Jeff Sipe

Jeff Sipe
Jeff Sipe with Phil and Friends Photo: Josh Atlas
Background information
Birth name	Jeffrey Lee Sipe
Also known as	Apt. Q258
Born	(1959-01-31) January 31, 1959 (age 58) Berlin, Germany
Genres	Rock, jazz, blues, bluegrass, jam music
Instruments	Drums, percussion
Years active	since 1972
Labels	SCI Fidelity
Associated acts	Jeff Sipe Group Bela Fleck Phil Lesh & Friends Keller Williams Aquarium Rescue Unit Susan Tedeschi Jimmy Herring Shawn Lane Jonathan Scales Jonas Hellborg Jazz Is Dead Debashish Bhattacharya
Website	Apartment-Q258 Jeff Sipe.org
Notable instruments
Drum Set

Jeff Sipe (born January 31, 1959, Berlin, Germany) is an American drummer. He is a rock and jazz fusion drummer, however, he is proficient in many other styles which he has demonstrated in his decades of drumming. He is a founding member of Aquarium Rescue Unit along with Col. Bruce Hampton. He also played with the self-applied Cajun Slamgrass Band Leftover Salmon and in the Zambiland Orchestra, an experimental big band featuring members of Phish, Widespread Panic and others. He toured in 2011 with Jeff Coffin & the Mu'tet, Sipe recently has toured with Keller Williams with Moseley, Droll and Sipe and Jimmy Herring Band. He has been said by Herring to "live for music" and remains his first choice among drummers with whom to play. Currently (2015), Sipe is on tour with Warren Haynes and the Ashes to Dust band. They were recently featured on The Conan O'Brien Show.