Jeffrey Nath Bhasker was born on March 4,1974 and is an American record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles.
15 Facts About Jeff Bhasker
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Jeff Bhasker won the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year in 2016 and was nominated for the award in 2013.
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For other artists, Jeff Bhasker has produced the albums Some Nights by Fun.
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Jeff Bhasker was born in Kansas City, Kansas, and was raised in Socorro, New Mexico.
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Jeff Bhasker was introduced to jazz by his mother and his piano teacher.
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Jeff Bhasker played in the jazz band at Socorro High School, where he graduated in 1993, and then studied jazz piano and arranging at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Jeff Bhasker began his career gigging around Boston as a keyboardist and played in a wedding band.
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Jeff Bhasker toured with the jam band Lettuce and began focusing more on songwriting.
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Jeff Bhasker produced a song on rapper The Game's first album, The Documentary.
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Jeff Bhasker got a job doing demos for songwriter Diane Warren.
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Jeff Bhasker began writing with Bruno Mars, and songwriter and executive Steve Lindsey served as their mentor.
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Jeff Bhasker played cover songs in a band with Mars around Los Angeles.
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Jeff Bhasker was set to be the musical director for the cancelled Fame Kills: Starring Kanye West and Lady Gaga, before going on to be the music director of Lady Gaga's The Monster Ball Tour.
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Jeff Bhasker co-wrote and co-produced Mark Ronson's single "Uptown Funk", which earned him a 2016 Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
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Jeff Bhasker explained his reasons in an interview with GQ:.