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Jeff Reed

Jeff Reed is an acoustic bassist, electric bassist, composer, and educator residing in Baltimore, MD. One of the most in demand sidemen in the area, Jeff has performed extensively throughout the United States and throughout the world.  He has also been recorded on over fifty full length albums. Jeff leads his own group and released his first record Look for the Light on Stricker Street Records in 2020. Reed holds a Bachelor of Music from Towson University and a Master of Music from the University of Maryland, College Park.

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Basses and amps!


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Album Review

Darden Purcell: Love's Got Me in a Lazy Mood

Read "Love's Got Me in a Lazy Mood" reviewed by Geannine Reid


Darden Purcell's album Love's Got Me In A Lazy Mood (OA2 Records, 2023) shows her keen ear for the subtleties and nuances which define the West Coast cool jazz vocal sound. Purcell's album comprises eleven tracks which blend the laid-back, sophisticated rhythms and melodic inventiveness that characterize the style with beautiful singing and nimble playing. Purcell is joined by an ensemble of musicians whose contributions are pivotal to the album's charm and success. On six tracks the ensemble ...

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Seth Kibel: Clown with a Stick

Read "Clown with a Stick" reviewed by Jack Bowers


A stick? Most definitely. A clown? Most definitely not. Seth Kibel is far more virtuoso than court jester, especially on his main axe, the clarinet (sometimes referred to as a liquorice stick), as he proves time and again on this inclusive and thoroughly delightful album. Okay, so the music is for the most part more swing/klezmer/folk than jazz; that hardly matters when Kibel is in charge. While he may not improvise often, he is no slouch when ...

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Jeff Reed: Look for the Light

Read "Look for the Light" reviewed by Geannine Reid


Bassist Jeff Reed resides in Maryland but is widely known as a sideman on over fifty albums. Reed is a schooled musician earning his Bachelor of Music from Towson University and a Master of Music from the University of Maryland, College Park. Coming full circle educationally, Reed is an adjunct faculty member at Towson University. Surprisingly, this is Reed's debut album, but one that is a welcome moment in his credits. Inspired by his son's birth, the album began its ...

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Take Five with Jeff Reed

Read "Take Five with Jeff Reed" reviewed by Jeff Reed


Meet Jeff Reed Jeff Reed is an acoustic bassist, electric bassist, composer, and educator residing in jny: Baltimore, MD. One of the most in-demand sidemen in the area, Jeff has performed extensively throughout the United States and throughout the world. As a sideman, Reed frequently works with bass vibraphonist Warren Wolf, trumpeter Sean Jones, and bass clarinetist Todd Marcus. Jeff has also performed with a slew of musicians over the years, including Gary Thomas, Miguel Zenon, David Sanchez, Dave Kikoski, ...

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Primary Instrument

Bass

Location

Baltimore

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

Teacher at Towson University

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Clown with a Stick

Azalea City Recordings
2023

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I'm All Smiles

@DominiqueBianco2022
2022

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In the Valley

Stricker Street Records
2022

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Dawn

Antidote Sounds
2021

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Look for the Light

Self Produced
2020

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Willow Weep for Me

From: Love's Got Me in a Lazy Mood
By Jeff Reed

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