| Saxophonist/composer Jeff Coffin believes that
all things in life are connected, and in his 5+ years with the
Grammy Award winning Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Coffin
has had the opportunity to firsthand experience that belief.
People come up to us and talk about music and about life and
tell us how listening to and playing music has changed them
as a person. The fact that music has the power to bring about
change, create emotions and to heal and nourish shows me that
everything is connected at its root; every culture and society
in the world has music.
In addition to his heavy touring schedule
with the Flecktones, Coffin's versatility has made him a highly
in demand session player and he has appeared on nearly 100
recordings. He also continues to teach privately and do clinics
at schools around the country, trying to pass along his belief
that it's all about education. "I am always looking for
new things to think about and new ideas to develop musically.
I ask people all the time to share with me what they are checking
out and I, in turn, try to do the same." Even when Coffin
dips into his 'two-horns-at-once' bag, the technique emerges
as a natural outgrowth of his musings. Each step along his
musical journey has been deliberate with the intention of
moving him forward in order to experience the growth, propulsion
and movement in his music just as he has in life - both connected
at the root of his experiences.
Jeff has also had the opportunity to perform
with some of music's finest including...Dave Matthews Band,
Medeski, Martin & Wood, Branford Marsalis, Charlie Hunter,
The Wailers, Karl Denson & Tiny Universe, Galactic, Phish,
Widespread Panic, String Cheese Incident, Bruce Hornsby, Van
Morrison, John Scofield, Chick Corea, Don Henley, Glenn Frye,
Dixie Chicks, Garth Brooks, etc...
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