Elliot Jacobson
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Elliot Benjamin Jacobson is an American drummer for the New York-based singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson
. He also plays drums for Jenny Owen Youngs
, Bess Rogers, Allie Moss
, Lelia Broussard and Lauren Zettler.
Elliot was born in Houston, TX and moved as a teen to Buffalo, NY. Elliot started playing drums in his middle school band, later playing with A New Easy Way. It was while Elliot was attending Wagner College
on Staten Island, NY that he met Ingrid Michaelson and her bassist Chris Kuffner. Ingrid invited Elliot to play drums on her first album Slow The Rain
. He later played drums on Girls and Boys and Everybody
.
With Ingrid, Elliot has performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Good Morning America, The Rachael Ray Show, Live with Regis and Kelly, The CBS Early Show and others.
Elliot uses Vater
drumsticks, Yamaha Drums
, Sabian Cymbals, Evans Drumheads and Gator Cases.
Elliot has also worked with Regina Spektor
, Greg Laswell
, Jim Bianco
, The Woes, April Smith, Dan Romer
, Ashley Dupre, Betsie Larkin, Hayley Taylor
, Charlie Ward, Anya Marina, Ricky Valente, Nick Howard, Rachel Platten, Alexa Wilkinson, Nell Bryden and others.
In 2010, Elliot was voted as #1 Up and Coming Drummer in the Modern Drummer Magazine's Readers Poll.
When he is not touring, Elliot currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.
Ingrid Michaelson
Ingrid Ellen Egbert Michaelson is a New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter. Her music has been featured in episodes of several popular television shows, including Scrubs, Bones, Grey's Anatomy The Big C and One Tree Hill, as well as in Old Navy's Fall 2007 Fair Isle and Opel's/Vauxhall's...
. He also plays drums for Jenny Owen Youngs
Jenny Owen Youngs
Jenny Owen Youngs is an American singer-songwriter from Montclair, New Jersey.-Music career:Youngs played the flute in elementary school and the tuba in junior high school. At 14, she began to play the guitar...
, Bess Rogers, Allie Moss
Allie Moss
Allie Moss is a New Jersey singer, vocal coach and guitarist. She released her own EP Passerby in 2009. In 2011, Moss released her debut album "Late Bloomer". She regularly performs as lead guitarist for singer/songwriter and friend Ingrid Michaelson...
, Lelia Broussard and Lauren Zettler.
Elliot was born in Houston, TX and moved as a teen to Buffalo, NY. Elliot started playing drums in his middle school band, later playing with A New Easy Way. It was while Elliot was attending Wagner College
Wagner College
Wagner College is a private, co-educational, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 total students located atop Grymes Hill in New York City's borough of Staten Island...
on Staten Island, NY that he met Ingrid Michaelson and her bassist Chris Kuffner. Ingrid invited Elliot to play drums on her first album Slow The Rain
Slow the Rain
Slow the Rain is the debut album from American pop singer Ingrid Michaelson. It was self-released on January 10, 2005.-Track listing:All songs written and composed by Ingrid Michaelson, excluding I'll See You in My Dreams.#"Let Go" – 3:26...
. He later played drums on Girls and Boys and Everybody
Everybody (Ingrid Michaelson album)
Everybody is the fourth album by Ingrid Michaelson. The album was released on August 25, 2009 on Cabin 24 Records. The first single from the album, "Maybe" was released on July 14, 2009.-Background:...
.
With Ingrid, Elliot has performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Good Morning America, The Rachael Ray Show, Live with Regis and Kelly, The CBS Early Show and others.
Elliot uses Vater
Vater
Vater Percussion is an American drumstick and percussion accessory manufacturing company. It was founded by Clarence Vater, and is currently run by his two grandsons Alan and Ron Vater. Although the company began producing sticks in 1956, it did not officially become Vater Percussion until much later...
drumsticks, Yamaha Drums
Yamaha Drums
Yamaha Drums is a subsidiary of the Yamaha Corporation founded in 1967. The company manufactures acoustic and electronic drum kits as well as percussion instruments, marching band equipment, and drum hardware.-Production:...
, Sabian Cymbals, Evans Drumheads and Gator Cases.
Elliot has also worked with Regina Spektor
Regina Spektor
Regina Ilyinichna Spektor is a Russian American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her music is associated with the anti-folk scene centered in New York City's East Village.-Early life:...
, Greg Laswell
Greg Laswell
Greg Laswell is a musician, recording engineer, and producer from San Diego, California. He has released four studio albums: Good Movie in 2003, Through Toledo in 2006, and Three Flights from Alto Nido in 2008, and Take a Bow in 2010, as well as several EPs and special singles...
, Jim Bianco
Jim Bianco
Jim Bianco is a critically acclaimed independent musician, singer, songwriter and producer based in Los Angeles, California.-Early life:...
, The Woes, April Smith, Dan Romer
Dan Romer
Dan Romer is an accomplished producer, recording engineer, mixer and composer. Out of his recording studio in Brooklyn, NY, Dan Romer has worked closely with singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs, April Smith and the Great Picture Show, Ingrid Michaelson, Lelia Broussard, Chris Ayer, Ian Axel, The...
, Ashley Dupre, Betsie Larkin, Hayley Taylor
Hayley Taylor
Hayley Taylor is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and painter from Los Angeles, California.-Biography:Born in Michigan and raised in Los Angeles, Taylor began performing at a young age, making her musical debut at the age of three roller skating and singing on the Jerry Lewis Telethon .She...
, Charlie Ward, Anya Marina, Ricky Valente, Nick Howard, Rachel Platten, Alexa Wilkinson, Nell Bryden and others.
In 2010, Elliot was voted as #1 Up and Coming Drummer in the Modern Drummer Magazine's Readers Poll.
When he is not touring, Elliot currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.