Biography
Jeff Coffin is a multi-instrumentalist from Nashville, Tennessee who plays woodwinds. Primarily a tenor saxophonist, he also plays soprano, and alto, in addition to clarinets and flutes of various sizes. After attending the University of New Hampshire and the University of North Texas, Coffin entered the Nashville music scene in 1991. He studied under Joe Lovano, under a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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 February 2005 release Bloom, recorded during the Flecktones year-long hiatus.
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