Live Music - Michael Eckroth
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2022-01-09 18:00:00
2022-01-09 18:00:00
Live Music - Michael Eckroth
Lobby
The Betsy
[email protected]
America/New_York
public
Time:
6PM - 11PM
Location:
Lobby
Equally at home in traditional jazz and latin-American music forms, Michael received a grammy nomination for his work on the 2018 Cuban music album by Orquesta Akokan,
Event Details
6PM - 11PM
Michael ECKROTH, pianist and keyboardist, is an active performer in New York and worldwide, having performed extensively with jazz icons such as John Scofield, Ron McClure, Eliot Zigmund and Paul McCandless. Equally at home in traditional jazz and latin-American music forms, Michael received a grammy nomination for his work on the 2018 Cuban music album by Orquesta Akokan, which received rave reviews on outlets such as NPR and France’s FIP. He is also a recipient of a PhD from New York University, a former professor of music at Dartmouth College and a current full-time professor of music at FIU.
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