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Jeff Pevar
Pevar in 2010
Background information
Birth name
Jeffrey Pevar
Born
(1957-02-16) February 16, 1957 (age 67)
Genres
Rock
jazz
blues
R&B
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Guitar
bass
mandolin
Dobro
lap steel
harmonica
Years active
1970s–present
Labels
Pet Peev Music
Formerly of
CPR
Jazz Is Dead
Website
pevar.com
Musical artist
Jeffrey Pevar is an American producer, band leader, composer, touring and session musician. Pevar was the co-founder of CPR,[1] (with David Crosby and James Raymond), The Gilmour Project (with Scott Guberman, Mark Karan, Kasim Sulton and Prairie Prince), JP3 (with Matt Spencer and Christo Pillani), and ZepDrix (with Inger Nova). Pevar recorded his debut record From the Core on his label Pet Peev Music, released in December 2012.[2] In 2015 Pevar released the CD, Grateful Jazz[3] which he produced for the ensemble Jazz Is Dead.
Pevar & Crosby in 2019
Pevar has worked with Crosby, Stills and Nash,[4] Donald Fagen's Rock & Soul Revue, James Taylor, Marc Cohn, Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, Jimmy Webb, Rickie Lee Jones, Dr. John, Carly Simon, Kenny Loggins, Wilson Pickett, Jazz Is Dead, Phil Lesh and Friends, David Foster, Meat Loaf, Phil Collins, Aztec Two-Step, Richie Havens, Odetta, Jonatha Brooke, Willy Deville, Scott Murowski,[5] Joe Linus, Peter Gallway and Pat McGee.[6] He is a founding member of CPR: Crosby, Pevar & Raymond.[7] In 2022 and 2023 Pevar toured with the Gilmour Project performing Pink Floyd songs.[8]
^"Live Review: David Crosby at Arcada Theatre : Illinois Entertainer". illinoisentertainer.com. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
^Jeff Pevar - From the Core Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved December 9, 2023
^Jazz Is Dead - Grateful Jazz Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved December 9, 2023
^Zimmer, Dave; Diltz, Henry (September 22, 2008). Crosby, Stills & Nash: The Biography. Da Capo Press. pp. 348–. ISBN 978-0-306-81615-4. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
^Atashian, John (March 5, 2009). "Pevar returns to Connecticut". The Middletown Press. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
^Rosenfeld, Steve. "Pat McGee: Pat McGee". Retrieved December 9, 2023.
^Vaziri, Aidin (January 19, 2023). "David Crosby, singer-songwriter with Byrds and CSNY, dies at 81". Datebook. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
^"Grateful Web Interview with Jeff Pevar of The Gilmour Project". Grateful Web. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
Jeffrey Pevar is an American producer, band leader, composer, touring and session musician. Pevar was the co-founder of CPR, (with David Crosby and James...
formed a jazz-influenced trio with his son James Raymond and guitarist JeffPevar in CPR. He also appeared frequently on recordings by other artists, including...
Crosby's various 21st Century collaborations. Producer James Raymond and JeffPevar were Crosby's bandmates in CPR; Andrew Ford and Steve DiStanislao were...
they toured as part of the Heroes of Woodstock tour with JeffPevar (Jazz Is Dead, Crosby, Pevar & Raymond) on bass. Other musicians included in this tour...
anticipation of the fiftieth anniversary of the Grateful Dead, guitarist JeffPevar dug up the recordings, added overdubs by a number of guest musicians,...
discovered his adult son James Raymond, the two starting a band with JeffPevar yielding an album CPR in 1998. However, the band's relationship with Atlantic...
It appears on the 2001 record Just Like Gravity, by CPR (David Crosby, JeffPevar, James Raymond). A 2006 film by Victor Braun titled "Jerusalem syndrome"...
(keys and vocals), Paul Barrere (guitar and vocals) April 6-May 27, 2000: JeffPevar (guitar and vocals), Jimmy Herring (guitar) For the summer 2000 tour,...
tracks feature a quartet of Levin, keyboardist Larry Fast, guitarist JeffPevar, and drummer Jerry Marotta. Additional musicians who appear throughout...
ultimately to the formation of the Mix with Melvin Seals, Greg Anton, JeffPevar, and Kevin Rosen. The Mix signed a recording contract with Rainman Records...
Visconti, and made use of session musicians including Carlos Alomar, JeffPevar and Jordan Rudess. Eric Weissberg of "Duelling Banjos" fame, played the...
vocals and acoustic piano Will Lee – bass guitar Chris Parker – drums JeffPevar – guitar Carol Steele – percussion "He Was Too Good to Me": recorded by...
Hite and Adolfo (Fito) De La Parra. Jefferson Starship added bassist JeffPevar for this tour. They had previously been touring without a bassist while...
Philippe Rykiel: Inner Spaces (2012), on the track "Close to You" With JeffPevar: From the Core (2012), on the track "River of Dreams" With Wave Mechanics...
This CD also features his Dregs bandmate Rod Morgenstein, guitarist JeffPevar (who also produced the project), bassist David Livolsi and a number of...
Valentine, Dan Baird, Christine Ohlman, G.E. Smith, Alvin Youngblood Hart, JeffPevar, and Kenny Aaronson. Fisher has maintained a lifelong interest in photography...
studio album recorded by Crosby, Pevar and Raymond (CPR). "Map to Buried Treasure" (David Crosby, Jan Crosby, JeffPevar, James Raymond, Andrew Ford, Steve...
featuring James Raymond on keys, Leisz on bass, Steve DiStanislao on drums, JeffPevar on guitar and Michelle Willis on keys and vocals. In 2018 Leisz toured...