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- 2
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- Moments in Time
- Africa
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1954-04-01
- Active to
- 1992-08-05
rocksession
Discography
- Time No Longer1986
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Jeff Porcaro was born on April 1, 1954, in Hartford, Connecticut and first got interested in drumming due to the influence of his father. He began playing seriously at age seven though he is sure "I was playing even earlier than that. Only my father would actually know when I got started." Formal lessons initially came from papa Joe, followed by further studies with Bob Zimmitti and Rich Lapore. If drummer Jeff Porcaro had never co-founded the immensely popular group TOTO his stature as an arti
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Hartford
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Father
- Joe Porcaro
- Sibling
- Steve Porcaro
- Occupation
- session musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Image
- JEFF PORCARO.jpg
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1954-04-01
- date of death
- 1992-08-05
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Jeff Porcaro
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- member of
- Toto
- name in native language
- Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro
- birth name
- Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
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