Eddie has been a jazz fan since the age of sixteen when Mr.Penn, one of his teachers, introduced him to jazz; and a family friend, Homer Monk, loaned him his personal jazz record collection. Eddie was hooked!!
Eddie loves jazz, but he does have other interest as well. Playing golf and collecting wine! When he is not performing, you can find him on the golf course, or out searching for some new "find" for his wine collection. He is fondly called "The Wine Bully" by his closest friends.
Dave Green - Bass
Dave Green was 25 years old in 1968 when, at the request of recording artist Jerry Butler, he began playing the electric bass guitar. Within a week he played his first concert, then toured for several years with Butler and many of the top R&B artists and groups of that time.
About 15 years ago a performance with master singer and pianist Eddie Piccard brought a job offer. Dave joined the trio and began to fill his lifelong desire to study and play jazz. In keeping with jazz tradition, he switched from electric to acoustic bass.
Dave's greatest desire is that his music and life will share his love for Jesus Christ.
Jon Wilson - Drums
Jon Wilson joined Eddie's Trio in 2003. Drumming since the age of four, Jon grew up listening to rock, but was turned on to jazz masters like Buddy Rich and Sonny Payne, and by age 16 he was touring Europe with a big band. He has numerous albums to his credit, though "Eddie Piccard Swings" is his first with the trio.
Jon enjoys playing for the song and locking deep into Eddie's swinging groove.
Rich Martin - Vibraphone
Rich got his first taste of jazz when he was about twelve and an older brother introduced him to the sound of Gene Krupa and "Sing, Sing, Sing." His passion for the music was locked in a couple of years later when he saw Jazz at the Philharmonic with the likes of Buddy Rich, Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Flip Phillips, Lester Young, and Oscar Peterson.
He was primarily a drummer during high school and college years, but got interested in the vibraharp toward the end of that time.
Rich has been playing vibes with Eddie on and off for about five years. While he likes being a college professor during the day, he loves the communal feeling that this musical group gets both within itself and with the audience when a tune takes off, when it starts to swing.
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The Lighthouse Inn Supper Club is happy to bring you the Eddie Piccard Jazz Quartet every Friday and Saturday night from 7-11 PM . As always there is no cover for the great Music.
