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

merry christmas!!

wow... was my last post really APRIL 5th???

ok so... on this Christmas Day... I have so much to be thankful for!  my little family here in the valley who makes this all possible...!!!

this year I circled around the US with James Taylor/Bonnie Raitt and had the chance to play Fenway in Boston and Wrigley in Chicago among other incredible legendary venues across this great land.  it's easy to forget in this climate (political AND nature's!!), but this country has so many great folks and cities... so lucky to get to play piano and watch audience members react to James' impassioned delivery of his timeless songs... tears of joy and reflection... what an honor to get to play piano and have any part in making people feel and process things they need to, through music.  James is an incredible guy-- and to watch Bonnie every night was a lesson in musicality and command. 

another year at Jimmy Kimmel Live-- we're at 15 years now!!  getting to help Chris Martin (Coldplay) and Bono on an arrangement of "One For My Baby" with strings was surreal, and so many other highlights... not to mention Jimmy delivering some game changing monologues!  and a trip to NY...

also another year of touring with the "Steve Martin/Martin Short 'See Them Before They're Dead" tour, along with the Steep Canyon Rangers.  prepping for a Netflix special coming up this February.. and so many fun cities and shows. 

just returned from Japan with Steve Lukather and Nerve Bundle-- our first show outside of North Hollywood!!!  thanks to the Bottom Line and Billboard Live clubs-- always treating us American musicians with such respect and kindness.  we'll be back!!

lots of love this holiday season.  check the other pages on my site for new updates.. photos, records, tv, etc.  thankful to be working in the amazing and unpredictable world of music for one more year!!

jb