Multi-Grammy Award nominee and winner Jeff Lorber returns to China after many years of touring. The first stop on the tour is Shanghai, so it's well worth the wait as Jeff Lorber, one of the world's leading jazz musicians for nearly 50 years, will be delivering an extraordinary live performance. With his latest compositions and unrivalled playing, he will deliver a truly world-class live performance in the Fusion Jazz style. As one of the most iconic musicians of Fusion Jazz, Jeff and his bandmates will combine a variety of musical forms to deliver a highly diverse musical performance. Their Fusion Jazz has a very urban feel to it, and is extremely listenable and enjoyable to watch.

Piano/Keyboard: Jeff Lorber

Jeff Lorber started out like most successful musicians do, as a fan. Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock being two of his earliest inspirations. To figure out how to play like his heroes, he had to go back and study the history of jazz piano where he discovered Wynton Kelly, Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, Red Garland, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, and many more. Combine that with his love of Funk and R&B, and you get one of the most storied careers in modern Jazz history.

Jeff began his recording career in 1977 with The Jeff Lorber Fusion self-titled debut. The ensemble quickly gained traction and became one of the most popular touring acts on the scene. In 1982 Lorber made his solo debut with It’s A Fact. In 1985 he scored his first Grammy nomination with the hit “Pacific Coast Highway” from the album Step By Step. He has continued to write and record over the last 40 plus years releasing a string of successful projects including West Side Stories (1994), State of Grace (1996) and Midnight (1998), Kickin’ It (2001), Philly Style (2003), Flipside (2005), He Had A Hat (2007, Grammy nominated), Now Is The Time (2010, Grammy nominated), Galaxy (2012, Grammy nominated) Hacienda (2013 Grammy nominated), and Prototype (2017) for which Jeff won his first Grammy for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. Jeff is also an accomplished producer of not only his own recordings, but also producing other artists such as Michael Franks, Richard Elliot, Gerald Albright, and Rick Braun, among others.

Jeff Lorber’s latest release, Elevate, (His 32nd in case anyone is counting) is a solo passion project filled with friends and collaborators both old and new. Although the new album comes fairly soon after his last release, Jeff felt inspired, “When I signed with SRG Jazz, they were excited about me being there, so it seemed natural to start working on a new record. I’m writing new stuff all the time, so I took some things that were in progress and collaborated with Claude Villani, who’s the president of the label. He helped weed out some of the various ideas I had going and helped me develop them.”