz Studies degree from the University of Northern Colorado
Awards
Hartford Jazz Society Nominee, Rising Star (2018) Featured Performer on Sonarchy Radio 90.3 KEXP Seattle (April 2013, November 2010) Lucid Seattle I/O Award Nominee, Seattle Rising Star (May 2010) Outstanding Musician at UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival (April 2010) UNC School of Music Pentland Music Award Recipient (2009-2010) Undergraduate Winner of the UNC Jazz Composition Contest for “Water Marks”(2009) Featured in Northwest Jazz Profile Magazine (December 2008)
Tags
Bill Buck, Soul Jazz and Funk "...accessible trio jazz which in places harks back to the classic soul-jazz of the 60s and elsewhere echoes the music of people like Bob James."
All About Jazz "As enchanted by the piano as the drums. V[ery] cool. Ones to watch."
Primary Instrument
Drums
Willing to teach
Beginner to advanced
Music
Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson