jeff kazee - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm a NYC-based musician (keyboards, vocalist, & songwriter) who is a longtime member of the legendary Soul/Rock band, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes. I have, as a touring band member, toured with Bon Jovi on its Have A Nice Day World Tour and can often be seen performing with Jon Bon Jovi on his solo gigs. Once in a while, I'll sub for Paul Shaffer on the Late Show w/ David Letterman. Most recently, I wrote and produced the theme song "Give Some More" for Madison Square Garden's Garden Of Dreams charity foundation. "Give Some More"--also featuring the wonderful Robert Randolph on steel guitar and vocals-- is cranked through the Garden's speakers most every night during breaks in the action at Knicks and Rangers games.I'm originally from Lima, Ohio, studied Jazz piano and Composition at The Ohio State University & Morehead State University, and moved to NYC, NY in the mid-Nineties. Since then, I have hit the Downtown scene with Chocolate Genius, toured and recorded with the Folk/Pop artist Dar Williams, played the Blues with guitarists G.E. Smith and Steve Cropper, written and arranged music for television, advertising, Broadway, award shows, and real life recording artists....and about 1,500 cool and a few not-so-cool gigs in between all of that other nonsense.Recorded in 1998, "No River" is my lone CD available at the moment. Over the last couple years, I have been recording another collection (or two) of originals. The more recent stuff falls into piano-driven, Crowded House/Squeeze meets Bacharach territory. I'm using pianos, guitars, string, horns, picked basses, vibes, tympanis, and yes--even real loud drums at times. A couple of the songs are available for your listening pleasure on this page.Through some blind luck, a bit of hard work, and the affliction known as Curiosity, I have managed to meet many of my heroes, share grand (some not-so-grand) stages with many of them, and see the world thanks to Music. This Trip has gone so much further than I could have ever dreamt..and I'm still a Fan.....Currently, performing in NYC with my own music series called kazeedigs..a series of shows dedicated to playing the music that lives in Heavy Rotation on my iPod, turntable, and 8 track player.......check out myspace.com/kazeedigs for more kazeedigs stuff.

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Member Since: 2/8/2007
Influences: and away we go......Jerry Lee Lewis, James Brown, wilco, Miles Davis, Ahmad Jamal, Big Star, Jimmy Smith, Keith Jarrett, Crowded House, Squeeze, Van Morrison, Brad Mehldau, Todd Rundgren, Stax Soul, Al Green, Sly Stone, Tom Petty, The Band, The Beach Boys, The Zombies, Fountains of Wayne, NRBQ, Debussy,Bach, Rachmaninov, Astor Piazzolla, George Jones, Little Feat, Red Garland, Charlie Rich, the late great Ray Charles, Elvis Costello, Freddy King, Otis Spann, Steve Winwood, Aretha Franklin-her Amazing Grace double album is my idea of The Liturgy, Los Lobos, Burt Bacharach and Booker T. and the MG's. Whatever it is, it's gotta have Soul.. ..
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

5.13.09 Early Elton Show--Wednesday, May 27th @ The Bitter End

Hey all--got a brand new show I want to tell you about. Myself, Rich Pagano (drums/vox) and John Conte (bass/vox) will be performing an entire night of music dedicated to Early Elton John Trio Tours...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 22:02:00 GMT

4.4.08: The Prez, Smokey, The Greatest, Early Elton Show, iPod Picks & New SSJ & Jukes Junk

Hey, it's my own State Of The Union address--it's been a busy, productive Winter, with plenty of stuff to pass along and a few things to look for in the near (and not-so-near) future. *Spoil...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:30:00 GMT

12.18.08: Moi? On TV? A whole show on real TV? (Game 365 on MSG Plus: Monday, Dec. 22)

Hope you can check it out. Scheduled for Dec. 22 & Dec. 25. I'll have to Tivo it, as I am playing the Hope Concert in NJ on the 22nd. Hey, enough from me. Straight from the Madison Square Garden P...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:20:00 GMT

The December 12 Cutting Room Recap & Setlist

kazeedigs @ The Cutting Room, NYC (Dec. 12) Setlist...a rare two-set show was performed by myself, the boys, and a few friends at our last appearance at The Cutting Room--the club is closing the curre...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:34:00 GMT

12.9.08 New Christmas Song & Behind The Yulelog: The Making of "Feeling Great"

'Tis the Season, Baby. I just posted a brand new Christmas song called "Feeling Great on my Homepage.Now...Behind The Yulelog: The Making of "Feeling Great" A year ago, I wrote a song for the Chris...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:57:00 GMT

NEW!! kazeedigs show @ The Cutting Room, NYC on Friday, Dec. 12 (9:30)

Yes, Virgina, there is a kazeedigs show on December 12th. No presents. No Secret Santa. No year-end bonus. Instead, how about a sackful of Rock & Roll and Old School Soul? --straight from the kazeedig...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:43:00 GMT

11.2.08: The Making of "Give Some More" on Youtube.com

On October 1st, I produced an original track called "Give Some More" to be used as the theme song for Madison Square Garden's own Garden Of Dreams Foundation; a fantastic Charity dedicated to enrichin...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:55:00 GMT

10.21.08: EuroJukes, How I Reunited Phish (sort of), Producing for MSG, & Robert Randolph

The (Devil-less) Rays & The Phillies in the Fall Classic..who would have thunk it?Well, as October brings us the best in Post Season Baseball, the worst in the Global Economy, and the heavyweight-zipp...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:09:00 GMT

Im playing a solo show in Asbury Park on Saturday, Sept.20th!

I'm pleased to announce that I will be doing a Solo show--no drums, bass, guitar, ornery lead singer types, triangle, maracas....nothing else, nada---on Saturday, September 20th in Asbury Park.It's al...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:06:00 GMT

10 things on my iPod 3.24.08

10 things on my iPod that are getting more attention than the others.1. Gnarls Barkley: The Odd Couple (Album) Not unlike their first album..and that’s good. Superb mixing of synths, beats, an...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:19:00 GMT