Jeff Coffin

Jeff Coffin (born August 5, 1965) is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American jazz and alternative rock musician best known as the current saxophonist for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and Dave Matthews Band. In addition to the saxophone, he plays clarinet and flute. After attending the University of New Hampshire, Coffin moved on to study at the University of North Texas, where he graduated with a B.A. in Music Education in 1990. A recipient of ... more

Jeff Coffin (born August 5, 1965) is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American jazz and alternative rock musician best known as the current saxophonist for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and Dave Matthews Band. In addition to the saxophone, he plays clarinet and flute. After attending the University of New Hampshire, Coffin moved on to study at the University of North Texas, where he graduated with a B.A. in Music Education in 1990. A recipient of a Jazz Studies grant from the NEA, in 1991, he continued to study under the tutelage of Joe Lovano, and began taking students of his own. Although he moved outside the confines of the educational realm, entering the Nashville music scene during the same year, he continued to be interested in teaching about music. He has been a member of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones since March 1997, and has performed on every Flecktones album since and including Left of Cool. Coffin has released several albums independent from the Flecktones, most notably the... less