John Eckert (musician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American jazz trumpeter
Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1939
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Profession: trumpeter
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About John Eckert (musician)
- John W.
- Eckert (born March 13, 1939, Leonia, New Jersey) is an American jazz trumpeter, known primarily as a big band sideman. Eckert studied with Kenny Dorham in the late 1950s and graduated from the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music in 1961.
- He was a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity.
- Following this, he entered a master's program at the University of North Texas.
- In 1964 he began playing regularly in big band ensembles, working with Stan Kenton and Si Zentner; he played with Maynard Ferguson from 1966 to 1968.
- In the 1970s he worked with Loren Schoenberg and Lee Konitz, and in the 1980s with Gerry Mulligan, Grover Mitchell, Benny Carter, and the American Jazz Orchestra.
- He continued working with Mitchell and Carter into the 1990s, as well as with the legacy orchestras of Buck Clayton and Benny Goodman.
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