JEFF BABKO

pianist & keyboardist/ producer & arranger/ tv musician/ movie score guy/ session guy/ comedy music sidekick/ reluctant trombonist

Valley Village, CA 91601 USA

Jeff Babko is:

Keyboardist/composer/arranger JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE for 23 years

Session keyboardist on records (Frank Ocean, James Taylor, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Smokey Robinson, Larry Carlton etc)

Session keyboardist on movies (Encanto- “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”, Superbad, 40 Year Old Virgin, Toy Story 4, Frozen 2, Killers of the Flower Moon, Lilo & Stitch, etc)

Touring keyboardist (Sheryl Crow, James Taylor, Toto, Steely Dan, Steve Gadd Band, etc)

Music director/touring pianist STEVE MARTIN & MARTIN SHORT (& Netflix special)

Guy with a studio full of a Steinway, synths and organs TUDORTONES STUDIO in LA

2026 things

February 13, 2026  /  Jeff Babko

Hey everyone- check the “live shows” tab for updates on local (LA) and touring shows where I’ll be.

Check out JAZZFM91 on Sundays at 9pm EST & Thursdays at 9pm EST for my weekly show with my Canadian co-host Brad Barker while we spin themed favorite jazz (and beyond) tracks on “THE MAGIC HOUR.”

Watch JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE weeknights- we have some fun singers sitting in with the Cletones coming up… Sean & Sara Watkins, Sy Smith, and Lake Street Dive’s Rachael Price. We loved hosting the great Judith Hill and Laura Mace in recent weeks. Jimmy is delivering some powerful monologues in light of these challenging times. Thanks also to Cory Wong for joining us this past week!

Also a very exciting return to Mark Guiliana’s Beat Music LA project at Largo in February! Link on the Live Shows page.

We had an amazing tour in Japan in January with Steve Lukather and Michael Landau at Billboard Live clubs. We’ll be back!!

best,

Jeff

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