Jeff Boris MD

Home city: Rose Valley, PA

Vocation outside music: Pediatric Cardiologist and Autonomic Specialist

Role in BBSC: Bassist

First performance with BBSC: New Orleans 2008

Major musical influences: Rush, ELO, Oscar Peterson, Elton John, Marcus Miller

Favorite musical genres: Jazz, rock, alternative

My most prized instrument: Tossup between MusicMan Bongo 5-string fretless bass OR 1932 Epiphone Zenith archtop guitar

Musical projects outside BBSC: Red Wheelbarrow Trio, other local jazz and rock groups

Favorite non-musical pursuits: my family, adding to research in postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)

What I love about BBSC: the great people/friends whom I’ve met and played music with over the years