Guy Eckstine
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Guy Eckstine is an A&R
, new media executive, artist manager, and record producer
, who has produced and executive produced over 40 records. Four albums that Eckstine has produced or executive produced have won Grammy Awards, including The New Standard by Herbie Hancock
. Eckstine also serves on the Board of Governors for The Recording Academy, New York Chapter.
, Guy Eckstine is currently President of Iconique Music Group. Iconique Music Group is a creative and technology based entertainment company that manages recording artists, Nailah Porter, The Bolts, Frankie Moreno, Loston Harris III, Pete Belasco, Justyna Kelley, and Anna Thomas. In the new media realm, Iconique Music Group represents premiere software developers, Art & Logic, and custom application developers, iEveryware.
Throughout his 25 year executive career, Eckstine has distinguished himself in a variety of positions in the music industry as SVP Creative Development, MP3.com; VP A&R, Verve Records; Director A&R, Columbia Records; Creative Manager, Virgin Music Publishing; and Co-founder/CEO, MIAATV.com.
After attending UCLA as an Ethnomusicology Major and John Bergamo's percussion program at California Institute of the Arts
, Eckstine began his music career as a session musician playing drums for Quincy Jones
, Michael McDonald
, Eddy Grant
, Michael Henderson
, James Ingram
, and Herbie Hancock
, among others. Eckstine is also a founding member of the progressive rock band Soma
, featuring guitarist Allan Holdsworth
, bassist, Tony Levin
, guitarist, David Shawn Waldroop, and keyboardist/composer, Mark Gleed.
Eckstine's executive music business career began in 1988 at Virgin
Music Publishing. As Creative Manager at Virgin Music, Eckstine pitched and secured songwriter covers for Virgin's stable of songwriters, including songs for Whitney Houston, Vanessa Williams, and Kool and the Gang. Shortly thereafter in 1989, Eckstine was hired as Director of A&R at Columbia Records
, where he worked with, Terence Trent d'Arby
, Shawn Smith
, (lead singer of Brad
/Satchel
), Regina Belle
, Movement Ex, Lenny Hamilton Jr. and Philip Bailey
.
In July 1991, Eckstine then joined Verve Records
as VP/A&R, at which he signed and produced/executive produced recordings by Herbie Hancock
, Wayne Shorter
, Chris Botti
, Jeff Lorber
, Art Porter, Gino Vannelli
, Pete Belasco, Peter Delano, Evan Marks, and Roy Hargrove
, among others. He also executive produced the Frank Zappa
tribute album, "Zappa's Universe," which received a Grammy Award for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance." As VP A&R at Verve Records
, which included his discovery of trumpet superstar Chris Botti, Eckstine's creative vision helped guide Verve to 6 consecutive years (1991–1997) as Billboard Magazine's premiere jazz label in the World. Seminal and Grammy winning jazz recordings of the 1990s included, Herbie Hancock's, "Dis Is Da Drum," and "The New Standard"; Chris Botti's debut recording, "First Wish;" Wayne Shorter's "Highlife;" and the debut of saxophonist, Art Porter, "Pocket City."
In the late 1990s, Eckstine became SVP/Creative Development, for the pioneering online music service provider, MP3.com
, providing artist development expertise on the MP3.com "Music and Technology Tour" featuring, Alanis Morissette
, Tori Amos
, Christina Aguilera
, and TLC
. Becoming a part of the .com revolution, Eckstine was initially hired as Genre Manager for Jazz, World and Classical Music.
