Jeff Buckridge, Guitar

Jeff Buckridge, Guitar

Jeff is one of the founding members of the Boston Horns, with the band since its inception in 1999. In addition to handling the guitar duties, he has contributed as a songwriter, with credits on all of the Boston Horns releases. Over the years Buckridge has been involved with several projects outside of the Horns, including gigs as a sideman with KD Bell, Erinn Brown, Jesse Ciamataro, Vykki Vox, Ken Clark, Headshaft, and others. He can also regularly be seen jamming on the North Shore with various BoHo side projects.

His guitar style combines rhythm influences, like old school James Brown and New Orleans syncopation ala Leo Nocentelli, and lead guitar influences ranging from Kenny Burrell to Jimi Hendrix.

In addition to his guitar playing, Buckridge is a music educator, having earned his Masters Degree in Music Education, and teaches in the town of Andover, MA, where he is the director of the Andover Public School Jazz Band program.