LATEST NEWS:

LeRoi Moore - R.I.P.
Dave Matthews Band saxophonist, LeRoi Moore passed away August 19th, 2008 from complications related to his ATV accident. His spirit will be celebrated by those who knew him and heard his music. He is missed...

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JC Mu'tet ~ the new CD "MUTOPIA" (Compass Records) ~ AVAIL. NOW online & in stores!
featuring: Futureman on ACOUSTIC drumset, Kofi Burbridge on keys/flute, Felix Pastorius on electric bass...Guest Appearances by Bela Fleck, Vic Wooten, Chris Walters, Joe Murphy, Rod McGaha, Black Cat Sylvester, R. Scott Bryan, Doug Belote, Alana Rocklin, Pat Bergeson, Barry Green & Roy Agee. listen & watch: Felix Pastorius & Vic Wooten trade on Al's Greens

MUTOPIA ~ 4 Star Review from AllMusicGuide 

UPCOMING FLECKTONES CD "Jingle All the Way" 

Jeff is writing for HALFTIME MAGAZINE a few times per year. Check out his 1st article with them... 

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*CLINICS: Click here to bring Yamaha & Vandoren Performing Artist Jeff Coffin to your school for a clinic and/or performance...please, put in your requests for fall 2008/ spring 2009 ASAP. 

JC Big Band Charts (Tall & Lanky/Wobble/Fruitcake/Weird Beard) are published and for sale from Univ. of N. Colorado Press. These are great arrangements by: Bret Zvacek and David Joyner...more coming soon!


JEFF COFFIN CD's are available on iTunes

FLECKTONES CD's are available on iTunes

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Catch JC on these cool projects...

CHARLIE PEACOCK/JEFF COFFIN "Arc of the Circle" 

STUDIO JAMS...now on DVD!

MONDO TRIO ~ Jeff Babko, JC, Vinnie Colaiuta (4 stars/Downbeat Mag.)
the Debut CD on AbstractLogix.com  review - AllAboutJazz

UMPHREYS McGEE ~ "Bottom Half"

JONATHAN SCALES ~ "Plot/Scheme" 

MARC BROUSSARD ~ "S.O.S. - Save Our Soul" 
(Vanguard Records)

THE DYNAMITES (feat. Charles Walker!) ~ "Kaboom!" 
Old School Funk/Soul...KILLING! review - AllAboutJazz

JOE CAPLOE ~ "Between The Lines"

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BELA FLECK & the FLECKTONES

FLECKTONES WIN 2008 GRAMMY AWARD
"Best Contemporary Jazz Recording" for The Hidden Land

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more...

Knoxville "JAZZ FOR JUSTICE" CD Now Available.
Proceeds benefit the children of Northern Uganda...please check this out! 

VandoJazz Saxophone Etude Book 
With exercises by JC and many others...a great one to check out!

Charlie Peacock/Jeff Coffin "Arc of the Circle" 
#2 on the CMJ Jazz Charts featuring: Marc Ribot,
Derrek Phillips, Joe Murphy, Tony Miracle and others...
Arc of the Circle CD available now. review

The fantastic NYC saxophonist, Andrew D'Angelo, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in January 2008...as with many musicians, he has no health insurance. 
Please help by DONATING HERE (www.andrewdangelo.com) THANKS!

email Jeff
www.myspace.com/jeffcoffinmutet 
www.myspace.com/cosmicfaculty (Cumberland University)

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EDUCATORS & STUDENTS:

Visit Clinic/Education page for info. on school performances and clinics

Jeff is a YAMAHA and VANDOREN Performing Artist & Clinician

JC CLINIC QUOTES...see the Clinics/Education page for more!

“We just wanted you know that the Master Class you gave…was the best we ever had.”

july 10....hi all. i am apparently not very good at staying on top of the blog so i am just doing it when i realize i have not done it for a while. it has been a busy year so far. my new mu'tet cd MUTOPIA, will be released on july 15th! it features futureman, kofi burbridge, felix pastorius, chris walter, alana rocklin, scott bryan and many others. it is on the compass records label.

i have been doing a lot of clinics in the schools and that has really been going great. it's something i enjoy a lot and i feel the students get a lot from. i have done some teaching at some camps over the summer as well to some wonderful young musicians. 

i got called at the very beginning of july to fill in with the dave matthews band until the end of their 2008 touring season. their sax player, leroi moore, was in a bad ATV accident but thankfully will fully recover. it has been great so far and i am charting out songs everyday and working at making the music sound as good as i can make it. it's a wonderful opportunity under very bad circumstances that made it come about. I, and thousands of others, wish leroi a speedy and complete recovery.

the flecktones will start touring again in november 2008 and have next year off again. we have 2 dates this summer opening for chick corea and return to forever. i will be playing both those shows. the only DMB show i will miss will be on august 5th. the flecktones new holiday cd should be out sometime in october. check www.flecktones.com for more info on that. stay tuned. i hope to have time to get the website and myspace tweaked up over the next while. i hope everyone is having a great summer so far. much peace, jc