Post MP3.com, Eckstine independently produced records including the chart-topping Billboard Jazz release, "Nice and Slow," by Brian Culbertson
, (WB) (2002), "A Charlie Brown Christmas," by Cyrus Chestnut
,(Atlantic) (2003), which featured Brian McKnight
, Vanessa L. Williams
, The Manhattan Transfer
, Pat Martino
,among others. In 2004 for Savoy Jazz, Eckstine produced "Moondance," by flautist, Hubert Laws
, which featured, Herbie Hancock, Chris Botti, and Brian Culbertson. The album also showcased two of Eckstine's compositions, "Nighttime Daydream," and "Summer of '75." Eckstine also produced many independent artists, and successfully solicited the recording contracts for Julia Fordham
, (Atlantic Records
) and Carol Welsman, (Savoy Records
). In 1999, Eckstine produced and performed on the debut album "Styrofoam," by Alexandra Scott, in 2002, he produced San Diego funk jazz combo, "Spaceman Spiff," in 2006-2007, Eckstine produced, performed and co-wrote the Southern California based rock group, "Feels Like Friday," and NYC based singer/songwriter, Sandra Small. Eckstine scored music for TV and Film, including the Fox Television series T.R.A.X., (2001), directed by Renny Harlin
, and the television commercials for CBS
, "Courting Alex," starring Jenna Elfman
, (2006), and TV/commercial music for the drug Avodart, (2006).
In October 2005, Eckstine became the Co-founder/CEO of MIAATV.com- Music Industry Television. In addition to acquiring talent and interviewing over 250 artist and music industry legends for MIAATV.com, including artists Quincy Jones
, Stevie Wonder
, Phil Ramone
, Chris Botti
, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, and Joss Stone
, Eckstine negotiated and implemented strategic partnerships and affiliations with major brands such as Atlantic Records
, Gibson
Musical Instruments, Hal Leonard Music Publishing, A.E.S- Audio Engineering Society, M.I.T. - Musicians Institute, NAMM, IAJE, Mobile Music Now, Emergenza, and ASCAP.
Over the course of his executive and professional career, Eckstine has been a speaker, panelist, and moderator at entertainment industry conventions and events including, AMCON 2010, IBS 2009, CMJ 2008, and Digital Hollywood
2007. In the past decade Eckstine provided his expertise at IAJE, (International Association Of Jazz Educators), the Radio and Records Convention, the Urban Network Convention, the Gavin Convention, and the L.A.S.S,- Los Angeles Songwriter Showcase. Eckstine has also been a guest lecturer at the Clive Davis
Department of Recorded Music, Tisch School Of The Arts, at New York University, and lectured on the creative process, A&R, Record Production and Music Publishing at the UCLA Music Business Program, and the CalArts Alumni Entertainment Group.
In the summer of 2009, Eckstine co-produced the debut of Nashville born and L.A. based singer/songwriter Justyna Kelley, "Over The Moon," with producers, David Kershenbaum and Kevin Killen. In 2010 Eckstine executive produced,"ConJazzNess," by Universal Music Group/EmArcy recording artist, Nailah Porter. In 2011, Eckstine was elected to The Board of Governors for The Recording Academy, NY Chapter, and produced "Meet the Bolts," the full length debut of Southern California modern rock band, The Bolts
Grammy award
A&R
Artists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...
, new media executive, artist manager, and record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, who has produced and executive produced over 40 records. Four albums that Eckstine has produced or executive produced have won Grammy Awards, including The New Standard by Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
. Eckstine also serves on the Board of Governors for The Recording Academy, New York Chapter.
Biography
The son of singer and bandleader Billy EckstineBilly Eckstine
William Clarence Eckstine was an American singer of ballads and a bandleader of the swing era. Eckstine's smooth baritone and distinctive vibrato broke down barriers throughout the 1940s, first as leader of the original bop big-band, then as the first romantic black male in popular...
, Guy Eckstine is currently President of Iconique Music Group. Iconique Music Group is a creative and technology based entertainment company that manages recording artists, Nailah Porter, The Bolts, Frankie Moreno, Loston Harris III, Pete Belasco, Justyna Kelley, and Anna Thomas. In the new media realm, Iconique Music Group represents premiere software developers, Art & Logic, and custom application developers, iEveryware.
Throughout his 25 year executive career, Eckstine has distinguished himself in a variety of positions in the music industry as SVP Creative Development, MP3.com; VP A&R, Verve Records; Director A&R, Columbia Records; Creative Manager, Virgin Music Publishing; and Co-founder/CEO, MIAATV.com.
