Personal Info
Jerry Scheff
Acting
Biography
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 Washington, D.C. taking a nine-month course studying theory and harmony and getting to play with some great musicians. After the course ended he stayed on to teach, moonlighting as a player in jazz clubs,…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis: A Life in Music
as Self (archive footage)
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30
as Self
Elvis In Concert Remastered
as Self - bass guitar (uncredited)
Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary Concert
as Self
The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel
as Self
Elvis: The Ultimate Live Collection
as self
Elvis: The Lost Performances
as Self (archive footage)
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Self - Upright Bass
Red Shoes In the Land of the Midnight Sun: Elvis Costello & The Confederates Live in Tokyo
as Self - Performer