Jeff Coffey

Jeff Coffey
Jeff Coffey in 2016
Background information
Origin	Orlando, Florida
Genres	Rock, Jazz-Rock, Pop
Instruments	vocalist, bass guitar, guitar, trombone
Years active	1990-present
Labels	Smoke Tree Records
Associated acts	Chicago
Website	www.jeffcoffey.com

Jeff Coffey is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instumentalist. Since 2016, he is the bassist and tenor lead vocalist for the band Chicago.

Jeff Coffey grew up in Eustis, Florida in the Orlando area and attended University of Central Florida where he traveled with their Jazz Band to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague. Jeff spent a good portion of the 90's in the Gainesville, Florida based band House of Dreams, which released a self-titled CD in 1994.

In 2001,Jeff was the touring bassist for Brian Howe formerly of Bad Company. With producer Joe Smith, he co-produced and released his first CD, "Jeff Coffey" in 2003. His song "Write About Me", was used in Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's video game Sweet 16:Licensed to Drive. In 2007, Jeff released his second CD "Long Way Home". From 2011-late 2014 Coffey took a hiatus from music to focus on family and life. He returned to music, on New Year's Eve 2014.

In Spring 2016, Coffey received a call from Chicago guitarist Keith Howland asking if he would be interested in auditioning to fill in for longtime bassist/vocalist Jason Scheff. Coffey auditioned and won the gig, making his debut on May 22, 2016, in Findlay Ohio. Following conclusion of the summer tour, Coffey was announced as the permanent lead tenor vocalist and bassist for Chicago, prior to their Fall 2016 tour with Earth Wind & Fire. The announcement welcoming Jeff was made via Chicago's official Facebook page on October 25,2016. Despite joining the band after the production of their CNN documentary "Now More than Ever", he was included in pre-broadcast interviews with the band featured on CNN in which he described the impact of Chicago's music.