Jeff Ballard

American jazz drummer

Born: 17 September 1963
Santa Cruz
Country: United States
Record labels: OKeh Records
Discography: 2 albums

Biography

Jeff Ballard is a jazz musician who plays drum kit. Jeff Ballard was born on 17 September 1963 in Santa Cruz. The music is usually filed under jazz and vocal music. Record labels: OKeh Records. The discography here lists 2 albums, from “Playhouse” (2015) to “Fairgrounds” (2019).

Jeff Ballard (born September 17, 1963) is an American jazz drummer. He has performed with Ray Charles and Pat Metheny, and periodically with Chick Corea, in groups such as Origin and the Chick Corea New Trio. He also played with many New York–based jazz musicians, such as Reid Anderson, Brad Mehldau, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Miguel Zenón, and Eli Degibri, as well as with the Joshua Redman Elastic Band. He has been a member of the Brad Mehldau Trio since 2005, a co-leader of Fly (a collective trio with Mark Turner and Larry Grenadier), and leads the Jeff Ballard Trio and Jeff Ballard Fairgrounds.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Playhouse 2015

Fairgrounds 2019

Also plays on

Albums where Jeff Ballard is credited as a sideman

1998	Adama — Avishai Cohen	drums (drum set), percussion
1998	Central Avenue — Danilo Pérez	drums (drum set)
1999	Corea.Concerto — Chick Corea	drums (drum set)
1999	Devotion — Avishai Cohen	membranophone, percussion
2000	Colors — Avishai Cohen	percussion, drums (drum set)
2005	At Home — Avishai Cohen	percussion
2006	Metheny Mehldau — Pat Metheny / Brad Mehldau	drums (drum set)
2007	Chillin’ in Chelan — Chick Corea	drums (drum set)