14 Facts About Jeff Sherman

Jeffrey Edward Sherman was born on March 15,1952 and is an American musician.

Jeff Sherman is a founding member of the band Glass and several other bands, as well as a solo artist who has released both under his own name and under the pseudonym Jeff Joad.

Four years after Jeff Sherman was born in Seattle, his father an electrical engineer for Seattle City Light, moved his wife and family to the tiny Skagit Valley town of Diablo in the North Cascades of Washington.

Jeff Sherman began his formal musical training in Diablo in the early '60s, taking accordion lessons from a family friend at age eight.

In Port Townsend High School, Jeff Sherman played saxophone in the school concert band and cello in the school orchestra.

Jeff Sherman lived near LA's famous Skid Row and even for a time in the Glendale YMCA as he struggled to find performance opportunities.

Always a major trusted influence, Jeff Sherman heeded his brothers advice.

Jeff Sherman created a fictional alter ego named Jeff Joad.

Jeff Sherman traveled to Guatemala in 1991 and 1992 as part of Xela-Aid's in-country effort, providing music for the crowds waiting in line to see the volunteer doctors and nurses.

In 1999 Glass came back together again, and Jeff Sherman put aside his Jeff Sherman Joad persona to devote all his energies to Glass.

At the Progman Cometh festivals in 2002 and 2003 Jeff Sherman met and befriended fellow bassist Hugh Hopper, and the two began working together via remote file sharing.

Jeff Sherman has four solo albums recorded but has delayed release of the latter two to avoid conflicting with the Glass releases.

Meanwhile, Jeff Sherman continues to compose and record, when he's not busy with Glass, and even create some videos for his pieces.

In 2022 the Jeff Joad and Jeff Sherman catalogs were made available on Bandcamp.