Career
He was the drummer, co-producer, and co-arranger on the Jazz Punks album, SMASHUPS, which reached #1 on the CMJ Jazz Top 40 in June 2012. Elliott also worked on a number of other albums, including the Angela Bofill album, I Wanna Love Somebody and Heather Nova"s album, South. Elliott was born in Austin, Texas and grew up in Dallas, Texas in the United States.
He went onto study at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
After Berklee College of Music, Elliott moved to New York City, where he performed and recorded with local and international artists. Following his work with Bofill, Elliott played on a number of other internationally released records, including Sandra Bernhard"s, I"m Still Here.
Damn lieutenant!, Laura Branigan"s, Remember Maine, Billy Crawford"s, Billy Crawford, and Robert Lamm"s (of the band, Chicago) solo album, In My Head. Two years later, he played on the Heather Nova album, South, drumming on the single, Like Lovers Do, which was featured in the film, Serendipity.
In 2009, the group released an European Parliament, which was self-titled.
In 2012, Jazz Punks released an album titled, SMASHUPS. SMASHUPS received positive reviews, including the Boston Globe, JazzTimes and All About Jazz. In addition to reaching #1 on the CMJ Jazz Top 40, SMASHUPS garnered #15 on CMJ"s Top 100 Albums of 2012 and remained on KCRW’s Jazz Top 10 for 8 weeks.
