Jeff Hirshfield


Jeffrey Lee Hirshfield is an American jazz drummer.
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. During the 1980s he worked with Red Rodney and Ira Sullivan, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Bennie Wallace. 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, another trio with Tim Berne and Formanek, and the Lan Xang ensemble with David Binney, Donny McCaslin, and Scott Colley.
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 AbercrombieMy Foolish Heart
With ETCETC ETC Plus One
With Roland Heinz & Adam Holzman
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As sideman

With Jamie BaumUndercurrents Sight Unheard Moving Forward, Standing Still Solace In This Life Bridges
With Bob BeldenStraight to My Heart Puccini's Turandot La Cigale
With David BinneyThe Luxury of Guessing Free to Dream A Small Madness
With Michael CochraneQuartet Music Pathways Right Now
With Harold DankoNext Age New Autumn The Feeling of Jazz Stable Mates Fantasy Exit Trilix Hinesight Oatts & Perry Times Remembered Escapades Oatts & Perry II Unriched Lost in the Breeze Triple Play
With Michael FormanekWide Open Spaces Extended Animation Loose Cannon
With Fred HerschThe French Collection Heartsongs Evanessence Red Square Blue
With Vic JurisFor the Music Night Tripper Music of Alec Wilder Moonscape Remembering Eric Dolphy Songbook Songbook 2
With Rich PerryHearsay East of the Sun and West of 2nd Avenue You're My Everything At the Kitano 2 Gone Time Was Nocturne Organique Mood
With Steve LaSpinaNew Horizon Eclipse When I'm Alone Story Time When Children Smile Distant Dream The Bounce Remember When Play Room Moments
With Steve SlagleThe Steve Slagle Quartet Reincarnation Spread the Word
With Loren StillmanHow Sweet It Is Gin Bon It Could Be Anything The Brothers' Breakfast Trio Alto Vol. One
With Dave StrykerBlue Degrees Full Moon Nomad
With others