"...Eskelin continues to be the most inventive American tenor player in creative music..."
(Down Beat Nov. 1996)
Sparked by his mother "Bobbie Lee" who played Hammond B3 organ professionally in Baltimore in the early sixties, Ellery Eskelin moved to New York City in the eighties and began working with likeminded composers and improvisers such as drummer Joey Baron, bassist Mark Helias and Gerry Hemingway. In 1994 he formed his current working band including sampler and accordion player Andrea Parkins and drummer Jim Black . Eskelin's recordings as a leader (there are currently fifteen) have been named in Best of the Year critics' polls ranging from the New York Times to the The Village Voice. Most recently DownBeat Magazine included Eskelin in the "Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition" category in the 50th Annual Critics Poll (August 2002).
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- 17. 11. 2002 : Sound Travels - Global Internet Exchange
