Pianista dalla esecuzione fluida e limpida, fu anche un eccellente vibrafonista.
Biografia La sua carriera professionale si iniziò nel 1948 con il violinista Joe Venuti.
Militò in vari complessi, fra i quali quelli dei chitarristi Tal Farlow e Sal Salvador, per poi intraprendere una carriera in proprio, dal 1956, affiancata a quella di sideman in sala di registrazione.
Nel 1957 il referendum dela critica della rivista Down Beat lo segnalò come “new star” di pianoforte e vibrafono.
Nel 1958 e 1959 fece parte dell'orchestra di Woody Herman e registrò a proprio nome e come sideman (Bill Evans, Bob Brookmeyer, Coleman Hawkins, Shelly Manne, Curtis Fuller solo per citarne alcuni).
Morì ancora per un incidente d’auto a New York"Musician Dies as Auto Overturns on West Side" (July 31, 1962) The New York Times, p. 17..
Discografia Come Leader 1956 - Eddie Costa - Vinnie Burke Trio (Jubilee Records, JLP-1025) con Vinnie Burke 1957 - At Newport (Verve Records, MGV-8237) 1957 - Eddie Costa Quintet (Mode Records, LP-118) 1958 - Guys and Dolls Like Vibes (Coral Records, CRL 57230) 1959 - The House of Blue Lights (Dot Records, DLP 3206/25206) 1962 - In Their Own Sweet Way (Premier Records, PM/PMS 2002) con Art Farmer
Collaborazioni con Sal Salvador 1954 - Kenton Presents Jazz - Sal Salvador (Capitol Records) 1956 - Frivolous Sal (Bethlehem Records) 1956-57 - Shades of Sal Salvador (Bethlehem Records) 1957 - Tribute to the Greats (Bethlehem Records) con Mike Cuozzo 1955 - Mighty Mike Cuozzo (Savoy Records) 1956 - Mike Cuozzo with the Costa-Burke Trio (Jubilee Records) con John Mehegan 1955 - A Pair of Pianos (Savoy Records) con Phil Woods 1956-57 - Young Woods (Fresh Sound Records) 1957 - Bird Feathers (Prestige Records) con Tal Farlow 1956 - Fuerst Set (Xanadu Records) 1956 - Second Set (Xanadu Records) 1956 - Tal (Norgran Records) 1956 - The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow (Verve Records) 1958 - This Is Tal Farlow (Verve Records) con Manny Albam 1957 - The Blues Is Everybody's Business (Coral Records) 1957 - West Side Story (Coral Records) 1958 - Jazz New York (Dot Records) 1958 - Steve's Songs (Dot Records) 1958 - A Gallery of Gershwin (Coral Records) 1959 - Something New, Something Blue (Columbia Records) 1962 - Jazz Goes to the Movies (Impulse! Records) con Betty Roché 1956 - Take the A Train (Bethlehem Records) con Chris Connor 1956 - A Jazz Date with Chris Connor (Atlantic Records) 1957 - Chris Connor Sings the George Gershwin Almanac of Song (Atlantic Records) con Bobby Jaspar 1956 - Bobby Jaspar Quintet (Columbia Records) con Frank Socolow 1956 - Sounds by Socolow (Bethlehem Records) con Johnny Mathis 1956 - Johnny Mathis (Columbia Records) con Lenny Hambro 1956 - The Nature of Things (Epic Records) con The Manhattan Jazz Septette 1956 - The Manhattan Jazz Septette (Coral Records) con Vinnie Burke 1956 - The Vinnie Burke All-Stars (ABC-Paramount Records) con Sue Sharon and Ralph Sharon 1956 - Mr. & Mrs. Jazz (Bethlehem Records) con Betty Glamann 1956 - Swingin' on a Harp (Mercury Records) con Oscar Pettiford 1957 - Discoveries (Savoy Records) con Frank Wess 1957 - Jazz Is Busting Out All Over (Savoy Records) 1958 - The Spirit of Charlie Parker (World Wide Records) con Billy Ver Planck 1957 - Dancing Jazz (Savoy Records) 1957 - Jazz for Playgirls (Savoy Records) 1958 - The Soul of Jazz (World Wide Records) con Herbie Mann e Sahib Shihab 1957 - The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Savoy Records) con Herbie Mann 1957 - Flute Flight (Prestige Records) 1957 - Yardbird Suite (Savoy Records) con Hal McKusick 1957 - Triple Exposure (Prestige Records) 1957 - Now's the Time (Fresh Sound Records) 1957 - Hal McKusick