Jeff Lorber was born in Philadelphia on 4 November 1952. He started playing the piano at the age of four and later performed with a variety of local r&b bands. Lorber's infatuation with jazz began during his stay at the Berklee College of Music. He formed his band Jeff Lorber Fusion there. During the first half of the 1980's, he became became one of the most popular jazz acts of the period. His smooth sound brought together elements of funk, r&b, rock and electric jazz. He played keyboard and helped pioneer a genre of fusion later formatted using such names as NAC and Contemporary Jazz. In 1985 he released 'Step by step', which became his most successful album. When Fusion was at its most popular, Lorber disbanded his group and turned to production and session work. He worked with people like Karyn White, Audrey Wheeler and Evan Rogers. The Jeff Lorber website is at www.lorber.com.

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D i s c o g r a p h y

The Jeff Lorber Fusion	1977	Inner City
Soft Space	1978	Inner City
Water Sign	1979	Arista
Wizard Island	1980	Arista
Galaxian	1981	Arista
It's a Fact	1982	Arista
In the Heat of the Night	1984	Arista
Lift Off	1984	Arista
Best part of the night	1985	Arista
Step by step (21 inch)	1985	Arista
Step by step	1985	Mercury
Facts of love	1986	Warner Bros.
True confessions	1986	Warner Bros.
Private passion	1986	Warner Bros.
Worth Waiting For	1991	Verve
West Side Stories	1994	Verve
State of Grace	1996	Verve
Midnight	1998	Zebra
Kickin' It	2001	Narada
Philly Style	2003	Narada
Flipside	2005	Narada