Vincent Ector Performance Faculty: Percussion
“Forges a coherent, highly individualistic style of drumming from a number of disparate elements.”
– All About Jazz
Vincent Ector hails from the musical city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he attended the University of Pennsylvania. Trained in Music beginning at age nine through GAMP, a music magnet school in Philadelphia that also enabled him to study at Temple University while still a junior high school student. He then began studying privately with drummers such as, Mickey Roker, Ralph Peterson Jr., and Armand Santarelli, as well as performing for six years as a percussionist with the United States Army Band.
Education
William Paterson University BM Music Management/Jazz Performance
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1990 – 1992
United States Army Bandsman 1985 – 1991
United States Army School of Music O.J.T. Program, Fort Bliss, Texas. 1985
Recordings
As a Leader:
Vince Ector “Organatomy” American Showplace Records (Sept. 2013 JazzTimes Magazine “Indie Must-Have”) 2013Vince Ector “Renewal of the Spirit”, Mambo Maniacs Records, 2005
Vince Ector “Rhythm Master”, Blues Leaf Records, 2003
(All 3 releases produced by Grammy winning producer Jack Kreisberg)
As a Sideman:
Giacomo Gates “What Time Is It” Savant Records, 2017Stafford Hunter “Continuum” Independent, 2017
Bruce Williams “Private Thoughts” Passin’ Thru Records 2016
Amos Hoffman “Back to the City” Amos Hoffman Records, 2015
Giacomo Gates “Milestones”, Savant Records, 2013 (4 weeks as #1 on JazzWeek airplay chart)
Lou Pallo/Les Paul’s Trio “Thank You Les” Showplace Music Productions, (“Thank You Les” is also a PBS documentary) 2012
Reuben Wilson Trio “Revisited” Ash Records, 2011
Performance Highlights
Jazz Middleheim International Jazz Festival 2017 (As a member of NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston’s African Rhythms Sextet)
Daegu International Jazz Festival 2016 (As a member of The Antonio Hart Quintet)
Caramoor /Jazz at Lincoln Center Festival 2015 (As a member of The Orrin Evans Quartet)
The Detroit Jazz Festival 2014 (As a member of NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston’s African Rhythms Sextet)
Exit O Jazz Festival Cape May, NJ (As a Member of The Captain Black Big Band, 2013 Downbeat Magazine Rising Star Big Band)
Lincoln Center Out Of Doors
First Annual United Nations Jazz Festival
Hennesey Cognac-National Public Radio New Years Eve Jazz Coast to Coast Radio Broadcast
Panasonic Village Jazz Festival
Pori Jazz Festival Pori, Finland
Jazz Set with Branford Marsailis/Dee Dee Bridgewater on NPR Radio
WBGO-FM 88.3 Children’s Concert Series
The Vince Ector Ensemble “What is Jazz? A Multicultural Experience” 2008,2012,2015
The Kennedy CenterThe Gloria Lynne Quartet, Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival, Washington, DC.
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