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

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endorsements...

SAMSON/HARTKE - these guys are in charge of my live sound and many of the microphones we use in at TudorTones and on "The Caffeinated Keyboardist".

http://www.samsontech.com

KORG USA - Korg has been developing very user friendly keyboards and workstations that have been so useful in my television and studio work over the last 20+ years.

http://www.korgusa.com

MIX THERAPY w/ JOHN PATERNO: engineering/mixing/DAW questions? my pal John is a brilliant engineer’s engineer and can help you!

CUSTOM VINTAGE KEYBOARDSLuke and his team take care of all my vintage synths, Rhodes, Wurly and wacky organ repair needs.  aesthetically wondrous work and technical genius.

THE VIEW FROM L.A./JazzFM91- the fun and infotaining weekly radio check-in/show I host with my pal, Toronto’s finest DJ and program director Brad Barker- interviews with L.A. musicians and features on faces and places here, past, present, and… future…?

SEQUENTIAL/DAVE SMITH INSTRUMENTS- the Prophet 6, Pro Three and OB6 are mainstays of my rig and inspire my creativity.