Eric Muhler began classical piano studies at the age of six with Jolan Kanyuk in Berkeley, California.

He started his first rock and roll band, The Pacers,when he was twelve years old.

Left to Right: Randy Armson, Eric Muhler, Lou Dangles, Biff Silva

Near the end of his high school years at Skyline High School in Oakland, California, he began to teach himself blues by listening to records of his favorites, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Paul Butterfield, and many others.

In the early seventies he led a rock and roll band named Edge in and around Lake Tahoe and Reno. Returning to the East Bay he began the serious study of jazz piano, harmony and theory with Mike Nock, Bill Bell, Don Cardoza, and guitarist Dave Creamer.

Eric began playing accompaniment for jazz, modern and ballet dance classes at the Peralta Colleges, UC Berkeley, private dance companies such as Margaret Jenkins, CSU Hayward, the Contra Costa Ballet, and was the Company Class Accompanist for the Oakland Ballet.

In the early eighties Eric co-led the jazz quintet Mobius Band with collaborator and electric guitarist Jim Slick and sidemen such as Bruce Williamson on saxophone, Mark Van Wageningen on fretless bass, and Cary Griffin on drums.

Left to right: Cary Griffin, Mark Van Wageningen, Eric Muhler, Jim Slick, Bruce Williamson

Later in the eighties Eric formed the group Quiet Fire featuring Dave Creamer and himself as co-writers of the band's material and played for several years around the Bay Area club and jazz festival scene.

This group featured many Bay Area greats such as Larry Schneider on tenor sax, Kenneth Nash on percussion, the Van Wageningen brothers on bass and drums, Michael Wilcox on bass and Glen Cronkhite on drums and percussion. The band produced a record, Red Daze, for Catero Records.

When computers began to become prominent in music production, Eric began a sideline of composing and producing scores for children's videos, feature films, and animated educational films. He also recorded the solo piano album Other Worlds.

During this period he met his wife Jane Aguirre and had two children, Alexandra and Zoë, now aged twenty-one and nineteen.

Throughout his career as a full-time parent Eric continued to accompany for dance classes, write new music, and play the piano. During the 1990's he attended CSU Hayward where he earned a degree in English Literature.

Left clockwise: Eric, Jane Aguirre, Zoe Muhler, Alexandra Muhler

His latest musical endeavor is playing live concerts with the Eric Muhler Trio featuring Michael Wilcox on a Fodera six-string electric bass and Rob Gibson on drums.

The Trio recorded a CD, Live At The Jazz School in February of 2006. The release of the CD in May, 2006 hallmarks Eric's return to live performance and recording his large library of original compositions for commercial release.

In February of 2007 Eric recorded his fourth CD, Something New, a collection of solo piano music. It includes original tunes and jazz standards by Cole Porter, Horace Silver, Toots Thielmans, and Billie Holiday. Recorded on the incredible Fazioli F-380 Grand Piano at Piedmont Piano in San Francisco, the CD was released on Eric's label, Slow Turn Records, in May of 2007 to excellent reviews.

In 2008 the band expanded to quartet format with the fortuitous and remarkably musical addition of Sheldon Brown on saxophones. The band recorded a live concert at the Hillside Club in Berkeley, California on July 26th. The CD The Jury Is Out was released September 21, 2009 at Yoshi's Jazz Club in Oakland, California to great reviews.

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