Jeff Paris (born Geoffrey Brillhart Leib)[1] is an American vocalist, keyboardist and guitarist who has primarily performed in the hard rock/heavy metal genre.
Beginning in 1984, Paris/Leib branched off in a more hard rock direction as a songwriter and musician, contributing to albums that year by Lita Ford and Y&T.
[3] Around the same time, he signed with PolyGram, releasing two solo albums Race to Paradise in 1986,[4] and Wired Up in 1987, but both failed to make commercial impact.
[5] In the 1990s, Paris released three more solo albums: Lucky This Time (1993), Smack (1997) and Freak Flag (1998)[6] and also continued working as a session musician and songwriter.
In this session player/songwriter role, Paris worked with different bands and artists such as, in addition to the abovementioned Lita Ford and Y&T, the female rock band Vixen, Michael Sembello, XYZ, Stevie Salas, Mr. Big, and many others, primarily as keyboardist and backing vocalist.