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Eddie Landsberg, MA An internationally respected music theorist and performer, Eddie was born and raised in Philadelphia and began classical piano training at the age of 5, starting Jazz Studies at Philadelphia's Settlement Music School in his teens. Switching to Hammond Organ in his mid 20's, he received his first organ lesson from the legendary Shirley Scott then studied Jazz composition and performance with Blue Note Recording artist Big John Patton. Eddie also received guidance from Austin Mitchell (an early Jazz organist who was a favorite accompanist of Ella Fitzgerald) and began performing alongside Byard Lancaster and other "old school" Philly and East Coast Jazz and R&B legends. After recording several CDs which received national air play ( NPR, WBGO and hundreds of radio stations across in the U.S), Eddie became the original factory demonstrator for the Nord Electro keyboard. Shortly after, he moved to Japan where he spent almost 20 years teaching, leading bandstands and running his own venues. He has also done vocal and performance coaching with the Japanese pop group Special Others (Victor Records). Eddie currently resides in Queens, New York with his wife and three dogs. He is the creator of the "7 Secrets of Jazz and Soul" Jazz improv series. Education: BA in Music, Thomas Edison State University; MA Liberal Studies (focus on Ethnomusicology and Critical Jazz Studies), Rutgers University (Capstone with Honors); EdM (candidate), Rutgers University, specializing in Adult Education Research: Japanese Jazz: From Foreign Commodity to Cultural Trope Recordings Publications Teaching Philosophy Enterprise contact |
I ran a (now defunct) Jazz club in Japan.... Click the flyer below to see some pics from our sessions.
I ran a Jazz club in Downtown, Tokyo. Click the flyer above to see some of the pictures.
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Eddie's Lounge website (Eddie's Lounge is closed, but the website remains.) media