Kinetic, the solo recording debut of trumpeter Erik Telford, was
recorded live in the studio in 2008. It features all-original
music written over a 10-year period that is mainly inspired and
influenced by the jazz-rock fusion movement that flourished
from the late 60s to mid 70s.
A native of Pacific Grove (CA), Telford has performed as a
leader at the Monterey, Montreux, North Sea, Melbourne, and Yokohama Honmoku jazz festivals. Hes shared the stage with
Bill Berry, George Bohannan, Maria Schneider, Joshua Redman,
James Williams, Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, and Louie Bellson, among other artists. Telford currently lives in Austin where he is an active member of the local music scene leading both the Erik Telford Collective (ETC) and Hellfire Horns, a first-call horn section in demand for both studio sessions and live performances that has worked with Bob Schneider, The Scabs, Chris Pierce, Kevin Ahart, Paolo Negri, and The Walkmen. Telford also plays keyboards with singer/songwriter Kalu James.
During his teens Telford was closely associated with the Monterey Jazz Festival and as a high school senior became the first recipient of the Festivals Jimmy Lyons Scholarship that provided full tuition for a deserving jazz music student to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston. While at Berklee, Telford
studied jazz composition and trumpet with Greg Hopkins, classical composition with Dennis Leclaire and Vuk Kulenovic, and orchestral conducting with George Monseur and David Callahan. He graduated from Berklee in 2001 with a degree in Film Scoring.
