Erik Telford

A native of Pacific Grove (CA), Telford has performed as a leader at the Rochester, Monterey, Montreux, North Sea, Melbourne, and Yokohama Honmoku jazz festivals. He’s shared the stage with Bill Berry, George Bohannan, Maria Schneider, Joshua Redman, James Williams, Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, and Louie Bellson, among other artists. Telford currently lives in Austin where he is an active member of the local music scene leading the Erik Telford Collective (ETC) which performs regularly around the country at clubs and festivals and conducts master classes and clinics at high schools and colleges. Telford also is the founder and leader of The Hellfire Horns, a first-call horn section in demand for both studio sessions and live performances that has worked with Marc Broussard, Alice Russell, Bob Schneider, The Scabs, Chris Pierce, Kevin Ahart, Paolo Negri, The Walkmen, and more.