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Jon Cowherd is an American pianist, composer, arranger, and record producer born to a trombone player (father) and classically trained violinist (mother), both of whom were also educators.[1] Jon began piano lessons at the age of five and trumpet and violin lessons at ten years of age.[1]

Jon Cowherd
Born	Kentucky, United States
Genres	Jazz, post-bop, pop, rock
Occupation(s)	Pianist, composer, arranger, producer
Instruments	Piano
Website	joncowherd.com

Cowherd is most well known for his partnership with jazz drummer Brian Blade, with whom he co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship.[2] When not recording and touring with the Fellowship, Cowherd works extensively with a broad array of players and singers from the jazz, pop and rock worlds.[3][4]

Biography

Cowherd was born and raised in Kentucky.[2] Being a son of musicians (and music educators), Cowherd began music at an early age singing, playing the piano, French horn and violin.[2] He moved to New Orleans to attend Loyola University, where he studied jazz piano and improvisation under Ellis Marsalis, John Mahoney, and Steve Masakowski.[2]

The Brian Blade Fellowship album Season of Changes was released around 2008.[5] Cowherd also worked with Brian Blade in his debut singer-songwriter album Mama Rosa, which was released in 2009 on Verve Records.[6]

As a producer, Cowherd has overseen albums by Lizz Wright, Alyssa Graham and The Local NYC.[2]

Cowherd's debut album as a leader, Mercy, was released in 2013 on ArtistShare.[7] It features Brian Blade, John Patitucci, and Bill Frisell.[7] Reviewing the album for allaboutjazz, John Kelman wrote: "With music this well-conceived and a band so telepathically connected, it may have taken Cowherd a long time to release an album under his own name, but with Mercy as the result, it's been well worth the wait; hopefully there won't be such a long one for the follow-up."[7]

Discography

As leader

• Mercy (2013, ArtistShare)

As a co-leader

With Brian Blade Fellowship

• Brian Blade Fellowship (1998, Blue Note Records)
• Perceptual (2000, Blue Note Records)
• Season of Changes (2008, Verve Records)
• Landmarks (2014, Blue Note Records)
• Body and Shadow (2017, Blue Note Records)

As sideman

• Meg Okura: Peace In My Heart (1995)
• Swing: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (1999)
• Mark Olson and the Creek Dippers: Zola and the Tulip Tree (2000)
• Steve Sacks: Look to the Sky (2001)
• Ari Ambrose: Waiting (2003, SteepleChase Records)
• Liz Wright: Salt (2003, Verve Records)
• The Local: Just Show Up (2004, Budron Records)
• Marshall Gilkes: Edenderry (2005, Alternate Side Records)
• Kingsborough Hymns: (2005)
• Jack Wilkins: Until It's Time (2005, Maxjazz)
• Metta Quintet: Subway Songs (2006, Sunnyside Records)
• Mariel Larsen: Mariel Larsen (2007, Coco Jazz)
• Chris Tarry: Sorry to be Strange (2007)
• Nicolas Thys: Virgo (2008, Pirouette Records)
• Myron Walden: In This World (2008, Demi Sound Records)
• Marshall Gilkes: Lost Words (2008, Alternate Side Records)
• Pamela Luss: Your Eyes (2008, Savant)
• Alyssa Graham: Echo (2008, Sunnyside Records/Walrus)
• Brian Blade: Mama Rosa (2009, Verve Records)
• Matt Lemler: New Orleans Revival Project (2009)
• Iggy Pop: Préliminaires (2009, EMI)
• Marcus Strickland: Open Reel Deck (Strick Muzik, 2009)
• Rosanne Cash: We Three Kings (2010, Blue Note Records)
• Marc Cohn: Listening Booth 1970 (2010, Saguaro Road Records)
• Chrissi Poland: Songs From the Concrete (2010, Danben Records)
• Kevin Kinney: Good Country Mile (2011)
• Davy Mooney: Perrier Street (2011, Sunnyside Records)
• Maria Logis: Room for Something New (2012)
• Cassandra Wilson: Coming Forth by Day (Legacy, 2015)

References

External links

• Official Jon Cowherd Website
• Official Jon Cowherd Facebook Page

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