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Jeff Ballard Tour Dates and Upcoming Concerts
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On tour
Yes
Followers
3,768
Category
Contemporary Jazz, Jazz
Concerts
Feb
20
Fabrizio Savino Trio feat. Jeff Ballard
Bari
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Mar
07
NDR Bigband / Darcy James Argue
Hamburg
Tickets
Mar
09
Jeff Ballard - solo drums
Prato
Tickets
Mar
09
LANZONI – EVANGELISTA – BALLARD trio
Sesto Fiorentino
Tickets
Mar
15
Reinier Baas, Ben van Gelder & Jeff Ballard
Utrecht
Tickets
Mar
17
Antonio Farao Trio @Paradiso Jazz Festival
San Lazzaro Di Savena
Tickets
Mar
20
ANTONIO FARAÒ Trio featuring AMEEN SALEEM & JEFF BALLARD
Bergamo
Tickets
Mar
27
Jeff Ballard & Agus Collective
Roma
Tickets
Apr
04
Billy Mohler's Euro-American Quartet
Ferrara
Tickets
Apr
05
BILLY MOHLER 4tet
Firenze
Tickets
Apr
06
Giovanni Tommaso 5et
Milano
Tickets
May
02
Concert with Jazz Combo of Campus Jazz Aveiro
Albergaria-a-velha
Tickets
May
15
Florian Weber 4et
Bonn
Tickets
About Jeff Ballard
JEFF BALLARD born in Newport Beach Calif. Sept 1963 is a drummer who "paints with rhythm and sound". There is a wide world of influences in his approach to playing the drums. Sounds, Silences, Spaces, and Gravities prevail.
After playing with Ray Charles from 1988 -1990, he came to New York in 1990. He began playing with: Buddy Montgomery, Lou Donaldson, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Avishai Cohen, Jason Lindner, Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos, the Maria Schneider Orchestra, Mike Stern, Ben Allison, etc. A few years later he started to play regularly with Danilo Perez in 1998, later in Chick Corea's bands Origin and The New Trio from 1998- 2003; Joshua Redman's Elastic Band 2004 - 2005; the collective group FLY; and recently with The Brad Mehldau Trio 2005 - 2012. As of 2012 he has joined the San Francisco Jazz Collective. He has recorded with almost all of the musicians listed above.
Since 2003 he has been a co-leader of the collective group FLY with Larry Grenadier and Mark Turner. They have three recordings: Fly (Savoy) 2004; Sky And Country (ECM) 2009; and Year Of The Snake (ECM) 2012.
In 2006 he began THE JEFF BALLARD TRIO with Lionel Loueke and Miguel Zenon
This trio posses a unique sound which comes from their distinctly different cultural backgrounds joining in the common ground of playing improvised music. That there is no bass player in the group and added by the fact that the drums are all made with real animal skins provides a very special flavor to the music. The sound of the band is an earthy corporal organic one. There is a high element of rhythmic complexities in everything they play. The repertoire is as diverse as their backgrounds: Gershwin, Thelonious Monk, Eric Dolphy, Queens Of The Stone Age, Bartok, song bird melodies, as well as their own compositions. Jeff is from Santa Cruz Calif, USA, Lionel Loueke Benin, Africa, and Miguel from Puerto Rico.
*Of special note is the drum set used in this group. It is made up of drums all over the world: India, South America, Pakistan and Africa. The snare is from North America. The cymbals are Turkish. The bells are from Tibet as well as from Maine.
His most recent project JEFF BALLARD FAIRGROUNDS is a constantly changing configuration. It is basically an extension of all the kinds of music he loves to play, played with the musicians he loves.
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Jeff Ballard Tour Cities
Firenze, Italy
Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal
Bonn, Germany
Hamburg, Germany
Bergamo, Italy
Utrecht, Netherlands
Ferrara, Italy
Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Bari, Italy
San Lazzaro di Savena, Italy
Prato, Italy
Frequently Asked Questions About Jeff Ballard
Concerts & Tour Date Information
Is Jeff Ballard on tour?
Yes, Jeff Ballard is currently on tour. If you’re interested in attending an upcoming
Jeff Ballard concert, make sure to grab your tickets in advance. The Jeff Ballard tour
is scheduled for 13 dates across 11 cities. Get
information on all upcoming tour dates and tickets for 2025-2026 with Hypebot.
How many upcoming tour dates is Jeff Ballard scheduled to play?
Jeff Ballard is scheduled to play 13 shows between 2025-2026. Buy
concert tickets to a nearby show through Hypebot.
When does the Jeff Ballard tour start?
Jeff Ballard’s tour starts Feb 20, 2025 and ends on May 15, 2025.
They will play 11 cities; their most recent concert was held in
Bari at Teatro Forma and their next upcoming concert
will be in Albergaria-a-velha at Cine-Teatro Alba.
What venues is Jeff Ballard performing at?
As part of the Jeff Ballard tour, Jeff Ballard is scheduled to play across the following
venues and cities:
2025 Tour Dates:
Feb 20 - Bari,
Puglia @ Teatro Forma
Mar 07 - Hamburg,
HH @ Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Mar 09 - Prato,
Toscana @ Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci
Mar 09 - Sesto Fiorentino,
Toscana @ Theatre of limonaia
Mar 15 - Utrecht,
Netherlands @ Tivoli Vredenburg
Mar 17 - San Lazzaro Di Savena,
Emilia-Romagna @ Arci San Lazzaro
Mar 20 - Bergamo,
Lombardia @ Teatro Sociale
Mar 27 - Roma,
Lazio @ Il Cantiere
Apr 04 - Ferrara,
Emilia-Romagna @ Jazz Club Ferrara
Apr 05 - Firenze,
Toscana @ Pinocchio Jazz
Apr 06 - Milano,
Lombardia @ Blue Note
May 02 - Albergaria-a-velha,
Aveiro @ Cine-Teatro Alba
May 15 - Bonn,
Germany @ torre di posta