Trumpeter Jon-Erik Kellso started playing professionally in and around his home town of Detroit, Michigan. Jon began early, playing in a big band at age 11, in the International Youth Symphony at age ...Show More
Trumpeter Jon-Erik Kellso started playing professionally in and around his home town of Detroit, Michigan. Jon began early, playing in a big band at age 11, in the International Youth Symphony at age 13, and in a concert alongside cornetist Wild Bill Davison at age 17. Kellso played with a wide variety of groups there, including the J.C. Heard Orchestra. In 1988 Jon-Erik joined James Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band with whom he's made appearances throughout North America, concertized on PBS TV, and recorded extensively. Since moving to New York City in 1989 to join Vince Giordano and His Nighthawks Orchestra, Jon has performed and recorded with the likes of Ralph Sutton, Dan Barrett, Howard Alden, Marty Grosz, Milt Hinton, Bob Haggart, Dick Hyman, Catherine Russell, Linda Ronstadt, Leon Redbone, Levon Helm, Wynton Marsalis, Wycliffe Gordon, Ken Peplowski, Bob Wilber, and Kenny Davern. Recent engagements include a week in Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola with Wynton Marsalis celebrating Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens; leading the EarRegulars at the Detroit Jazz Fest and Moab Music Fest; various appearances on Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" live Public Radio International show, including a live cine-cast to movie theaters everywhere with Elvis Costello; several jazz fest at sea cruises; concerts at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. with John Lithgow; tours of the U.S. and Japan with Ken Peplowski's Kingdom of Swing big band; annual appearances in jazz clubs and festivals in New Orleans; and jazz parties, festivals, and concerts all over the world. At home in New York City Kellso leads The EarRegulars featuring guitarist Matt Munisteri and various guest artists at the Ear Inn on Sunday nights since 2007. Jon regularly plays with Vince Giordano and His Nighthawks Orchestra, and can also be seen performing at many NYC venues, including Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Birdland, the Blue Note, the Iridium, the Jazz Standard and Small's. Kellso can be heard on several television and movie soundtracks, including Ghost World (2001), The Aviator (2004), The Good Shepherd (2006), Bessie (2015) and _Mildred Pierce_ with Vince Giordano and His Nighthawks Orchestra. He can be seen and heard in "Revolutionary Road," and in the HBO series, _Boardwalk Empire_(2010) for which the Nighthawks won a Grammy Award. Jon Kellso is on well over 100 CDs, including several CDs as a leader and three with mentor Ruby Braff. The eponymously titled CD, "The EarRegulars" was recorded in Berlin in 2014, and Jon-Erik Kellso and The EarRegulars "In the Land of Beginning Again" was recorded in New Orleans in 2015. Hide