After attending UCLA as an Ethnomusicology Major and John Bergamo's percussion program at California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
, Eckstine began his music career as a session musician playing drums for Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
, Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald (singer)
Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...
, Eddy Grant
Eddy Grant
Edmond Montague "Eddy" Grant is a musician, born in Plaisance, Guyana.- Life and career :When he was still a young boy, his parents emigrated to London, UK, where he settled. He lived in Kentish Town and went to school at the Acland Burghley Secondary Modern at Tufnell Park...
, Michael Henderson
Michael Henderson
Michael Henderson is an American bass guitarist and vocalist best known for his bass playing with Miles Davis in the early 1970s, on early fusion albums such as A Tribute to Jack Johnson, Pangaea, and Live-Evil.- Biography :He was one of the first notable bass guitarists of the fusion era as well...
, James Ingram
James Ingram
James Ingram is an American soul musician. He is best known as a vocalist. He is also a self-taught musician who plays piano, guitar, bass, drums and keyboards...
, and Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
, among others. Eckstine is also a founding member of the progressive rock band Soma
Soma
Soma , or Haoma , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma-, was a ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the subsequent Vedic and greater Persian cultures. It is frequently mentioned in the Rigveda, whose Soma Mandala contains 114 hymns, many praising its energizing qualities...
, featuring guitarist Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth is an English guitarist and composer. He has released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played many different styles of music over a period of four decades, but first drew attention for his work in jazz fusion...
, bassist, Tony Levin
Tony Levin
Tony Levin is an American progressive rock musician, specializing in bass guitar, Chapman stick and upright bass ....
, guitarist, David Shawn Waldroop, and keyboardist/composer, Mark Gleed.
Eckstine's executive music business career began in 1988 at Virgin
Virgin Group
Virgin Group Limited is a British branded venture capital conglomerate organisation founded by business tycoon Richard Branson. The core business areas are travel, entertainment and lifestyle. Virgin Group's date of incorporation is listed as 1989 by Companies House, who class it as a holding...
Music Publishing. As Creative Manager at Virgin Music, Eckstine pitched and secured songwriter covers for Virgin's stable of songwriters, including songs for Whitney Houston, Vanessa Williams, and Kool and the Gang. Shortly thereafter in 1989, Eckstine was hired as Director of A&R at Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
, where he worked with, Terence Trent d'Arby
Sananda Maitreya
Sananda Francesco Maitreya , better known by his former stage name Terence Trent D'Arby, is an American singer-songwriter who came to fame with his album Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby, released in July 1987, which included the singles "Wishing Well" and "Sign Your Name"...
, Shawn Smith
Shawn Smith
Shawn Smith is a Seattle-based songwriter, vocalist and musician in several bands and also as a solo artist. He was born in Spokane, Washington.Smith has cited Freddie Mercury, Prince and KISS as early influences...
, (lead singer of Brad
Brad (band)
Brad is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1992. Brad's sound is influenced by the wide variety of influences brought by its members, including Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam, Regan Hagar , Shawn Smith , and Jeremy Toback...
/Satchel
Satchel (band)
Satchel is an alternative rock band from Seattle, featuring Shawn Smith , Regan Hagar , John Hoag and Mike Berg , who replaced original bassist Cory Kane in 1995.-History:...
), Regina Belle
Regina Belle
Regina Belle is a singer-songwriter who first surfaced in the late 1980s. She is notable for her Grammy award winning duet with Peabo Bryson, "A Whole New World".-Biography:Regina Belle was born in Englewood, New Jersey...
, Movement Ex, Lenny Hamilton Jr. and Philip Bailey
Philip Bailey
Philip Irvin Bailey is an American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor, best known as one of the longtime members of Earth, Wind & Fire. Together with Verdine White, B. David Whitworth, and Ralph Johnson he forms the heart of the current EWF line-up on...
.
