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| Jeff Ballard (2008) | |
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(Photograph taken by Lourdes Delgado) | Growing up in Santa Cruz, California, Jeff Ballard listened the LPs his father played: Basie, Ella, Oscar. Fascinated by the brushes of Ed Thigpen of the Peterson trio, it was only natural that he would try out the drums. But it's talent and hard study that's kept him with that instrument.
After three years with the band of Ray Charles, where he realized that the "drum chair was the best seat in the house", it was time for Jeff to make his move to New York City, where he first became part of a group of like-minded musicians such as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Brad Mehldau, Avishai Cohen, Guillermo Klein, Larry Grenadier and Ben Allison. He also played with the masters of prior generations, such as Eddie Harris, Bobby Hutcherson, Buddy Montgomery and Lou Donaldson. Of late he's been part of various projects with Chick Corea and is currently a member of the Brad Mehldau Trio and Joshua Redman’s Elastic Band, and is a co-leader of the collective trio with Mark Turner and fellow-Melhdauian Larry Grenadier. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
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| # 1 | Frank Sinatra with Count Basie | At the Sands | I've Got a Crush on You | (Reprise) |
| # 2 | Ornette Coleman | The Shape of Jazz to Come | Lonely Woman | (Atlantic) |
| # 3 | Pat Metheny | 80/81 | The Bat | (ECM) |
| # 4 | John Coltrane | Crescent | Wise One | (Impulse) |
| # 5 | Hank Mobley | A Slice of the Top | Cute 'n' Pretty | (Blue Note) |
| # 6 | Charles Mingus | Mingus Revisted | Half-Mast Inhibition | (EmArcy) |
| # 7 | Miles Davis | Bitches Brew | Spanish Key | (Columbia) |
| Book | John J. Holder, "Early Buddhist Discourses" | |||
| Luxury Item | Cooking supplies | |||
| Alternate Picks/Not Broadcast | ||||
| Alt 1. | Ray Charles | |||
| Alt 2. | Chick Corea | Now He Sings, Now He Sobs | (Blue Note) | |
| Alt 3. | Eric Dolphy | Out to Lunch! | Something Sweet, Something Tender | (Blue Note) |
| Alt 4. | Marvin Gaye | What's Going On? | (Motown) | |
| Alt 5. | Bob Marley | |||
| Alt 6. | Thelonious Monk | Solo 1954 | (Disques Vogue) | |
| Alt 7. | Charlie Parker | Charlie Parker with Strings | (Verve) | |
| Alt 8. | Stevie Wonder | Music of My Mind | (Motown) | |
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29 Aug Laurie Antonioli 29 Feb Jeff Ballard 08 Aug David Belove 20 Jun Ken Berman 15 Aug Lee Bloom 14 Mar Maxwell Chandler 05 Dec Jeff Cressman 04 Jan Sylvia Cuenca 01 Aug | Terry Disley
02 May Taylor Eigsti 18 Jan Kathleen Grace 21 Nov Craig Handy 18 Apr Tootie Heath 25 Jul John Lee 17 Oct Seward McCain 24 Oct Myra Melford 04 Apr Brian Melvin 27 Jun | Debbie Poryes
19 Sep Ali Ryerson 08 Feb Antonio Sanchez 14 Nov Jaz Sawyer 10 Oct Wally Schnalle 11 Apr Dred Scott 21 Mar Scott Sorkin 08 Nov Dayna Stephens 18 Jul Al Young 26 Sep |