Artist Name
Jeff Duff

heart icon off (0 users)
Logo
transparent

Artist Image
artist thumb

Functions

transparent
Data Complete
percent bar 30%

Album Releases refreshview
album thumb
So Quiet (2007)


Members
---

Origin
flag ---

Genre
---

Style
---

Mood
---

Born

born icon 1956

Active
calendar icon 1956 to Present...

Cutout
transparent

heart icon Most Loved Tracks
No loved tracks found...

youtube icon Music Video Links
No Music Videos Found...



Artist Biography
Available in: gb icon
Geoff "Jeff" Stephen Duff, or Duffo, (born 1950) is an Australian singer/cabaret performer in the tenor range, that in his career has used various personae, wardrobe, and satire as features of his performance. Duff's show 'Ziggy' is a portrayal of the music of David Bowie, whom he met while Bowie was a Sydney resident.
Jeff Duff began his musical career in Melbourne in 1971 as lead singer of jazz-rock fusion band Kush (1971-75)

Career:
Kush was formed with Jeff Duff on Vocals, John Santos (aka Montesante) and Colin Chapman on trumpet, Ron Anderson on piano and saxophone, Stephen Ball on keyboards, Tom Cowburn on guitar, harmonica and backing vocals, John Ellis on clarinet, flute and saxophone, Rob Matthews on bass guitar, and Graham McDonald on drums. They released covers of "Peter Gunn", "MacArthur Park" and "Walk on the Wild Side" as well as originals such as "(Livin' on) Easy Street"
(MacArthur Park performed live on Australia's 'Midday Show, hosted by Ray Martin circa 1991)
Kush are notable for performing to 45000 people at the 1974 Sunbury Pop Festival, "conceived and promoted as Australia's Woodstock".
'Kush' archived on YouTube, performing 'Easy Street' on the Paul Hogan Show.
Duff relocated to London in 1978 as "the waif-like androgynous oddball Duffo" His keyboard player and arranger for most of this period was Sev Lewkowicz.
At this time his single, "Give Me Back Me Brain" reached No. 60 on the UK mainstream charts in 1979
Powderworks issued Duff's third album, Bob the Birdman, in Australia."
the quote above (by Ian McFarlane), and Jeff's original song titles (John and Betty Go to LA; Give Me Back Me Brain; Here Come the Freaks) demonstrates his varied performance personae, and satire as a feature of his music. His 1999 compilation, Martian Girls Are Easy (more satire) is a 40-track, double CD anthology covering Duff's solo career from 1978, described by music historian, Ian McFarlane as showing the "satirical, new wave origins of 'Give Me Back Me Brain', through the soulful classical arrangement of Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side", dipping into funk on the way and then back to his glam roots"
Jeff appears as 'Secta' in the Australian science Fiction movie Sons of Steel, released in 1989, featuring Duff single, 'Here Come the Freaks'.

Performances:
Duff is a regular performer on Australian television and continues to headline some of Australia's leading Jazz festivals including Melbourne Jazz Festival, Manly Jazz Festival, Darling Harbor Jazz Festival, Casino Jazz, Thredbo Jazz Festival, Noosa Jazz Festival.
In 2005, Duff performed a sold-out season of this show at the Opera House Studio in Sydney. He has since performed the show in Melbourne, Queensland and recently performed a sold out season of the show at the 2006 Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
Duff performs regularly at Sydney's premier live music venues including the Basement & the Vanguard alternating shows between his different combos. More at home on stage than off, Duff is constantly creating new performance challenges. He juxtaposes his sophisticated twenty piece Big Band swing repertoire with the raunchy glam rock of his hugely successful Alien Sex Gods shows.

Recent projects:
Duff's Ground control to Frank Sinatra project merges the styles of David Bowie and Frank Sinatra. The show features, dancers, singers, audiovisuals and a nine-piece band. Ground control to Frank Sinatra Duff's stage show has produced two albums: Ground Control to Frank Sinatra and Lost in the Stars.
Duff is currently writing & recording a new show based on the music of his favourite singer Scott Walker.
Jeff's direct homage to Bowie is a show called 'ZIGGY'. which is a very successful concert production featuring members of Jimmy Barnes band, Noiseworks & Leo Sayer's band. The ZIGGY show is scheduled to perform at the Sydney Opera House in 2010 and September 2012.

Further reading:
McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Retrieved 4 January 2010. Note: Archived on-line copy has limited functionality.,
Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by Ed Nimmervoll (2002) 1987. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1. |accessdate= requires |url= (help) Note: on-line version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
wiki icon

Wide Thumb
transparent

Clearart
transparent

Fanart
transparent icon
transparent icontransparent icon

Banner
transparent icon

User Comments

transparent iconNo comments yet..


Status
unlocked icon Unlocked
Last Edit by victorvoronov
09th Jan 2016

Socials


Streaming


External Links
fanart.tv icon musicbrainz icon last.fm icon amazon icon