In July 1991, Eckstine then joined Verve Records
Verve Records
Verve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...
as VP/A&R, at which he signed and produced/executive produced recordings by Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
, Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
, Chris Botti
Chris Botti
Christopher Stephen "Chris" Botti , is an American trumpeter and composer. In 2007, Botti was nominated for two Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album. On December 4, 2009, he was nominated for three more Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album and Best Long Form Music Video...
, Jeff Lorber
Jeff Lorber
Jeff Lorber is an American Grammy Award-nominated keyboardist, composer, and record producer.After leading his own group, The Jeff Lorber Fusion, he went on to pioneer the smooth jazz genre....
, Art Porter, Gino Vannelli
Gino Vannelli
Gino Vannelli is an Italian-Canadian singer, songwriter, musician and composer.-Early years:Born in Montreal, Quebec, Vannelli is one of three sons born to Russ and Delia Vannelli. Russ, his father, was a big band musician. As a child, Gino's greatest passion was music, and he began playing...
, Pete Belasco, Peter Delano, Evan Marks, and Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove
Roy Anthony Hargrove is an American jazz trumpeter. He won worldwide notice after winning two Grammy Awards for differing types of music, in 1997, and in 2002...
, among others. He also executive produced the Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
tribute album, "Zappa's Universe," which received a Grammy Award for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance." As VP A&R at Verve Records
Verve Records
Verve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...
, which included his discovery of trumpet superstar Chris Botti, Eckstine's creative vision helped guide Verve to 6 consecutive years (1991–1997) as Billboard Magazine's premiere jazz label in the World. Seminal and Grammy winning jazz recordings of the 1990s included, Herbie Hancock's, "Dis Is Da Drum," and "The New Standard"; Chris Botti's debut recording, "First Wish;" Wayne Shorter's "Highlife;" and the debut of saxophonist, Art Porter, "Pocket City."
In the late 1990s, Eckstine became SVP/Creative Development, for the pioneering online music service provider, MP3.com
MP3.com
MP3.com is a web site operated by CNET Networks providing information about digital music and artists, songs, services, community, and technologies. It is probably better known for its original incarnation, as a legal, free music-sharing service, popular with independent musicians for promoting...
, providing artist development expertise on the MP3.com "Music and Technology Tour" featuring, Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...
, Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...
, Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
, and TLC
TLC (band)
TLC is an American musical trio whose repertoire spanned R&B, hip-hop, soul, funk, and new jack swing. Originally consisting of singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, rapper-singer Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and singer Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas it found success in the 1990s while also enduring a series of spats...
. Becoming a part of the .com revolution, Eckstine was initially hired as Genre Manager for Jazz, World and Classical Music.
Post MP3.com, Eckstine independently produced records including the chart-topping Billboard Jazz release, "Nice and Slow," by Brian Culbertson
Brian Culbertson
Brian Culbertson is a musician and instrumentalist from Decatur, Illinois, United States. Son of jazz band director and trumpeter Jim Culbertson, Brian's instruments include the keyboard and trombone....
, (WB) (2002), "A Charlie Brown Christmas," by Cyrus Chestnut
Cyrus Chestnut
Cyrus Chestnut is an American jazz pianist, songwriter, and producer. In 2006, Josh Tyrangiel, music critic for Time Magazine, wrote: "What makes Chestnut the best jazz pianist of his generation is a willingness to abandon notes and play space." Chestnut enjoys mixing styles and resists being...
,(Atlantic) (2003), which featured Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, producer, and R&B/Pop musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays nine instruments: piano, guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussions, trombone, tuba, flugelhorn and trumpet....
, Vanessa L. Williams
Vanessa L. Williams
Vanessa Lynn Williams is an American pop-R&B recording artist, producer, dancer, model, actress and showgirl. In 1983, she became the first woman of African-American descent to be crowned Miss America, but a scandal generated by her having posed for nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine...
, The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal music group. There have been two manifestations of the group, with Tim Hauser being the only person to be part of both...
, Pat Martino
Pat Martino
Pat Martino is an Italian-American jazz guitarist and composer within the post bop, fusion, mainstream jazz, soul jazz and hard bop idioms.-Biography:...
