Eric Hochberg  

November 4, 2009

Wednesday 8:00pm

Detail:

Baritone Saxophonist DAVID SCHUMACHER/KEVIN O'CONNELL PIANO with ERIC HOCHBERG BASS & Y L DOUGLAS DRUMS QUARTET

 About Eric Hochberg

A mainstay of the Chicago music scene for more than twenty-five years, Eric Hochberg has lent his bass work, both upright and electric, and an occasional trumpet lick to a variety of projects across the realms of jazz, folk, rock and blues.
He has performed and/or recorded with the likes of Pharoah Sanders, Bobby McFerrin, Pat Metheny, Barbra Streisand, Cassandra Wilson, Von Freeman, Chico Freeman, Ken Nordine, David Baker, Cannonball Adderly, Charles McPherson, Jon Faddis, Joshua Redman, David Bromberg, Johnny Frigo, Joe Daley, Howard Levy, Kurt Elling, Laurence Hobgood, Trio New, Eric Alexander, Tierny Sutton, Patricia Barber, Jackie Allen, Paul McCandless, Bob Mintzer, Dave Liebman, Sam Rivers, Jack DeJohnette, Bobby Broom, Eric Marienthal, Bobby Shew, Larry Novak, Gary Novak, Rick Margitza, Sheila Jordan, Diane Reeves, Alan Pasqua, Bob Sheppard, Mark Murphy, Bob Dorough, Randy Brecker, Tom Harrell, Terry Callier, Don Ellis, Larry Coryell, Rebecca Paris, Leni Andrade, Sonny Fortune, Fareed Haque, Willie Pickens, Erma Thompson, Rebecca Paris, Lew Tabackin, Brian Lynch, Jon Faddis, Lester Bowie, Don Moye, Earnest Dawkins, Henry Butler, Emily Remler, Herb Geller, Chevere de Chicago, Mark Colby, Orbert Davis, Ed Thigpen, Anthony Molinaro, Bonnie Koloc, Michal Urbaniak Quartet, Bill Holman, The Boston Brass, Bill Russo’s Chicago Jazz Ensemble, JazzTech Big Band, The Miami Saxophone Quartet, The Grant Park Symphony with Luciana Souza, The Joffrey Ballet, Luna Negra Dance Co. and Sonia Dada.
Eric has the distinction of having performed in the bands of three of the four members of the Pat Metheny Group - a tour in 1977 with Pat, a long association with drummer Paul Wertico and a Latin American tour with Lyle Mays in 1992.
He has toured nationally/internationally with the Lyle Mays Quartet, the Terry Callier Group, the Paul Wertico Trio, the Kurt Elling Quartet, Ken Nordine’s Word Jazz, the Howard Levy Quartet and the Grazyna Auguscik Quintet.
He has performed at the Jazz Festivals of Montreal, San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago (18 times), Elkhart IN, Columbus OH, Montreux, Rotterdam, UK/London, Free Jazz/Brazil, Leverkeusen/Germany, Bam Festival/Barcelona, Rome Jazz, Rotterdam Jazz, Nice Jazz/France, Cully Jazz/Swiss, Blues and Roots Fest/Australia, The International Society of Jazz Educators/Atlanta, The Percussive Arts Society/Columbus OH, Milwaukee Summerfest, Louisville Festival of the Arts and concerts and clubs worldwide. 
He can also be heard currently in clubs and concert venues around Chicago, Catch 35, The Green Mill, Pops for Champagne, The Jazz Showcase, Fitzgerald’s, Katarina’s, The Checkerboard Lounge, Pick Staiger Hall, Pritzker Pavillion and many others.
The Eric Hochberg Orchestra has performed for countless events of all kinds over the past twenty years and Eric Hochberg Music contracts the finest musicians in the Chicago area for clients worldwide.  The EHO was the band for the City of Chicago’s “Chicago Welcomes the World” Millennium Celebration.
Eric produced Jackie Allen's 2006 debut Blue Note Records release, Tangled and her 2003 release The Men in My Life.  Eric has also worked extensively with legendary singer-songwriter Terry Callier, producing his recent album, Lookin' Out, on Emarcy Records, the critically acclaimed TC in DC on Premonition, two tracks on Verve Forecast's Timepeace, Novo Record's Chicago Rapid Transit and Acid Jazz Totally Re-wired Vol. 8.   He co-produced Future Tense by Hochberg, Eisen & Potter, Reflections by saxophonist Mark Colby and New Bolero by Trio New, Kurt Elling's original group. He is currently working on a project with pianist Michael Kocour and saxophonist Rich Fudoli.