JEFF BABKO

keyboardist/ pianist/ studio manager/ producer/ composer/ arranger/ apologetic trombonist

Jeff Babko is:

Keyboardist/composer/arranger JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE for 21+ years

Session keyboardist on records (Frank Ocean, James Taylor, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Smokey Robinson, Larry Carlton etc)

Session keyboardist on movies (Encanto- “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”, Superbad, 40 Year Old Virgin, Toy Story 4, Frozen 2, Killers of the Flower Moon, Tenet, etc)

Touring keyboardist (Sheryl Crow, James Taylor, Toto, Steely Dan, Steve Gadd Band, etc)

Music director/touring pianist STEVE MARTIN & MARTIN SHORT (& Netflix special)

Guy with a studio full of synths and organs TUDORTONES STUDIO in LA, CA

thanks & upcoming dates

Well hello there readers!

so it was indeed a GRAND birthday gig at the Blue Whale on 4/11.  so grateful to have had Kaveh Rastegar, Hagar Ben-Ari, Victor Indrizzo, Louis Cole, Tim Young, Bob Reynolds, Dan Rosenboom, Sara Gazarek & RYAT participating-- and all the wonderful people who attended and spread the musical and personal good vibes-- it was truly a fun and exciting evening!!!!  

coming up---

another CROW NUTS experience at the Baked Potato on MAY 9th!

Gabriel Johnson- trumpet, Tom Luer- tenor sax, Jeff Parker- guitar, Louis Cole- drums, Tim Lefebvre- bass.

also, Dan Rosenboom's birthday concert on May 6 at the Blue Whale!  w/ Gary Novak, Jerry Watts & Artyom Manukyan.

...finishing mixing of the Crow Nuts record, a mix of live and studio tracks w/ master engineer John Paterno.

lots of fun stuff!  thanks to all who dig it and are reading this nonsense...

jb

FEBRUARY 14, 2025 The Return of NIKKA COSTA w/ STRINGS! Largo, West Hollywood CA TICKETS

FEBRUARY 22, 2025 Steve Martin/Martin Short DUKES OF FUNNYTOWN tour Durham, NC DPAC tickets

MARCH 6, 2025 LOVE ROCKS all star show God’s Love We Deliver Benefit Beacon Theater, NYC TICKETS

APRIL 16, 2025 The Debut of THE SESSION SYNDICATE with Steve Ferrone & Ready Freddie Washington INFO

JUNE 20, 2025 Jeff Babko/Anthony Wilson/David Piltch Trio LIBRETTO, Paso Robles, CA INFO