,among others. In 2004 for Savoy Jazz, Eckstine produced "Moondance," by flautist, Hubert Laws
Hubert Laws
Hubert Laws is an American flutist and saxophonist with a 40+ year career in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Alongside Herbie Mann, Laws is probably the most recognized and respected jazz flutist...
, which featured, Herbie Hancock, Chris Botti, and Brian Culbertson. The album also showcased two of Eckstine's compositions, "Nighttime Daydream," and "Summer of '75." Eckstine also produced many independent artists, and successfully solicited the recording contracts for Julia Fordham
Julia Fordham
Julia Fordham is a British singer-songwriter based in California. Her professional career started in the early 1980s, under the name "Jules Fordham", as a backing singer for Mari Wilson and Kim Wilde.-Career:...
, (Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
) and Carol Welsman, (Savoy Records
Savoy Records
Savoy Records is an American record label specializing in jazz, R&B and gospel. Starting in the mid 1940s, Savoy played an important part in popularizing bebop.Savoy Records is an American record label specializing in jazz, R&B and gospel. Starting in the mid 1940s, Savoy played an important part...
). In 1999, Eckstine produced and performed on the debut album "Styrofoam," by Alexandra Scott, in 2002, he produced San Diego funk jazz combo, "Spaceman Spiff," in 2006-2007, Eckstine produced, performed and co-wrote the Southern California based rock group, "Feels Like Friday," and NYC based singer/songwriter, Sandra Small. Eckstine scored music for TV and Film, including the Fox Television series T.R.A.X., (2001), directed by Renny Harlin
Renny Harlin
Renny Harlin is a Finnish-American film director and producer. He is best known for Die Hard 2 , Cliffhanger , The Long Kiss Goodnight and Deep Blue Sea...
, and the television commercials for CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
, "Courting Alex," starring Jenna Elfman
Jenna Elfman
Jennifer Mary "Jenna" Elfman is an American television and film actress. She is known for her role as Dharma on the ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg and as Billie on the short-lived CBS sitcom Accidentally on Purpose....
, (2006), and TV/commercial music for the drug Avodart, (2006).
In October 2005, Eckstine became the Co-founder/CEO of MIAATV.com- Music Industry Television. In addition to acquiring talent and interviewing over 250 artist and music industry legends for MIAATV.com, including artists Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
, Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
, Phil Ramone
Phil Ramone
Phil Ramone is a South-African violinist, composer, recording engineer, and record producer.-Biography:As a young child in South Africa, Ramone was a musical prodigy, beginning to play the violin at age three and performing for Queen Elizabeth II at age ten...
, Chris Botti
Chris Botti
Christopher Stephen "Chris" Botti , is an American trumpeter and composer. In 2007, Botti was nominated for two Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album. On December 4, 2009, he was nominated for three more Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album and Best Long Form Music Video...
, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, and Joss Stone
Joss Stone
Jocelyn Eve Stoker , better known by her stage name Joss Stone, is an English soul singer-songwriter and actress. Stone rose to fame in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, The Soul Sessions, which made the 2004 Mercury Prize shortlist...
, Eckstine negotiated and implemented strategic partnerships and affiliations with major brands such as Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
, Gibson
Gibson
Gibson may refer to:* Gibson Amphitheatre* Gibson Appliance* Gibson Girl* Gibson Guitar Corporation* Gibson * Gibson Generating Station-Places:In the United States:* Gibson, Arkansas* Gibson, Georgia* Gibson, Iowa* Gibson, Louisiana...
Musical Instruments, Hal Leonard Music Publishing, A.E.S- Audio Engineering Society, M.I.T. - Musicians Institute, NAMM, IAJE, Mobile Music Now, Emergenza, and ASCAP.
Over the course of his executive and professional career, Eckstine has been a speaker, panelist, and moderator at entertainment industry conventions and events including, AMCON 2010, IBS 2009, CMJ 2008, and Digital Hollywood
Digital Hollywood
Digital Hollywood is a trade conference covering the fields of film, television, music, home video, cable, telecommunications and computer industries. It debuted in 1990....
