| 1954 | Jeff Mezzrow born on the South Side of Chicago. |
| 1966 | Picks up the guitar and gets his 1st instruction from sister Lynne. |
| 1968-1972 | High School years and the young Jeff Mezzrow sees and meets all the blues greats. Albert King (who plays at his High School prom), B.B. King, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf. |
| 1969 | Mezzrow's 1st gig (a Halloween party) is in the New Trier High School gym. |
| 1972 | Moving to Boston, Mr. Mezz plays in his 1st professional bands. |
| 1972-1990 | A million gigs in a million clubs from Boston to D.C. out west to Colorado. |
| 1991 | Jeff is bringing his band MEZZ to New York for shows in the Greenwich Village clubs. Most weekends are spent in "The Bitter End", "CBGB'S", and Kenny’s Castaways". Bassist Rick Kolow meets and falls in love with German tourist Carmen Schenk and is off to Germany. Kolow books some gigs in the Sping of '91 and drummer Ric Haddad, bassist Rick Kolow, and Mezzrow do the 1st MEZZ Germany tour. |
| 1993 | "Luxury beyond Belief" is the 1st MEZZ release on Fortune Records. |
| 1996-2001 | Mezzrow moves to Germany and brings various rhythm sections over from Boston and New York to tour. |
"Mezz has always been my nickname." says Jeff.
But Mezzrow's father's cousin, Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow, was also a musician. He was a jazz clarinetist and saxophonist from the twenties through the sixties. Milton Mezzrow played with such notables as Gene Krupa, Sidney Bichet and Bix Beiderbeck.
He was a pioneer in race relations, having formed the first interracial group to perform in New York. When it came to drugs, Milton was infamous. He was so reknown for his evangelistic attitude toward marijauna that in 1930's New York, a joint was called a Mezzirole!
| Year | Bass | Drums |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Rick Kolow | Ric Haddad |
| 1991 | Rick Kolow | Jay Bellerose |
| 1991 | Rick Kolow | Lothar Dengel |
| 1991-1992 | Rick Kolow | Buelent Koeksal |
| 1992-1993 | Rick Kolow | Stephen Hart |
| 1993-1996 | Pete Downing | Stephen Hart |
| 1997 | Billy Omalley | The Captain |
| 1997-1998 | Billy Omalley | Andrew Frawley |
| 1998 | Billy Omalley | Zephan Courtney |
| 1998-1999 | Rolo Ruck | Andrew Frawley |
| 1999 | Billy Omalley | Stephen Hart |
| 2000 | John Montagna | Andrew Frawley |
| 2000-2001 | Jeff Darosa | Andrew Frawley |
| 2001 | Billy Omalley | Andrew Frawley |
| 2003 | Ronnie Kwiatkowski | Benny Stolz |
| 2003-2004 | Billy Close | Benny Stolz |
| 2004-2006 | Stefan Machalitzky | Christoph von Sonnenburg |
| 2006-2010 | Andi Wisbauer | Christoph von Sonnenburg |
| 2011 | Michael Deak | Christoph von Sonnenburg |
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