Eric Seddon’s Hot Club
If you are a jazz fan and live in or near the environs of northeast Ohio and have not yet heard the name Eric Seddon—you will! This classically trained New York state native has made his home in Cleveland for over a decade. Within the last couple of years he has realized a desire he’s had since high school to form his own jazz band, Eric Seddon’s Hot Club, which has, in that short time, played top venues within the Cleveland/Akron corridor such as Cleveland’s Music Box Supper Club, Akron’s Blu Jazz, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland’s Nighttown with pianist George Foley, as well as the 2016 Republican National Convention, and more.
Serendipitously paired with him as sidemen on a 2014 gig at the now defunct Bon Vivant restaurant in Cleveland, I met Eric and began an association with him that culminated in his asking me to be the drummer in his new group. I must say it’s been a great ride and the musical future of this talented reedman is looking ever brighter.
Eric Seddon is a musical eclectic. His genre is simply “music.”
I, on the other hand, am more of a bigot. Beyond classic jazz, swing, and occasional extensions into what is termed “mainstream jazz” there is no other music for me. Also, I have always been fascinated by the history (factual or anecdotal) of the jazz canon. It’s one of the things that inspired me to wri