2007. In the past decade Eckstine provided his expertise at IAJE, (International Association Of Jazz Educators), the Radio and Records Convention, the Urban Network Convention, the Gavin Convention, and the L.A.S.S,- Los Angeles Songwriter Showcase. Eckstine has also been a guest lecturer at the Clive Davis
Clive Davis
Clive Davis is an American record producer and music industry executive. He has won five Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer. From 1967 to 1973 he was the President of Columbia Records. He was the founder and president of Arista Records from 1975...
Department of Recorded Music, Tisch School Of The Arts, at New York University, and lectured on the creative process, A&R, Record Production and Music Publishing at the UCLA Music Business Program, and the CalArts Alumni Entertainment Group.
In the summer of 2009, Eckstine co-produced the debut of Nashville born and L.A. based singer/songwriter Justyna Kelley, "Over The Moon," with producers, David Kershenbaum and Kevin Killen. In 2010 Eckstine executive produced,"ConJazzNess," by Universal Music Group/EmArcy recording artist, Nailah Porter. In 2011, Eckstine was elected to The Board of Governors for The Recording Academy, NY Chapter, and produced "Meet the Bolts," the full length debut of Southern California modern rock band, The Bolts
The Bolts
The Bolts are an independent modern rock band from Irvine, California. Formed in 2007, the band consists of guitarist Heath Farmer, bassist Addam Farmer, guitarist and keyboardist Ryan Kilpatrick, keyboardist Austin Farmer, and drummer Matt Champagne...
Discography
Selected discography (produced, executive produced, and A&R):- Herbie HancockHerbie HancockHerbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
- The New Standard, (Verve) Dis Is Da Drum, (Mercury) The Essential Herbie Hancock, (Verve) - Wayne ShorterWayne ShorterWayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
- High Life, (Verve Forecast) - Chris BottiChris BottiChristopher Stephen "Chris" Botti , is an American trumpeter and composer. In 2007, Botti was nominated for two Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album. On December 4, 2009, he was nominated for three more Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album and Best Long Form Music Video...
- First Wish, (Verve Forecast) Midnight Without You, (Verve Forecast) Caught, (Verve Forecast) Best of Chris Botti, (GRP) - Gino VannelliGino VannelliGino Vannelli is an Italian-Canadian singer, songwriter, musician and composer.-Early years:Born in Montreal, Quebec, Vannelli is one of three sons born to Russ and Delia Vannelli. Russ, his father, was a big band musician. As a child, Gino's greatest passion was music, and he began playing...
- Yonder Tree, (Verve Forecast) Slow Love, (Verve Forecast) - Brian CulbertsonBrian CulbertsonBrian Culbertson is a musician and instrumentalist from Decatur, Illinois, United States. Son of jazz band director and trumpeter Jim Culbertson, Brian's instruments include the keyboard and trombone....
- Nice and Slow, (WB) - Jeff LorberJeff LorberJeff Lorber is an American Grammy Award-nominated keyboardist, composer, and record producer.After leading his own group, The Jeff Lorber Fusion, he went on to pioneer the smooth jazz genre....
- Worth Waiting For, (Verve Forecast) West Side StoriesWest Side StoriesWest Side Stories is the twelfth studio album by a Grammy Award nominated composer, keyboardist and pioneer of the smooth jazz genre, Jeff Lorber, released on Verve Forecast in 1994....
, (Verve Forecast) State of Grace, (Verve Forecast) The Very Best of Jeff Lorber, (GRP) - Art Porter - Pocket City, (Verve Forecast) Straight to the Point, (Verve Forecast) Undercover, (Verve Forecast) Lay Your Hands on Me, (Verve Forecast) For Art's Sake, (Verve Forecast)
- Cyrus ChestnutCyrus ChestnutCyrus Chestnut is an American jazz pianist, songwriter, and producer. In 2006, Josh Tyrangiel, music critic for Time Magazine, wrote: "What makes Chestnut the best jazz pianist of his generation is a willingness to abandon notes and play space." Chestnut enjoys mixing styles and resists being...
and Friends - A Charlie BrownCharlie BrownCharles "Charlie" Brown is the protagonist in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.Charlie Brown and his creator have a common connection in that they are both the sons of barbers, but whereas Schulz's work is described as the "most shining example of the American success story", Charlie...
