 Jeff Cressman
is a unique talent who is equally in demand as a trombonist and as a sound
engineer.
Jeff
is a native of San Francisco who began playing trombone in the same
Berkeley Public School Jazz Project that encouraged such comtemporaries as
Peter Apfelbaum, Benny Green and Joshua Redman.
During
his professional career, Jeff has performed a wide variety of musical
styles, with such artists as:
Tito Puente, Poncho Sanchez, Carlos Santana, Israel "Cachao"
Lopez, Pete Escovedo, Sheila E., Don Cherry, Peter Apfelbaum and the
Hieroglyphics Ensemble, Edgardo Cambon and Candela, the New York
Composer's Orchestra West, Jon Jang and the Pan-Asian Arkestra, Jai
Uttal and the Pagan Love Orchestra.
In
2000, Jeff began working with Carlos Santana, playing
on the sold-out "Supernatural" tour with him in
the U.S. and Europe, as well as world tours from 2002 through 2006.
Jeff
also tours with Trey Anastasio of Phish.
DISCOGRAPHY
Jeff's
numerous recording credits include:
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Santana
— Supernatural, Shaman,
and All That I Am (Arista
Records)
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Peter Apfelbaum and
the NY Hieroglyphics--It Is Written(ACT Records)
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Don Cherry
— Multikulti (A&M Records)
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Tito Puente
—Un Poco Loco and Master Timbalero (Concord Picante
Records)
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Sheila E.
— Sex Cymbal (Warner Brothers)
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Ray Obiedo
—Sweet Summer Days and Sticks and Stones (Wndham Hill Records)
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Pete Escovedo
— Mister E, Flying South and E Street (Concord Records)
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Jai Uttal
and the Pagan Love Orchestra — Beggars and Saints, Shiva
Station, Live:Kirtan and Pagan Remixes, and
Mondo Rama(Narada Records)
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Will Bernard
4-tet — Medicine Hat (Antilles Records)
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Charlie Hunter
Trio — Bing, Bing, Bing (Blue Note Records)
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Rebeca Mauleon
— Round Trip (Rumbeca Music Productions)
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Peter Apfelbaum
and athe Hieroglyphics Ensemble — Signs of Life and
Jodoji Brightness
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Peter Apfelbaum
Sextet — Luminous Charms (Gramavision)
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Candela
- Madre Rumba, Padre Son(PanCaliente Records), Ilusiones
(Orfeo Records)
JEFF
CRESSMAN SOUND
Besides recording
and mixing the Homenagem Brasileira CD, Jeff has engineered and mixed a number of
important projects in the jazz and world music fields, including:
- Peter Apfelbaum and the NY Hieroglyphics--It
Is Written(ACT Records)
- San Francisco Jazz Collective featuring Josh Redman
-- Live 3 CD set 2005 and 2 CD set 2006
- Boz Scaggs -- But Beautiful (Grey Cat
Records)
- Machete Ensemble -- Machetazo
(Bembe Records)
- Wayne Wallace -- Three in One(Spirit
Nectar)
- Mike Spiro-- Bata Mbira
- Ben Goldberg -- Twelve
Minor (Discunion/Japan)
- Mark Levine -- One Notch
Up
- Avance -- Adelante
(Received a 1997 Bammie award)
- Omar Sosa -- Bembon
...and many, many more.
For
a complete discography, go to AllMusicGuide.com
and input Jeff Cressman.
Jeff is much in demand
as a freelance recording engineer, and he has recorded several live location broadcasts
for Public Radio International in the series Jim Cullum Jazz Band, "Live at the
Riverwalk".
Jeff has provided a unique
recording service resulting in the production of numerous independent releases of unique
music for the following Bay Area musicians:
- Ray Obiedo
- Graham Connaugh
- Mark Levine
- Kenny Walleson
- Wayne Wallace
- Phillip Greenlief
- John Calloway
- Scott Amendola
- John Santos and Machete
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- Sheldon Brown
- Trio Alta Mira
- Eddie Marshall
- Maria Marquez
- Dan Seamans
- Hafez Modirzadeh
- Adam Levy
- Dave McNab
- Dred Scott
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LIVE SOUND
Jeff is staff engineer for the San Francisco
Jazz Festival where he has mixed such notables as:
- Betty Carter
- Sonny Rollins
- Joe Williams
- Abbey Lincoln
- Modern Jazz Quartet
- Don Byron's Bug Music
- Wayne Shorter ... and many more.
He has also
travelled in Europe and Japan as the front of house engineer for Sheila E.
and E Train.
CONTACT:
To contact Jeff regarding
booking or sound engineering, send an email to:
jeff@homenagem-brasileira.com
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