. . . . . . . . . "Since first appearing on Twinkling of an Eye, the 1985 album by violinist and fellow Philly native John Blake, Jef has recorded with a vast array of artists, including Jeff Beck, Roberta Flack, George Duke, Aretha Franklin, Al Jarreau, Teddy Pendergrass and Mariah Carey to Stanley Clarke, McCoy Tyner, Pieces of a Dream, James Carter and Jamaaladeen Tacuma." .