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Jeff Koch

Born: October 21, 1989

Jeff Koch was born on October 21, 1989 and raised in Greenwich Village, the heart of New York City’s music scene. He started playing electric bass when he was 12 years old and began studying upright bass his first day of high school a year later. In high school, Jeff was exposed to big band music, which influenced the development of his sound making it rich and powerful without the use of amplification. He participated in the Berklee College of Music High School Jazz Festival for 4 years as well as the Essentially Ellington Competition for 3 years. At the Berklee competition, Jeff received the “judges’ choice award” twice and also received an “outstanding musicianship award”

First Steps

By Philippe Lemm

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Kiln; Mica; River; Malambo; August; Elysian Voices; Kalief; Don't Give Up; Trenke Todorke; Caffeinated Souls.

Young Love (single)

By Aleksi Glick

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2020
Track listing: Young Love

Snack Cat

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2019
Track listing: Leaving LA Let Go Path Old Soul

Fatum Brothers Jazz Orchestra: Live in Chicago

by Jack Bowers
October 4, 2013

For their second album, the talented Fatum brothers (twins, as it happens), Michael on trumpet, John on drums, introduced their admirable Jazz Orchestra to an appreciative audience at Chicago's venerable Jazz Showcase in July 2013 for a concert of mostly original compositions on which unbridled old-school swinging is the order of the day. Jazz standards by ...

The Sound and the HTML: Introducing the AAJ Orchestra

by Peter Cobb
August 30, 2009

In many discussions about jazz's future, people have argued that the Internet will be the next 52nd Street for the music. Sadly, like many things Web, there has been more sizzle than steak. But not always--this past weekend I played a gig with the All About Jazz Orchestra (AAJO), a group that existed purely in binary ...