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Jeff Jenkins
Jenkins, who has played with many Jazz greats including: Phil Woods, Freddie Hubbard, Eddie Harris, Bobby Hutcherson, Curtis Fuller, Benny Golson, Clark Terry, Dakota Staton, Frank
Morgan, Marlena Shaw, Eddie Harris, David Fathead Newman, Teddy Edwards, the Count Basie
Orchestra, The New York Voices, Bobby Hutcherson, Nelson Rangell, Renee Marie, John
Abercrombie, and Richie Cole, is known for ingenious variations and progressive piano excursions. He is heard regularly with many groups, including the Ken Walker Sextet.
Jeff began his musical life in
pastoral Nebraska City, Nebr. He spent much of his youth riding bikes
and perfecting the curve ball! He came to the piano through the guidance
of his musical family, and quickly found that "playing by ear" proved
to be perfect escape from an all too predictable small town reality. Jenkins attended the University
of North Texas, where he
led his own groups. After college he moved to New York where he studied with
Richie Beirach, Kenny Barron, and Fred Hersch, all while working on Broadway and in
the clubs.
Jeff has released four CD’s in the last 15 years and has appeared on dozens of CDʼs as a sideman. As a recording
artist Jeffʼs 07 release Cique (Capri Records), an eclectic, exciting blend of jazz and funk, received high acclaim,
including being selected as one of the year's ten top jazz CDʼs in the
Boston Globe. Jenkins has 3 solo releases, including: Unexpected Journeys, One World and Everything I Love. His latest, and most intensely
personal, is the solo piano excursion, The Healing. Regarding his most recent, The Healing, Jenkins says,
"We go through life it seems,
in a constant changing state of healing and being healed. It is the
“stuff” of life. I am always surprised by both states of existence...Our well being often
depends on how we handle these subtly shifting dynamics...This CD is a reflection of an
intimate journey through these states of healing. Each of these songs
carries its own story of joy and hardship. I have seen people overcome
unspeakable pain, only to find happiness again. I’ve seen loss and
disappointment, illness and death, divorce, marriage, addiction and
recovery, depression and hope. These things are common and yet
remarkable." Currently Jeff lives in Denver,
where he is busy playing clubs and concerts, writing and producing, and being a
dad to his son Ellington. Jenkins is part-time faculty at the award-winning CU Boulder Jazz Studies Program and teaches for the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts, in addition to being busy as a performer, composer/arranger and mixing
and producing as an engineer/ entrepreneur at his co-owned prestigious Denver-based recording studio, Mile High Music.
Jeff Jenkins
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