2025

Hi all.

It’s difficult to post “fun Jeff music news” in the wake of the recent Southern California wildfires.

So many friends… musicians.. have lost their homes and studios.

We did our best to raise some funds at the merch stands at recent Steve Martin/Martin Short shows.

If you’d like to support musicians directly affected:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/rebuilding-fundraiser-for-schoettler-evtuhov-family

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-joel-recover-after-eaton-fire-loss

For now, check the “Live Shows” link for upcoming live appearances.

Fun new band forming with Steve Ferrone & Ready Freddie Washington w/horn section and my pal Shane Theriot on guitar called The Session Syndicate playing all the songs from the records they played on- playing Vibrato in April.

I’m being honored- why??— at the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival in Morgan Hill, CA in April. Thank you Lyle Workman for the vetting.

Happy to join my buddy Will Lee at LOVE ROCKS NYC 2025 in March.

To those that enjoyed my wearing wings on Kimmel w/ Ariana Grande the other night, thanks. BTW, she was absolutely lovely and couldn’t have been more incredible vocally. Wow.

Nice to be on this A Complete Unknown score. So glad people are enjoying the film and the music. Timothee Chalamet was incredible in the studio.

More soon. Stay safe and well.

happy holidays...

I hope you’re all able to take this special, sometimes hectic time to enjoy a moment of reflection and gratitude for what is good and who is close to you. I certainly appreciate the opportunity to create music and be a member of the extraordinary community of musicians— thank you for letting me a part of this!!

Please check the “Live Shows” link on the site here for upcoming live dates around the globe— and come out to listen or even say “hi”! I’ll try to keep it updated best I can! Plenty of Steve Martin/Martin Short shows coming up in 2025, plus some more local California stuff!

We’ve just returned from the UK where I was able to enjoy an incredible show of the legendary MIKE LINDUP (Level 42) at the beautiful Union Chapel venue in North London. Check out Mike’s wonderful new record, Changes 2, as well as his new single, “Perplexities.” London sure is special this time of year. Also got to visit with my very talented sister-in-law Su-a Lee— enjoy her new album DIALOGUES, which is truly special. Also her husband (boy, my extended fam has some talent!!) Hamish Napier has some of my favorite music out there, combining traditional Scottish music with jazz harmony, adding the dimension of deep tribute to Scottish landscape and infrastructure.

Finally it was a real honor getting to record with Timothée Chalamet who really embodied Bob Dylan for the Christmas release, A Complete Unknown. We tried to capture the recorded magic of those original Dylan recordings and Timothée blew us away with his singing live with the band— what an inspiration to make music and art like that— so check out the film, if you can!

Happy New Year, and as challenging as “big things” can get to digest in the world, I hope you can focus on the smaller things we can handle and keep your loved ones close.