Erik Deutsch and the Jazz Outlaws - CD Release Party

Having first come to prominence as a member of the funk-jazz collective Fat Mama (with drummer Joe Russo), Erik has taken his talents across the globe to play with some of the finest musicians alive. Born in Washington D.C. but currently living in Brooklyn, NY, Erik exists in many musical worlds, touring and recording with pop artists like Norah Jones, Rosanne Cash, Citizen Cope, Shooter Jennings, Alice Smith, Antony and the Johnsons, Phillip Phillips, Joey Arias, Devotchka, and Erin McKeown; or with jazz artists like Charlie Hunter, Theo Bleckmann, Ben Allison, Scott Amendola, Trevor Dunn, Steven Bernstein, Ellery Eskelin, Jim Campilongo, Nels Cline, Jenny Scheinman, Allison Miller, Todd Sickafoose, and Art Lande.


In 2011 Erik teamed with country icon Shooter Jennings to tour and record two acclaimed records, Family Man and The Other Life. In 2012-13 he played over 100 shows with pop artist Citizen Cope, and spent the rest of 2013 performing in arenas with American Idol winner Phillip Phillips.

Deutsch holds the distinction of being the only keyboardist to tour regularly with 7-string guitar master Charlie Hunter (from 2007 to 2009 he toured and recorded two albums as a member of Charlie's trio).

2012 marked the release of Deutsch's 3rd album as a leader Demonio Teclado, a psychedelic blend of retro soul-jazz and rock. Erik's two previous records ('07 Fingerprint and '09 Hush Money) were met with critical acclaim.

Erik just finished a brand new recording entitled Outlaw Jazz. Featuring a new blend of countrified jazz with his signature psychedelic soul jazz sound, Deutsch is joined by an all-star cast of musicians: Tony Mason on drums, Jeff Hill on bass, Scott Metzger on guitar, Avi Bortnick on guitar, Jon Graboff on pedal steel, Tony Leone on drums, Steve Elliot on guitar, Jon Gray on trumpet and vocals, Jonathan Stewart and Mike McGinnis on saxophones, and Victoria Reed and Shooter Jennings on vocals. Release is set for February 24, 2015 on the Nashville-based record label Cumberland Bros.



"Erik Deutsch, a pianist with a taste for tuneful provocation, is an especially valuable resource as a solo commentator and accompanist…"

--Nate Chinen, NY Times



Once upon a time, there was such a thing as an instrumental pop hit. If the charts still had room for the likes of the Allman Brothers' "Jessica" and Herbie Hancock's "Rockit," not to mention the JB's and MG's, then Erik Deutsch would be assured a place atop them."

--Philadelphia City Paper



"Funk is all about badness, and Erik Deutsch delivers Les Fleurs de Mal on Demonio Teclado"

--Richard Gehr, Relix Magazine