About Jeremy Ledbetter
Originally trained as a classical pianist, Jeremy Ledbetter studied jazz performance in Toronto before embarking on over a decade abroad, during which time he worked closely with some of the most prominent recording artists in Trinidad, Cuba, Brazil and Venezuela.
Today, Ledbetter is an integral part of the Canadian jazz and world music scenes, performing regularly with the Larnell Lewis Band, OKAN, Eliana Cuevas, Alexis Baró, the Joy Lapps Project, Rich Brown’s Abeng and others. He has worked as musical director to David Rudder, the Trinidadian calypso icon, for over 20 years. He has performed and recorded with some of the most renowned artists in Venezuela (Aquiles Baez, Jorge Glem, Eliana Cuevas), Trinidad (David Rudder, Machel Montano, Etienne Charles), Brazil (Hermeto Pascoal, Munir Hossn) and Cuba (Daymé Arocena, Elmer Ferrer). Ledbetter is also the driving force behind the Caribbean jazz ensemble CaneFire.
Ledbetter is a sought-after producer for a wide variety of projects. He won World Music Producer of the Year at the Independent Music Awards and has been nominated for Producer of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. He won a Juno Award in 2021 for his work with OKAN, a women-led Afro-Cuban roots/jazz group. In 2023 he produced OKAN’s Okantomi (named one of the top Canadian albums of 2023 by CBC Music); Tamborilero by Uruguay’s Valeria Matzner; and Seré Libre by Eliana Cuevas and the Angel Falls Orchestra, which featured Jeremy’s work as orchestrator, conductor and producer of the album and accompanying videos. Ledbetter is also an accomplished multi-instrumentalist who counts the steelpan, harmonica, mandolin and didjeridu among his weapons of choice. | 
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