Jon Cowherd
| Jon Cowherd | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kentucky, United States |
| Genres | Jazz, Post-bop, Pop, Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist, composer, arranger, producer |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Associated acts | Brian Blade, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Joni Mitchell |
| Website | joncowherd |
Jon Cowherd is an American pianist, composer, arranger, and producer born to a trombone player (father) and classically trained violinist (mother), both of whom were also educators. Jon began piano lessons at the age of five and trumpet and violin lessons at ten years of age.
Cowherd is most well known for his partnership with jazz drummer Brian Blade, with whom he co-founded the Brian Blade Fellowship. When not recording and touring with the Fellowship, Cowherd works extensively with a broad array of players and singers from the jazz, pop and rock worlds.
Cowherd was born and raised in Kentucky. Being a son of musicians (and music educators), Cowherd began music at an early age singing, playing the piano, French horn and violin. In 1985 Cowherd moved to New Orleans to attend Loyola University, where he studied jazz piano and improvisation under Crescent City legends Ellis Marsalis, John Mahoney, Steve Masakowski, and Michael Pellera.
It was in New Orleans that Cowherd began his partnership with drummer Brian Blade, in which they later formed the Brian Blade Fellowship together in 1997. The Fellowship consists of bassist Chris Thomas, saxophonists Myron Walden and Melvin Butler, guitarist Jeff Parker, pedal steel guitarist Dave Easley and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. The Fellowship Band released their debut album in 1998, their second album, Perceptual in 2000 and their third album, Season of Changes, in 2008. Cowherd is referred to as "the band's secondary leader", whose playing "shows an artful touch to the keys in ways Thelonious Monk used to". Cowherd also worked with Brian Blade in his debut singer-songwriter album Mama Rosa, which was released in 2009 on Verve Records.
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