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

post Hollywood Bowl summer ramblings...

well we did it…

3 nights at the Hollywood Bowl, July 2, 3, and 4th as part of their annual LA Phil w/ fireworks celebration… Steve Martin & Martin Short featuing the Steep Canyon Rangers and… me! a career and life milestone to be sure. was a challenge to whip some the orchestrations/arrangements of our music for the LA Phil but with Matt Franko & his team at Black Ribbon helping out w/ the copying/printing, we were able to eek it all out in time! what a joy to perform with the fellas for a star-studded (and starlit!) audience. I’ve been going to the Bowl since I was a kidlet (met Leonard Bernstein backstage as a youngster!) and performed there briefly w/ Patti Austin at the Playboy Jazz Festival but this was another level! pics on the appropriate page here on the site….

coming up…

7.23.22 - ETA with Tina Raymond, drums; Marcel Camargo, guitar; Karl McComas-Reichl, bass. Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA

8.20.22 - Jeff Babko special trio w/ Tina Raymond, drums; David Piltch, bass @ LIbretto, Paso Robles

9/23/2022 North Little Rock, AR Simmons Bank Arena Steve Martin and Martin Short "You Won’t Believe What They Look Like Today!"

9/24/2022 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theatre Steve Martin and Martin Short "You Won’t Believe What They Look Like Today!"

9/25/2022New Orleans, LASaenger Theatre Steve Martin and Martin Short "You Won’t Believe What They Look Like Today!"

10/14/2022 Knoxville, TN Knoxville Civic Auditiorium Steve Martin and Martin Short "You Won’t Believe What They Look Like Today!"

10/15/2022 Chattanooga, TN Soldiers & Sailors Auditorium Steve Martin and Martin Short "You Won’t Believe What They Look Like Today!"

10/16/2022 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center Steve Martin and Martin Short "You Won’t Believe What They Look Like Today!"

10/21/2022 Sugarland, TX Smart Financial Centre Steve Martin and Martin Short "You Won’t Believe What They Look Like Today!"

10/22/2022 Grand Prairie, TX Texas Trust CU Theatre at Grand Prairie Steve Martin and Martin Short "You Won’t Believe What They Look Like Today!"

10/23/2022 San Antonio, TX Majestic Theatre Steve Martin and Martin Short "You Won’t Believe What They Look Like Today!"

ALSO: please check out drummer/composer Dan Schnelle’s incredible new record “Shine Thru”, which I played some keys on and co-produced. It’s truly a beauty.

JANUARY 10, 2025 w/ Steve Martin, Martin Short & Steep Canyon Rangers Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall TICKETS

JANUARY 11, 2025 w/ Steve Martin, Martin Short & Steep Canyon Rangers Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock TICKETS

JANUARY 23, 2025 w/ Steve Martin, Martin Short & Steep Canyon Rangers Chattanooga, TN Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium TICKETS

JANUARY 24, 2025 w/ Steve Martin, Martin Short & Steep Canyon Rangers Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre TICKETS

JANUARY 25, 2025 w/ Steve Martin, Martin Short & Steep Canyon Rangers Memphis, TN Orpheum Theatre TICKETS

JANUARY 28, 2025 w/ ZACH DANZIGER “BASIC CABLE”- Baked Potato, Universal City, CA TICKETS

“Basic Cable” Jan 28 Baked Potato

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