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Jerry Scheff

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Also known as Jerry Obern Scheff

American musician

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Within Vinony's link graph, Jerry Scheff is referenced by 175 other articles, and connects out to United States, Los Angeles and YouTube.

It sits within the topics 1941 births, 20th-century American bass guitarists and 20th-century American male musicians.

Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

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Bass player Jerry Scheff grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, started playing tuba in grammar school and, by seventh grade, got into playing string bass. His musical bent was toward jazz and R&B. By age fifteen he was playing in clubs in his new hometown of Sacramento and back in San Francisco. As a high school senior Scheff joined the U.S. Navy and wound up in the Navy's school of music in…

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  • Elvis: A Life in Music — Self (archive footage)2026
  • EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert — Self (archive footage)2026
  • Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30 — Self2017
  • Elvis In Concert Remastered — Self - bass guitar (uncredited)2009
  • Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary Concert — Self2006
  • The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel — Self2002
  • Elvis: The Ultimate Live Collection — self2002
  • Elvis: The Lost Performances — Self (archive footage)1992
  • Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night — Self - Upright Bass1988
  • Red Shoes In the Land of the Midnight Sun: Elvis Costello & The Confederates Live in Tokyo — Self - Performer1987

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1941-01-31

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Listeners · Last.fm

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Total plays
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Jerry Obern Scheff is an American bassist, perhaps best known for his work with Elvis Presley (in the early 1970s Scheff was a member of Elvis' TCB Band) and his work on The Doors final recordings. In later years Scheff worked with Willy DeVille, Bob Dylan, John Denver, Elvis Costello (touring as Elvis Costello & The Confederates), Sam Phillips, Richard Thompson, and many other artists. One of Scheff's two sons, Jason Scheff, has been the bassist <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jerry+Scheff"

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jerry
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
United States
Occupation
guitarist
Instrument
bass
Record label
EMI
Image
Jerry Scheff.jpg
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date of birth
1941-01-31
Commons category
Jerry Scheff
start of work period
1958-00-00
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