Erik Egol, Rick and Vick at Rum&Sugar

Drummer Erik Egol reunites with two jazz guitarists inspired by horn players (John Coltrane and Charlie Parker).

All 3 studied at Berklee College of Music and then migrated to the Bay Area where they have been an active part of the music scene for over a decade.

Think Wes Montgomery, John Scofield, Grant Green.

Erik Egol - a New York transplant and life-long professional drummer, Erik played Dvorak at Carnegie Hall and rocked at CBGB's and Wetlands in NYC in his teens.

After furthering his studies in percussion performance at Berklee College of Music in Boston, he hit the road in 1991 and toured nationally until 2004 with the progressive jazz quartet Schleigho, releasing 5 CD's and playing over 3000 shows with the likes of jazz great John Scofield, funk legend Maceo Parker and rock icons The Allman Brothers Band, who signed them in 1998 to their record label, Flying Frog Records, for whom they released 2 critically acclaimed albums....

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Drummer Erik Egol reunites with two jazz guitarists inspired by horn players (John Coltrane and Charlie Parker).

All 3 studied at Berklee College of Music and then migrated to the Bay Area where they have been an active part of the music scene for over a decade.

Think Wes Montgomery, John Scofield, Grant Green.

Erik Egol - a New York transplant and life-long professional drummer, Erik played Dvorak at Carnegie Hall and rocked at CBGB's and Wetlands in NYC in his teens.

After furthering his studies in percussion performance at Berklee College of Music in Boston, he hit the road in 1991 and toured nationally until 2004 with the progressive jazz quartet Schleigho, releasing 5 CD's and playing over 3000 shows with the likes of jazz great John Scofield, funk legend Maceo Parker and rock icons The Allman Brothers Band, who signed them in 1998 to their record label, Flying Frog Records, for whom they released 2 critically acclaimed albums.
Erik now lives in Half Moon Bay, CA, playing regularly around the Peninsula with a wide range of artists from guitarist Harold Fethe to Spinal Tap's Viv Savage, and teaching 40 weekly students for Google in Mtn. View.

Erik Egol
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