Christmas, (Atlantic) - Peter Delano - Peter Delano, (Verve) Bite of the Apple, (Verve)
- Pete Belasco - Get It Together, (Verve Forecast)
- Tom GrantTom Grant (jazz musician)Tom Grant is an American contemporary jazz/jazz fusion pianist and vocalist.- Biography :Tom Grant was born in Portland, Oregon to a musical family – his father was a tap dancer who owned a record store in Portland, and his brother was an avant-garde jazz pianist. At a young age, Grant learned to...
- In My Wildest Dreams, (Verve Forecast) The View From Here, (Verve Forecast) Hands, (Verve Forecast) - Evan Marks - Long Way Home, (Verve Forecast) Three Day Weekend, (Verve Forecast)
- Hubert LawsHubert LawsHubert Laws is an American flutist and saxophonist with a 40+ year career in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Alongside Herbie Mann, Laws is probably the most recognized and respected jazz flutist...
- Moondance, (Savoy Jazz) - Alexandra Scott - Styrofoam, (Indie)
- Feels Like Friday - We Like Supermodels, (Drugs)
- Ricardo Silviera - Small World, (Verve Forecast)
- IncognitoIncognito (band)Incognito is a British band, as well as one of the members of the United Kingdom's acid jazz movement. Their debut album, Jazz Funk, was released in 1981, with thirteen more albums following, the last of which, Transatlantic RPM, was released in 2010....
- Inside Life, (Verve Forecast) Tribes, Vibes and Scribes, (Verve Forecast) Positivity, (Verve Forecast) Tales From The Beach, (Heads Up/Concord) - Julia FordhamJulia FordhamJulia Fordham is a British singer-songwriter based in California. Her professional career started in the early 1980s, under the name "Jules Fordham", as a backing singer for Mari Wilson and Kim Wilde.-Career:...
Concrete Love, (Atlantic/Vanguard) - Sandra Small 5 - Small World, (Smallworld)
- Spaceman Spiff - The Love EP (Indie)
- Soma - Soma (Occidental)
- Various artists - ZappaZappaZappa may refer to:*Zappa confluentus, a goby from Papua New Guinea*Pachygnatha zappa, a spider*Zappa , the computer chess program that won the 13th World Computer Chess Championship...
's Universe, (Verve) - Various Artists- PlayboyPlayboyPlayboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
s - Playboys 40 Years Of Jazz (Verve) - Movement Ex - Movement Ex,(Columbia)
- Justyna Kelley- Over The Moon(Indie)
- Nailah Porter- ConJazzNess, (Universal/EmArcy)
- The BoltsThe BoltsThe Bolts are an independent modern rock band from Irvine, California. Formed in 2007, the band consists of guitarist Heath Farmer, bassist Addam Farmer, guitarist and keyboardist Ryan Kilpatrick, keyboardist Austin Farmer, and drummer Matt Champagne...
- Meet The Bolts
Awards
Award-winning recordings and productions by Eckstine:Grammy award
- "The New Standard", "Dis Is Da Drum" - Herbie HancockHerbie HancockHerbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
, - "ZappaZappaZappa may refer to:*Zappa confluentus, a goby from Papua New Guinea*Pachygnatha zappa, a spider*Zappa , the computer chess program that won the 13th World Computer Chess Championship...
's Universe" - Various artists - "Highlife"- Wayne ShorterWayne ShorterWayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
External links
- [ Guy Eckstine] at Allmusic
- Guy Eckstine at Linked In
- Guy Eckstine at Iconique Music Group