Nathan Eklund -][- CRAFTY CHRISTMAS – [OA2 Records, 2012 | Review] –

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Nathan Eklund, CRAFTY CHRISTMAS

Nathan Eklund -][- CRAFTY CHRISTMAS –Mp3– [OA2 Records, 2012 | Review]

As we approach the upcoming Christmas Season holiday music is beginning to emerge impeccably with expected side effects of cheer that fills the air with a fragrance draped in the spirit of love, peace and hope. Maybe it’s by happenstance regardless of our condition for our pleasure these sounds arrive with the sole purpose of inspiring us at this time of year. In this case, trumpeter, composer, flugelhorn and producer Nathan Eklund is one of those musical surprises this year for jazz (music) lovers to embrace his vision in the realm of traditional of holiday music captured in what he affectionately titled “CRAFTY CHRISTMAS” on OA2 Records.

Nathan Eklund Group -||- Coin Flip [O2A Records]

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Nathan Eklund Group - Coin Flip

Nathan Eklund Group -||- Coin Flip [O2A Records, 2010]

Novelist Victor Hugo once wrote, “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.” As a performer, composer, arranger, producer and teacher of music, Nathan Eklund has directed his life passion toward such an expression.

Nathan Eklund was born near Seattle, Washington and began his musical journey by studying piano at the age of six. Inspired by his grandfather’s big band and military trumpet playing during the World War II era, Nathan picked up the trumpet at eleven and soon became interested in jazz through the trumpet voices of Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and Clifford Brown.

Nathan began his serious musical training at Central Washington University, where he studied classical trumpet performance under the direction of Thomas Gause. Uncertain at this stage as to what role music would play in his life, Nathan became immersed in the world of jazz at CWU and decided to make it his focus. In 1998, Nathan moved to the New York City area to study jazz at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ. He attained his Bachelor’s degree from WPU and his Master’s degree from New Jersey City University, while studying with NYC area professionals Dave Rogers, Scott Wendholt, Joe Magnarelli, Rich DeRosa, John Mosca, Paul Meyers, and Andy Eulau.