Steve Slagle | |
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| Born | September 18, 1951 Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Saxophone; flute |
| Years active | 1980s–present |
| Labels | SteepleChase, Panorama, Atlantic |
| Website | steveslaglemusic |
Steve Slagle (born September 18, 1951) is an American jazz saxophonist.
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Slagle was born in Los Angeles and grew up in suburban Philadelphia. He received a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music and received a master's degree in Music From Manhattan School of Music. He came to New York in 1976, first working with Machito and his Afro-Cuban orchestra, and then toured and recorded with Ray Barretto, Steve Kuhn, Lionel Hampton, Brother Jack McDuff, and Carla Bley. He also performed and traveled with Woody Herman and Cab Calloway. In the mid-1980s, he began leading his own combos, first with Mike Stern and Jaco Pastorius, and then with Dave Stryker. [1] During the 1990s, he was a leading figure in the Charles Mingus Big Band, Slagle did twelve arrangements for the Mingus band which were nominated for and received Grammy Awards and are still played worldwide. [2] He has also played frequently with Joe Lovano and has featured on several of Lovano's albums, including the Grammy-winning 52nd Street Themes . [3]
In the mid-1980s, global and especially Latin influences began to inflect Slagle's work, and he appeared on albums by Milton Nascimento and recorded Rio Highlife in Brazil. He toured frequently worldwide during the 1990s and 2000s, especially in Western Europe, Japan, South America and, latterly, Russia and Bulgaria. [4] New New York, his 2000 release, has been seen as an evocation of the city's mood on the verge of 9/11 and an expression of Slagle's love for the city he has made his home. He has played with such diverse artists as Milton Nascimento, St. Vincent, Elvis Costello, the Beastie Boys, and Mac Rebennack (aka Dr. John). Slagle has taught at the Manhattan School of Music, Rutgers, The New School, NYU, and clinics through the Thelonious Monk Institute as well as the Mingus Jazz Workshop and master classes and clinics worldwide.
Steve recorded his composition “Hopewells Last” dedicated to his brother, Stuart, who succumbed to suicide in 2007, and subsequently arranged it for the VJO Big Band in Sweden. [5]
In 2015, Slagle's duo recording with pianist Bill O'Connell, a tribute album to Kenny Drew Jr. was released as The Power of Two. In February 2016, Routes (by the Stryker/Slagle Band-Expanded) was released. It was produced by Rick Simpson, with 4-horn arrangements by Steve Slagle. With much critical acclaim, Routes reached #2 on the national radio charts. [6]
Since 2016, all of Slagle's records have been produced by Rick Simpson; Alto Manhattan (2017) Dedication (2018) Spirit Calls (2019) Alive In Harlem (2020) Nascentia, (2021) and Into The Heart Of It. (2022). Those recordings have all received critical acclaim and have gone high on the USA//Canada jazz radio charts, some of them charting at number one for many weeks. [7] [8] Slagle plays and endorses Yanagisawa saxophones — the WO-10 alto saxophone and S9930 soprano saxophone. Steve has also been a long-time player of Haynes flutes. On tenor sax, Steve plays a mid-60's Selmer Mark VI, and on baritone sax, a 1947 Silver Conn.
In 2011, Slagle published a composition and improvisation workbook for the creative musician, including stories about his life, in "Scenes, Songs and Solos" (Schaffner Press). [9]
His many original compositions are published with Slagle Music, BMI.
With Stryker/Slagle Band
With Carla Bley
With Lionel Hampton
With Joe Lovano
With Mingus Big Band
With Bill O'Connell
With Dave Stryker
With others
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