Jeff Paris (musician)
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Jeff Paris (born Geoffrey Brillhart Leib)[1] is an American vocalist, keyboardist and guitarist who has primarily performed in the hard rock/heavy metal genre.
Still performing under the name Geoffrey Leib, Paris began his career as a session musician in the 1970s, appearing on albums by such acts as Jay Gruska (Gruska on Gruska) and Bill Withers (Naked & Warm, 'Bout Love). His initial band was the jazz/soul/disco quartet, Pieces, who released an album in 1979,[2] following which he had a stint with the disco band L.A.X., who released two albums in 1979 and 1980. Meanwhile, he continued writing songs and performing on sessions for other high-profile artists such as Jeffrey Osborne (self-titled debut, Stay with Me Tonight, and Don't Stop) and Leon Ware (self-titled album), the latter a famed Motown songwriter in his own right, throughout the early/mid-1980s.
Beginning in 1984, Paris/Leib branched off in a more hard rock direction as a songwriter and musician, contributing to albums that year by Lita Ford and Y&T. His credits included "Gotta Let Go" (Ford) and "Lipstick & Leather" (Y&T). He went on to work as session musician on Cinderella's 1986 debut album, playing keyboards.[3] Around the same time, he signed with PolyGram, releasing two solo albums Race to Paradise in 1986,[4] and Wired Up in 1987, but both failed to make commercial impact.[5] In the 1990s, Paris released more three solo albums: Lucky This Time (1993), Smack (1997) and Freak Flag (1998)[6] and also continued working as a session musician and songwriter.
In this session player/songwriter role, Paris worked with different bands and artists such as, in addition to the abovementioned
Discography
Studio albums
- Race to Paradise (1986)
- Wired Up (1987)
- Lucky This Time (1993)
- Smack (1997)
- Freak Flag (1998)
- Broken Chain (2011)
References
- ^ "Jeff Paris". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "About Jeff – Jeff Paris".
- ^ "Cinderella - Night Songs CD Album".
- ^ Billboard - December 27, 1986, p. 71, "Finally, Poly- Gram's Jeff Paris was in working on his upcoming album with producer/engineer Tony Piat"
- ISBN 0-85112-656-1.
- ^ "Songwriting Credits – Jeff Paris".