Bio
Brent Edstrom received a bachelor of music degree in classical piano performance from Washington State University and a master of music degree in jazz studies and contemporary media from the Eastman School of Music. Edstrom's active performance career has placed him on stage with many well-known performers, including Clark Terry, Ron Carter, Ernie Watts, Lee Konitz, John Clayton, Jon Faddis, Bob Berg, Carmen Bradford, Dee Daniels, Freda Payne, Peter Erskine, and many others.
An active composer, Edstrom's chamber compositions have been featured at festivals including the International Trumpet Guild, Southeast Horn Workshop, International Tuba Euphonium Conference, and Boise Horn Workshop. His Concerto for Jazz Piano and Orchestra has been performed by Orchestra Seattle, the Coeur d'Alene symphony, and the Whitworth University Orchestra.
Edstrom has published extensively including over 100 note-for-note transcriptions of the music of Art Tatum, Bill Evans, Kenny Barron, Oscar Peterson and others. He completed several new publications, including: Recording On a Budget, distributed internationally by Oxford University Press, Musicianship In the Digital Age, distributed by Thomson (Cengage), and Bill Evans Signature Licks, Hard Bop For Piano, and Latin Jazz Piano, distributed by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. He has contributed to 18 jazz piano books in the Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Series as well as numerous jazz, classical, and popular folios. Edstrom has been involved in numerous projects for film and television including arranging and synthesis on the award winning public television movie, Carolina Preserves.