Jeff Kressler Quartet

2018 August 4, Saturday – 6:00 to 7:00 pm

Jeff Kressler 2018

Jeff Kressler 2018

Jeff Kressler has been an active jazz pianist and arranger for many years, and was honored by the Jazz Alliance of Mid-Michigan as their tribute honoree for 2018. Jeff received his B.M. and M.M. from Michigan State University and has contributed dozens of arrangements to the libraries of both the Spartan Marching Band and the Jazz Ensemble.

While at Michigan State Jeff was one of Leonard Falcone’s euphonium students and is now on the board of directors of the Leonard Falcone International Tuba/Euphonium competition held at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp every summer. He has performed with many of the top jazz artists in Michigan, and has played with the Woody Herman Orchestra, Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Dave Bennett, and Johnny Trudell. He has been a pianist for the Greater Lansing Symphony, The Battle Creek Symphony, and has backed such artists as Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Nancy Wilson, The Four Freshmen, and Bob Newhart. For this performance Jeff will be joined by Gary Clavette, bassist Ed Fedewa, and drummer Jeff Shoup.