Jeff Ballard (musician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jeff Ballard (musician)

American drummer

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1963

Place of Birth: Santa Cruz, California, United States

Profession: jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jeff Ballard 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.He is a member of the Brad Mehldau Trio (since 2005) and co-leader of Fly, a collective trio with Mark Turner and Larry Grenadier and leads Jeff Ballard Trio and Jeff Ballard Fairgrounds.