Sat Jul 5
Born in Arizona, where he learned trombone from his grandfather, Eric Felten moved to Washington, DC after college, where he has been a leader of jazz bands from duos to 30-piece jazz orchestras. He has been hailed as one of the best trombonists of his generation [Doug Ramsey, Rifftides jazz blog] and the Washington Post has called him "a crooner of the first order." He has recorded with such jazz greats as Kenny Barron, Jimmy Knepper, Joshua Redman, Joe Lovano, Randy Brecker, and Jimmy Cobb.