Drums / Percussion

Jeff Ballard

(1963–)

Jeff Ballard (b. 1963) — Drums, Percussion. Played on The Next Step, Day Is Done, Deep Song. Worked with Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, Kurt Rosenwinkel.

Drummer in the current Brad Mehldau Trio; long-time collaborator of Chick Corea and Joshua Redman.

Jeff Ballard's videos

2024. Kamasi WashingtonKamasi Washingtonカマシ・ワシントン's large ensemble crammed into the Tiny Desk space, with DJ Battlecat. Four songs across three albums, from high-energy to ballad.

— NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, 2024

Kamasi Washington

Videos featuring Jeff Ballard

The Fly trio with Mark TurnerMark Turnerマーク・ターナー, Larry GrenadierLarry Grenadierラリー・グレナディア, and Jeff BallardJeff Ballardジェフ・バラード formed in 2004. Pianoless, with the saxophone carrying harmony and bass singing countermelody, it embodied a chamber-jazz ideal.

— Mark Turner: Yam Yam and the Art of Restraint, JazzTimes, 2014

Mark Turner

Larry Grenadier

Jeff BallardJeff Ballardジェフ・バラード established a contemporary standard for the pianoless trio in Fly with Mark TurnerMark Turnerマーク・ターナー and Larry GrenadierLarry Grenadierラリー・グレナディア. His granular cymbal work and approach to "suggesting" rather than "drawing" rhythm define his sound.

— Mark Turner: Yam Yam and the Art of Restraint, JazzTimes, 2014

Mark Turner

Larry Grenadier