Jeff Kressler

Jeff Kressler is a Michigan jazz pianist and arranger who has performed with the Woody Herman Orchestra and Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, and backed artists including Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Nancy Wilson, The Four Freshmen, and Bob Newhart. He has been a pianist for the Greater Lansing Symphony and Battle Creek Symphony, and was honored by the Jazz Alliance of Mid-Michigan as their tribute honoree in 2018. Kressler retired as band director of DeWitt Public Schools after 28 years and taught jazz improvisation at Central Michigan University.