Quintet (Coral Records) con André Hodeir 1957 - Essais (Savoy Records) con Tony Bennett 1957 - The Beat of My Heart (Columbia Records) 1961 - My Heart Sings (Columbia Records) 1962 - Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall (Columbia Records) con Don Bagley 1957 - Jazz on the Rocks (Regent Records) con Joe Puma 1957 - Joe Puma Jazz (Jubilee Records) con Ralph Sharon 1957 - Around the World in Jazz (Columbia Records) con Chuck Wayne 1957 - String Fever (Euphoria Records) con Gloria Lynne 1958 - Miss Gloria Lynne (Everest Records) con Michel Legrand 1958 - Legrand Jazz (Philips Records) con Denise Jannah 1958 - Steve Allen's Songs (Dot Records) con Barry Galbraith 1958 - Guitar in the Wind (Decca Records) con A.K. Salim 1958 - Blues Suite (Savoy Records) con Dori Howard 1958 - Dori Howard Sings (Dot Records) con Ralph Burns 1958 - Very Warm for Jazz (Decca Records) con Jackie Davis 1958 - Most Happy Hammond (Capitol Records) con Luis Barreiro 1958 - Swinging Latin Nights (Blue Moon Records) con Woody Herman 1958 - Wild Root (Tradition Records) 1959 - The Fourth Herd (Jazzland Records) 1959 - At the Round Table (Forum Records) con Mundell Lowe 1959 - TV Action Jazz! (RCA Camden Records) 1960 - Themes from Mr. Lucky, the Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (RCA Camden Records) 1961 - Satan in High Heels (Charlie Parker Records) con Astor Piazzolla 1959 - Take Me Dancing! The Latin Rhythms of Astor Piazzolla (RCA Camden Records) con Donald Byrd 1959 - Bamba-Samba Bossa Nova (Everest Records) con Dave Apell 1959 - Alone Together (Cameo Records) con Morgana King 1959 - The Greatest Songs Ever Swung (Camden Records) con Aaron Bell 1959 - Music from 77 Sunset Strip (Lion Records) 1959 - Victory at Sea in Jazz (Lion Records) con Coleman Hawkins 1959 - Bean and the Boys (Phoenix Records) 1960 - The Hawk Swings (Crown Records) 1960 - Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra (Crown Records) con Ernie Wilkins 1959 - Here Comes the Swingin' Mr. Wilkins (Everest Records) 1960 - Big New Band of the '60s (Everest Records) con Roger King Mozian 1959 - Spectacular Percussion (MGM Records) con Gunther Schuller 1960 - Jazz Abstractions (Atlantic Records) con Gigi Gryce 1960 - Reminiscin' (Mercury Records) con Jackie Paris 1960 - Jackie Paris Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin (Time Records) con Sid Cooper 1960 - Percussive Jazz Vol. 2 (Audio Fidelity Records) con Ted Auletta 1960 - Exotica (Cameo Records) con George Barnes 1961 - Guitars Galore (Mercury Records) con Clark Terry e Bob Brookmeyer 1961 - Previously Unreleased Recordings (Verve Records) con Tubby Hayes 1961 - The New York Sessions (Columbia Records) con Bob Brookmeyer 1961 - Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Verve Records) con Gil Evans 1961 - Into the Hot (Impulse! Records) con Hal Mooney 1961 - Woodwinds and Percussion (Mercury Records) con Benny Goodman 1961 - Yale Archives Vol. 8 (Musicmasters Records) con Raymond Scott 1961 - The Unexpected (Top Rank Records) con Urbie Green 1961 - The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green Vol. 2 (Command Records) con Clark Terry 1962 - Mellow Moods (Prestige Records) con Al Cohn 1962 - Jazz Mission to Moscow (Colpix Records) con Curtis Fuller e Manny Albam 1962 - Cabin in the Sky (Impulse! Records) con Shelly Manne 1962 - 2-3-4 (Impulse! Records) con Julius Watkins 1962 - French Horns for My Lady (Philips Records) con Kevin Gavin 1962 - Hey! This Is Kevin Gavin (Charlie Parker Records) con Eric Dolphy 1962 - Vintage Dolphy (GM Records) con Jerri Winters 1962 - Winters Again (Charlie Parker Records)
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