Jeff Ballard (musician)

Jeff Ballard (born September 17, 1963) is an American jazz drummer from Santa Cruz, California. He has played with Ray Charles and Pat Metheny and plays periodically with Chick Corea in many groups such as Origin and the Chick Corea New Trio. He also played with many New York-based jazz musicians such as Reid Anderson, Brad Mehldau, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Miguel Zenon and Eli Degibri. He has also played with the Joshua Redman Elastic Band.

Contents

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• Jeff ballard hangin tree queens of the stone age cover
• Awards
• Gallery
• As a leader or co leader
• As a sideman
• References

He is currently a member of the Brad Mehldau Trio and co-leader of Fly, a collective trio with Mark Turner and Larry Grenadier.

Awards

Best Debut Album, 2014, NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll, Time's Travels

Gallery

Photos: Hreinn Gudlaugsson

As a leader or co-leader

With Jeff Ballard Trio including Lionel Loueke & Miguel Zenón

Time's Tale (OKeh, 2014)

With Fly including Mark Turner & Larry Grenadier

Fly (Savoy Jazz, 2004)

Sky & Country (ECM, 2009)

Year of the Snake (ECM, 2012)

As a sideman

With Chick Corea

Change (Rykodisk, 1998)

Concerto (Sony, 2000)

Originations (Stretch, 2000)

Past, Present & Future (Stretch, 2001)

Rendezvous in New York (Stretch, 2003)

5trios – 3. Chillin' in Chelan (Stretch, 2007)

With Brad Mehldau

Day Is Done (Nonesuch, 2005)

Metheny/Mehldau (Nonesuch, 2006)

Metheny Mehldau Quartet (Nonesuch, 2007)

Brad Mehldau Trio Live (Nonesuch, 2008)

Highway Rider (Nonesuch, 2010)

Ode (Nonesuch, 2012)

Where Do You Start (Nonesuch, 2012)

Blues and Ballads (Nonesuch, 2016)

With Pat Metheny

Metheny/Mehldau (Nonesuch, 2006)

Metheny Mehldau Quartet (Nonesuch, 2007)

With Joshua Redman

Momentum (Verve, 2005)

With Kurt Rosenwinkel

The Enemies of Energy (Verve, 2000)

The Next Step (Verve, 2001)

Heartcore (Verve, 2003)

Deep Song (Verve, 2005)

With Avishai Cohen

Adama (1998)

Devotion (1999)

Colors (2000)