Jeffrey Lockhart (USA)
guitar
Jeffrey Lockhart is an Associate Professor at Berklee School of Music in Boston.
As a son of of Hy Lockhart who has played with Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath and Sam Rivers, Jeff was around the best jazz company from his childhood.
He has hold ongoing Guitar positions with Meshell Ndegeocello, Mike Clark and Bill Summers (both of the Headhunters), the Sam Kininger Band, Al Evans of Soulive and Play On Brother Band, Lettuce, and Richie Goods of Nuclear Fusion. Jeff has shared the stage with Berklee professors Jetro DaSilva (Whitney Houston), Gabrielle Goodman (Chaka Khan), and Terri Lynn Carrington (Dizzy Gillespie). He has also performed with Cindy Blackman, Drummer (Carlos Santana, Lenny Kravitz) and more recently with Bassist Abe Laboriel, Sr.
In he autumn of 2010 Jeff was in the studio recording on the East Coast with Beyoncé Knowles on her album, and the winter of 2011 recording on the West Coast with Dido for her album. Co-writing with Berklee alum Jeff Bhasker, Producer (Kanye West, JayZ) was a great experience. In between sessions Jeff´s been hard at work recording his debut album.
Jeff´s musical career has spanned from being the Musical Director for Brian McKnight, Vocalist and Berklee Professor and Walter Beasley, Saxophone, to performing with LaVern Baker, Melba Moore, Gerald Levert, Kelly Price, and Patrice Rushen. As an AF&M member I 've worked consistently in studios at Fluid Productions in New York and Handsome Brothers in Massachusetts.
Jef´s commercial work encompasses advertising jingles, film and television projects.
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