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

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.

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