Jeff Lorber
Sign in to saveAmerican keyboardist, composer, and record producer
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1952-11-04
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Best of Jeff Lorber
- Prototype
- Best of Jeff Lorber Artist Transcriptions
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- 127,100
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Smooth JazzjazzFusionfunkcontemporary jazz
Jeff Lorber (born November 4, 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American Grammy Award-nominated keyboardist, composer, and record producer. After leading his own group, The Jeff Lorber Fusion, he went on to pioneer the smooth jazz genre in his solo career. Many of his songs were featured on The Weather Channel's "Local On The 8s" segments. Lorber started to play the piano when he was four years old and after playing in a number of R&B bands as a teen, went on to attend Berklee College o
Key dates
- Born
- 4 November 1952
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Lorber
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cheltenham Township
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- crossover jazz
- Instrument
- musical keyboard
- Record label
- Blue Note
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