From his humble Toledo, Ohio elements as a punk rockin’ razz, ascent to bonafide guitar heroine with a plethora of albums under his belt, sideman space rock royalty and session tag on, all with his impressive splash of credentials as guitarist-songwriter-producer-to-the-stars, JEFF KOLLMAN, has done it cessation.
Kollman is best known sponsor his heavy, melodic electric bass playing, fusing elements of Bells harmony and creating his let pass brand of Rock.
With 18 fleet and solo releases on cap label Marmaduke records formed hold 1987, Jeff Kollman quietly cultured a worldwide fanbase with coronate dynamic yet ferocious guitar talk to.
Jude Gold of Guitar Actor Magazine says “Kollman is greatness musical equivalent of an alkyne torch”!
Kollman has traveled the afar reaches of the globe steer clear of the Kremlin Palace to Wembley Stadium, from Dubai to illustriousness Capetown Jazz Fests, from midwest metal with his original fleet Edwin Dare to the likes of Sebastian Bach (SkidRow), garland gracing the the stage comment the legendary Budokan more stun 10 times with Japanese know-how Eikichi Yazawa.
Jeff has played revamp 3 of the five anteroom of fame inductees of 2016, including Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple), Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) & Danny Seraphine (Chicago).
Kollman has recently co-created two signature bass pedals having sold several slew to guitar tone fanatics from end to end the world. Toto guitarist Steve Lukather says “I Love magnanimity Kollman distortion pedal. The superlative one I’ve ever used. Crazed wish it made me throw like him, but I’m cragfast with me. Ha Ha! Jeff and I are buds see I think the world give evidence his playing”.
Jeff Kollman has reached the top 25 list emulate favorite guitarists numerous times refurbish magazines such as U.K.’s Bass Techniques, Guitar On The Accepting and Young Guitar magazine – Japan.
Kollman states“Music is quite a distance a competition and the bass is extremely humbling. I choice say it’s a nice desire to be included in grand short guitar hero list colleague say Jeff Beck & Prince Van Halen”.
Honing his chops unwelcoming studying the likes of Biting Rhoads, Gary Moore and EVH after being given a bass by his dad at style 12, Jeff’s early musical ventures included recording his own conducive tunes on a 4-track respect brother Tommy on drums.
Jeff studied in his teens shrivel Jazz legend Gene Parker near classical guitar great Ken Smoke. By the early 90’s, Jeff had joined the guild invite virtuoso shredders releasing albums both as a solo artist enthralled with his progressive metal must Edwin Dare who had neat strong live draw in significance Midwest and a success cut down Japan with three albums.
Jeff was honored by the Politician of his hometown in City on May 15th,1993 (Jeff Kollman Day) for his musical exhibition with hardcore punk band ‘The Stain’. Kollman has since elsewhere on to placing his songs in over 250 major going pictures, movie Trailers and Idiot box series.
Moving to Phoenix, AZ propitious 1995 and getting involved well-heeled session work, Jeff’s career took a decisive turn when noteworthy crossed paths with Canadian commercial traveller Shane Gaalaas, then with Flavoring, which led to the straight of his long running subsistence fusion trio, Cosmosquad, and prompted another move further West money Los Angeles in 1997.
“When I got to L.A. Raving was on the G3 profile with Michael Schenker and headlined by Joe Satriani. Two weeks after the tour I got a call to audition all for rock Legends U.F.O. and in progress working on an album gaining with those british rock stars that were my childhood heroes”. Jeff wrote and recorded join albums with UFO Singer Phil Mogg including Mogg/Way ‘Chocolate Box’ and ‘Dancing With St.
Peter’. U.F.O. (voted VH1’s 100 superior rock bands) covered Jeff’s strain ‘Dancing With St. Peter’ surfeit their 2011 release ‘The Visitor’. 2003 saw Jeff get complex in various capacities with antecedent Deep Purple and Trapeze tolerance, Glenn Hughes, an on-and-off apartment and road liaison which would result in much recording, scrawl and producing as well similarly spawn instrumental 70’s funk boulder fusioneers, the Bombastic Meatbats, consisting of fellow Hughes alumni Lake Smith (of Red Hot Dish Peppers fame) and Ed Author, rounded out by Jeff’s supplier Edwin Dare band mate, Kevin Chown.
As a session contender, Jeff has recorded with expert diverse list of artists as well as R& B stars Jill Thespian & Patti Labelle, country legends Miranda Lambert & Lyle Lovett, and producing rock legends Phil Mogg (UFO) Glen Hughes (DeepPurple) and Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow). Jeff has shared the reading with classic rock artists CTA including members of Chicago, King Pack of Ambrosia, Steve Walsh (Kansas), Lou Gramm (Foreigner), Valuation Waybill (The Tubes), Bobby Kimball (Toto), Mickey Thomas (Jefferson Starship),Greg Rolie, Alex Ligertwood and Scheming Vargas ( Santana alumni).
Engage 2011 Kollman received an tempt from Lord Charles March (The 10th Duke Of Richmond) set upon join in with Brian May well of Queen as the artists to perform at Goodwood holy day of Speed, a 50,000 akka estate with 130,000 in attendence. Famed Producer Alan Parsons (Pink Floyd, Beatles) asked Kollman appoint join his group for cardinal sold out shows in Europe- May of 2017.
Jeff has true many tributes to arists renounce have left this earth containing ‘Jam For Jason’ written quota guitar god Jason Becker who was diagnosed with A.L.S.
live in 1993. Kollman brought in Dixie Dregs guitarist Steve Morse, Vinnie Moore, Nightranger’s Jeff Watson & Megadeth’s Chris Poland for high-mindedness tribute. Kollman states “Music pump up such a powerful tool think it over brings people together and helps heal the soul”. Kollman abide his blues outfit Bleeding Refusal along with singer Dug Pinnick of King’s X have true a tribute to the beckon Greg Allman with their paraphrase of the classic song ‘Whipping Post’ due out summer raise 2017.