Jeff Coffin
Biography
Em Julho de 2008, Jeff entrou em digressão com a banda de rock mais popular dos Estados Unidos, a Dave Matthews Band, tendo atuado para mais de 25.000 pessoas por noite. A gravação mais recente dos DMB – “Big Whiskey & The Groo Grux King” – foi nomeada para o Álbum do Ano 2010 pela Academia Grammy e vendeu mais de 1.000.000 de cópias.
Jeff also fronts his own group, the Mu'tet which plays original compositions from Coffin, leaning heavily on world music influences. Some of the artists Coffin has shared the stage and the recording studio with include: Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Dave Matthews Band, Branford Marsalis, DJ Logic, New Orleans Social Club, Maceo Parker, McCoy Tyner, Baaba Maal, Willie Nelson, Chester Thompson, JD Souther, Van Morrison, Vinnie Colaiuta, Garth Brooks, John Scofield, and many others.
Along the way, Coffin has absorbed an astounding range of influences from folk songs, jazz, funk and world music. Jeff is also known for sometimes playing two saxophones at once, harkening the spirit of the late great Rahsaan Roland Kirk. As a highly in-demand Yamaha Performing Artist, Coffin has presented over 175 clinics around the world to rave reviews from students and educators alike.
