Jacob Jeffries Band was an American

pop rock Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, earl ...

band from

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale () is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and largest city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth ...

. Formed in 2006, the band consisted of Jacob Jeffries (vocals, piano), Jimmy Powers V (electric guitar, backing vocals) and several alternating members. Jacob Jeffries Band was named 2008's "Best Live Band & Best New Release' by the Broward-Palm Beach and Miami New Times, and were selected to perform in, and won the Florida Grammy Showcase.

History

Jacob was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He began playing the piano when he was 5 years old and writing original music at age 10. He wasn't planning on pursuing a music career under any other moniker other than his birth name (a different last name) but the death of his father Jeffrey fell just weeks before the first EP release (Life As An Extra). JEFFries, is a nod to his father. In 2006 Jacob formed the Jacob Jeffries Band with friends Jimmy Powers on guitar, Brian Lang on bass and Josh "Papa Bear" Connolly on drums. Between 2006 & 2012 Jacob released 2 EP's (Life As An Extra, Wonderful), a live album (Waiting For The Piano Movers) & a full-length LP (Tell Me Secrets) that he recorded with Grammy Award-winning producers

Sebastian Krys Sebastian Krys (born November 11, 1970) is an Argentine-born American audio engineer, record producer and radio personality. A six-time Grammy and 13-time Latin Grammy winner, Krys has worked with many Spanish language pop and rock artists such as ...

& Dan Warner.

Discography

Jacob Jeffries Band released a series of albums engineered and produced by

and

Dan Warner Dan Warner is the former Director for The Michael and Sara Moskau Institute of Archaeology and the Center for Archaeological Research, and former professor of Old Testament and Archaeology at the biblically inerrantist New Orleans Baptist Theolog ...

and published by

Warner/Chappell Music Warner Chappell Music, Inc. is an American music publishing company and a subsidiary of the Warner Music Group. Warner Chappell Music's catalogue consists of over 1.4 million compositions and 65,000 composers, with offices in over 40 countries. ...

''Life As an Extra'' (2008)

''Life As an Extra'', the first CD by Jacob Jeffries Band was released in the beginning of 2008.

''Wonderful'' (2008)

''Wonderful'' was Jacob Jeffries Band's second project released later in 2008.

''Waiting for the Piano Movers'' (2009)

In September 2009, the Jacob Jeffries Band was invited to

Full Sail University Full Sail University is a private for-profit university in Winter Park, Florida. It was formerly a recording studio in Ohio named Full Sail Productions and Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts. The school moved to Florida in 1980 and began ...

for an all-expense-paid recording of their first live CD, ''Waiting for the Piano Movers''. This live album features 10 songs all recorded at the live performance. One of the band's producers,

, is a Full Sail graduate and brought the band back to his college. One of the final tracks is a song written for the lead singer's father who suddenly died a year or so before the recorded concert. Although, Jacob Jeffries Band released this live album shortly after ''Wonderful'', it features many songs never heard before on either previous EP.

''Tell Me Secrets'' (2012)

The band's fourth full-length studio album was released in 2012 under Boom Boom 88 Music. The album features cameo session musician

Matt Chamberlain Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967) is an American session musician, drummer, producer and songwriter. Biography Life and career Chamberlain was born in San Pedro, California on April 17, 1967. He began learning how to play the drums ...

on drums. ''Tell Me Secrets'' was released on the freshly established Boom Boom 88 Music

label A label (as distinct from signage) is a piece of paper, plastic film, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a container or product, on which is written or printed information or symbols about the product or item. Information printed ...

that Jacob and his business partners created in the fall of 2011.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.jacobjeffriesband.com Alternative rock groups from Florida American pop rock music groups Musical groups from Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2006 establishments in Florida Musical groups established in 2006