Results for "Jeff Coffin"

Jeff Coffin

Born: August 5, 1965

Jeff Coffin is a globally recognized saxophonist, composer, educator, and is a member of the legendary U.S. rock group, Dave Matthews Band. You may also know him from his 14 years, and 3 Grammy Awards, with the genre-defying Bela Fleck & the Flecktones. Jeff fronts numerous groups when not touring with DMB and has released 15+ solo CD's on Ear Up Records. Coffin is known for his musical passion, his melodically driven compositions, his deep involvement with music education, and his continued dedication to the improvisational musical art form some call Jazz. He is one of the top, in demand, saxophonists in the world as well as a first call studio musician in Nashville, Tennessee, where he has lived since 1991

Let It Shine

By Helen Gillet

Label: Ear Up Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: 01) The Sun Never Says (Composed by Jeff Coffin/Melody based on a text by Hafiz) - 2:04 Jeff Coffin / soprano sax Helen Gillet / cello 02) Lazy Drag Jig (Composed by Jeff Coffin) - 4:56 Jeff Coffin / soprano sax, tenor sax, bass clarinet Helen Gillet / cello Roy ‘Futureman’ Wooten / cajon 03) Round And Around (Composed by Jeff Coffin) - 3:36 Jeff Coffin / D whistle, curved soprano sax, voice Helen Gillet / cello 04) Unzen (Composed by Helen Gillet) - 5:50 Jeff Coffin / tenor sax Helen Gillet / cello 05) Sometimes Springtime (Composed by Jeff CoffinLyrics by Helen Gillet) - 5:42 Jeff Coffin / soprano sax, bass clarinet Helen Gillet / cello, cello looping, voice 06) Lampsi (Composed by Jeff Coffin) - 5:26 Jeff Coffin / soprano sax, percussion Helen Gillet / cello, cello looping & pizzicato Roy ‘Futureman’ Wooten / cajon 07) Second Wings (Composed by Jeff Coffin) [for Ryoko] - 5:40 Jeff Coffin / clarinet Helen Gillet / cello 08) The Sandman (Composed by Jeff Coffin) - 6:55 Jeff Coffin / bass flute, alto flute, bass clarinet, didgibone, percussion Helen Gillet / cello, percussion, cello looping, cello slap 09) Should I Stand (Composed by Jeff Coffin) - 5:05 Jeff Coffin / tenor sax Helen Gillet / cello 10) Do You Still (Composed by Ernst Reijseger) - 7:03 Jeff Coffin / bass flute, tenor sax, clarinet, bass clarinet Helen Gillet / cello, cello looping

Flying Blind

by Patrick Burnette
April 15, 2021

Time to plunge our hands into the review-copy grab-bag and hope nothing bites. Good news—no flesh wounds, just four brand-spankin' new 2021 releases by artists who are also new to us (if not the public at large) and all of them have something to offer. Trigger warning—the Dave Mathews Band may be mentioned, briefly during this ...

Wrapping Up Womens History Month With New Releases and Birthday Shoutouts To Aretha Franklin And Sarah Vaughan

by Mary Foster Conklin
April 5, 2021

This broadcast wraps up Womens History Month featuring new releases from Bill Cunliffe, Jeff Coffin & Helen Gillet, vocalists Joanie Pallatto, Hannah Baiardi and Georgia Mancio plus birthday shoutouts to Sarah Vaughan, Aretha Franklin, Meredith D'Ambrosio, Renee Rosnes, Hiromi, Mimi Jones and Stacey Kent, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear ...

Franklin Kiermyer, Fats Waller & Jimmy Cobb

by Joe Dimino
March 13, 2021

The 690th Episode of Neon Jazz begins with power drummer Franklin Kiermyer. From there, we examine the music and voices of a host of musicians surviving the COVID world without live music. This includes Guy Mintus, Amber Underwood, the 3D Jazz Trio and Jeff Coffin. Finally, we say good-bye to huge figure in Kansas City jazz ...

Do You Still

March 9, 2021

Album: Let It Shine
By Helen Gillet
Label: Ear Up Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 7:00

Symbiosis

Label: Ear Up Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Chunk; The Belly Craw; Up Jump; Roundabout; The Mirage; The Mess Around; Somewhere I Can't Recall.

Jazz Education Nonprofit Partners With World-Renowned Jazz Musicians

October 6, 2020

Jazz Empowers, a national nonprofit bringing jazz programs to students in underserved schools, announced the founding of their advisory board. The advisory board is comprised of some of the top jazz musicians in the world and will provide expert advice to Jazz Empowers staff as they continue to develop best practices in teaching students jazz. The ...

Take Five with Jeff Reed

by Jeff Reed
September 1, 2020

Meet Jeff Reed Jeff Reed is an acoustic bassist, electric bassist, composer, and educator residing in jny: Baltimore, MD. One of the most in-demand sidemen in the area, Jeff has performed extensively throughout the United States and throughout the world. As a sideman, Reed frequently works with bass vibraphonist Warren Wolf, trumpeter Sean Jones, and bass ...

OGJB Quartet & The Last Poets

by Maurice Hogue
June 12, 2019

There's no way to use geographical borders to define this music called jazz. For instance, the Freequestra from Slovenia: led by acclaimed guitarist Samo Salamon— the ensemble wends its way with power and emotion through Salamon's new Free Sessions Vol.2, a rollicking excursion through the avant-garde. Or in the case of OGJB, a quartet of four ...