Jeff Hirshfield

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Jeffrey Lee Hirshfield (born August 22, 1955) is an American jazz drummer.

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Hirshfield was born in New York City. He studied under Ed Soph. He worked for the Joffrey Ballet in 1976–1977 and then played with Mose Allison (1977–1979). During the 1980s he worked with Red Rodney and Ira Sullivan (1981–1985), Toshiko Akiyoshi (1986–1989), and Bennie Wallace (1987–1990). Alongside Fred Hersch and Steve LaSpina, he was a member of the trio Etc. during 1988–1991. During this time he also played in a trio with Hersch and Michael Formanek. From 1990 he played with Harold Danko, played in Formanek's Wide Open Spaces project, and played again with LaSpina in a quartet setting. He also worked in a quartet with John Abercrombie and Andy LaVerne early in the 1990s. In the mid-1990s he played in a trio with Marc Copland and Dieter Ilg (1992–1995), another trio with Tim Berne and Formanek (1993–1994), and the Lan Xang ensemble with David Binney, Donny McCaslin, and Scott Colley (after 1995).

Hirshfield has also played with a number of other leaders, including Bob Belden, Marc Copland, Vic Juris, Steve Slagle, Dave Stryker, Jim Snidero, Warren Bernhardt, Jay Anderson, and Paul Bley.

Discography

As leader or co-leader

With Marc Cohen, Gary Peacock, John Abercrombie

With ETC

With Roland Heinz & Adam Holzman

As sideman

With Jamie Baum

With Bob Belden

With David Binney

With Michael Cochrane

With Harold Danko

With Michael Formanek

With Fred Hersch

With Vic Juris

With Rich Perry

With Steve LaSpina

With Steve Slagle

With Loren Stillman

With Dave Stryker

With others

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