Porcaro on the drums on the Toto Fahrenheit World Tour at Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1986
Background information
Birth name
Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro
Born
(1954-04-01)April 1, 1954 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Died
August 5, 1992(1992-08-05) (aged 38) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Pop rock
hard rock
funk rock
progressive rock
yacht rock
jazz fusion
Occupations
Musician
songwriter
record producer
Instruments
Drums
percussion
Years active
1971–1992
Formerly of
Toto
Steely Dan
Bee Gees
Jeff Porcaro's signature
Musical artist
Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (/pɔːrˈkɑːroʊ/;[1] April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for being the co-founder and drummer of the rock band Toto, but is one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working on hundreds of albums and thousands of sessions.[2][3] While already an established studio player in the 1970s, he came to prominence in the United States as the drummer on the Steely Dan album Katy Lied (1975).
AllMusic characterized Porcaro as "arguably the most highly regarded studio drummer in rock from the mid-'70s to the early '90s" and said that "it is no exaggeration to say that the sound of mainstream pop/rock drumming in the 1980s was, to a large extent, the sound of Jeff Porcaro."[3] He was posthumously inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1993.[4]
^"Jeff Porcaro and Joe Porcaro Drum Lesson Video" on YouTube
^"Freedrumlessons.com". Freeodrumlessons.com. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
^ abRuhlmann, William. "Jeff Porcaro". AllMusic. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
^"Modern Drummer's Readers Poll Archive, 1979–2014". Modern Drummer. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
extent, the sound of JeffPorcaro." He was posthumously inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1993. Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro was born on April 1...
members of the rock band Toto and the last surviving Porcaro brother (after the deaths of Jeff in 1992 and Mike in 2015); as the songwriter of "Human...
members JeffPorcaro and Steve Porcaro. Their father was jazz drummer-percussionist Joe Porcaro. Mike Porcaro is the second of the three Porcaro brothers...
vocalist David Paich, bassist David Hungate, keyboardist Steve Porcaro and drummer JeffPorcaro. The current lineup features constant member Lukather, and...
Lukather – guitars David Paich – keyboards Steve Porcaro – synthesizer Mike Porcaro – bass JeffPorcaro – drums, percussion Joseph Williams – lead vocals...
drummer JeffPorcaro, who died during rehearsals for the tour promoting this album. The album was mixed by Bob Clearmountain and dedicated to Jeff in his...
particular. At Grant High School, Lukather met David Paich and the Porcaro brothers (Jeff, Steve, and Mike), all of whom eventually became members of Toto...
Joseph Thomas Porcaro (April 29, 1930 – July 6, 2020) was an American jazz drummer. The Porcaro family is, on the paternal side, originally from San Luca...
Many of the musicians had also played on Steely Dan records, including JeffPorcaro, Rick Derringer and Larry Carlton. Similar to the Aja and Gaucho albums...
Jones, vocalist-keyboardist Michael McDonald, and session drummer JeffPorcaro. Porcaro played the sole drum track on one song, "Night By Night" on Pretzel...
several people. These musicians were David Paich, David Hungate, and JeffPorcaro. The three were already friends and had frequently performed together...
It features ghost notes and is derived from the combination of what JeffPorcaro, who plays on the song's recording, calls the "Bernard Purdie half time...
producer Jeff Pilson (born 1959), American musician JeffPorcaro (1954–1992), American session drummer and member of the rock band Toto Jeff Scott Soto...
in 1977 by David Paich along with David Hungate, Steve Lukather, and JeffPorcaro. The four musicians worked as session musicians on Scaggs's Down Two...
work where he met his future Toto bandmates including David Paich and JeffPorcaro. They approached him about starting a band, and while Hungate was initially...
Michael McDonald and drummer JeffPorcaro, who were both members of Steely Dan's final touring band. Then only 20 years old, Porcaro played drums on every track...
US). The latter song features Steve Lukather, David Paich, Steve Porcaro and JeffPorcaro (nearly the entirety of Toto). The "Vagabond Heart Tour" was made...
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