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7 unusual facts about Jeff Coffin


Greatest Hits of the 20th Century

Jeff Coffin - Soprano Saxophone (tracks 9, 10), Alto Saxophone (track 7), Tenor Saxophone (track 10)

Jeff Coffin

Born in Massachusetts and raised in New England, Jeff began playing alto sax in fifth grade while living in Dexter, Maine under the tutelage of the one band director for the entire district, Arthur Lagassee.

Notable sideman projects include recordings with Victor Wooten, Jeff Babko and Vinnie Colaiuta, Prasanna, JD Souther, Boyd Tinsley, Everyone Orchestra, and Jonathan Scales, as well as hundreds of commercial studio sessions.

Left of Cool

Left of Cool is the first album to feature Jeff Coffin, who had already toured with the band after the departure of Howard Levy.

Jeff Coffin - soprano (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 10-12), tenor (tracks 1, 3-5, 14) and baritone saxophones (track 5), baritone wah-wah saxophone (track 5), flute (track 6), flutes (tracks 9, 13), clarinet (track 10), bass clarinet (track 10), saxello (track 9), singing bowl (track 13), wah-wah (track 1)

North American Saxophone Alliance

The 2014 conference will be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on March 20-24, 2014 featuring classical saxophone artists Fred Hemke, Eugene Rousseau, and Don Sinta, as-well-as jazz saxophonists Jeff Coffin, Brad Leali, and Chip McNeil.

Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

It is the band's only release as a trio, after the departure of Howard Levy but before the arrival of Jeff Coffin.


Jonathan Scales

Since 2007, Scales has recorded and performed with Victor Wooten, Howard Levy, The Duhks, Roy "Future Man" Wooten, Jeff Coffin, Jeff Sipe, Casey Driessen, Oteil Burbridge, Kofi Burbridge, and Yonrico Scott.


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