Jeffrey Kressler

"Jeff is one of those people who tell you the most outrageous things, without smiling, so you take them for gospel until you see him smirking his 'gotcha' smirk. His humor colors his music so that not only does his effortless style at times remind you of other fine jazz pianists, but he constantly insinuates changes that keep you smiling as he discovers his own new inversions, variations and musical surprises. Though a closet school teacher, he seems to quietly come alive as soon as he gets over the keyboard. He has appeared innumerable times with Patti; also with Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, The Four Freshmen, The Temptations and Nancy Wilson, to name only a few."