Steven Feifke | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Steven Feifke |
| Born | June 21, 1991 Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Orchestrator |
| Website | www |
Steven Feifke (born June 21, 1991) is an American jazz pianist, composer, orchestrator, and arranger. [1] [2] In 2023, Feifke became the youngest musician to win The Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble at The 65th Annual Grammy Awards. [3]
Feifke was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. He attended Lexington High School and the New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School. [1] He attended NYU where he received a degree in Jazz Studies and Economics. He obtained a Master of Music in Jazz Composition from the Manhattan School of Music. [4]
He has played with Chad Lefkowitz Brown, [5] [6] Steve Tyrell, [7] Santino Fontana, [8] Randy Brecker, [9] Benny Benack III, [10] Bryan Carter, and Alexa Tarantino. [11] [12] [13]
Feifke lectured on orchestration and harmony at Yale University. [14] He developed a curriculum which integrated the American civil rights movement with jazz pedagogy for Arts Mid-Hudson. [15] Feifke also served as a Guest Artist-in-Residence at Moravian College. [16] Feifke serves on the faculty for The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and Berklee College of Music. [17] [18]
Feifke is a Winner of the David Baker Prize [19] of the Ravinia Music Festival, Second Place in the BMI Foundation Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize, [20] and has twice been a semi-finalist in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition. [21] [22]
As a composer and orchestrator, he has written for artists such as Danny Janklow, Michael Dease, Ulysses Owens, Chris Norton, and Chad Lefkowitz-Brown. [23] [24] Feifke's debut album Peace in Time was released in 2015 featuring artists such as Andrew Gould and Jimmy Macbride. [25] [26]
Feifke has written original works for television and film media; his music can be heard on an episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s hit Netflix show “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” [27] featuring former President Barack Obama. [28] Feifke was commissioned by Catskill Jazz Factory to compose an orchestral piece that debuted at the New Generation Festival in Florence, Italy. [29]
| Album artist | Title | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Feifke | Peace in Time | 2015 | Independent |
| Benny Benack III & Steven Feifke | Season's Swingin' Greetings | 2019 | Ring Road Recordings [31] |
| Steven Feifke | Kinetic | 2021 | Outside in Music [32] |
| Album artist | Title | Year | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 8-Bit Big Band | Backwards Compatible | 2021 | Independent | Sideman |
| Raviv Markovitz | Pulse | 2020 | Independent | Sideman |
| Chad LB Virtual Big Band | Quarantine Standards | 2020 | Sound Frame | Sideman, arranger |
| Alexa Tarantino | Clarity | 2020 | Posi-Tone | Sideman, composer |
| John Lake | Seven Angles | 2020 | Outside In Music | Sideman |
| Danny Janklow | World's Collide | 2019 | Outside in Music [33] | Sideman |
| Chad Lefkowitz-Brown and Sonic Magic | Live at The Bridge | 2019 | Independent [34] | Sideman |
| The 8-Bit Big Band | Choose Your Character! | 2019 | Independent | Sideman |
| The Birdland Big Band | The Birdland Big Band Live! | 2018 | Birdland Records | Arranger |
| Chad Lefkowitz-Brown | Standard Sessions | 2018 | Independent [35] | Sideman |
| Andrew Gould | First Things First | 2018 | Outside in Music [36] | Sideman, composer |
| Chris Norton | Mr. Chris Norton | 2018 | Unknown [37] [38] | Arranger |
| OSU Jazz Orchestra | Solid Gold | 2018 | Oklahoma State University Jazz Studies | Arranger |
| Alexander Claffy | Standards: What Are You Doing With Your Life? | 2018 | SMK Jazz | Arranger |
| The 8-Bit Big Band | Press Start! | 2018 | Independent | Sideman |
| Joe Benjamin and a Mighty Handful | Swing Migration | 2017 | Independent [39] | Arranger |
| Ulysses Owens | Falling Forward | 2017 | Spice of Life Records [40] | Sideman |
| Gordon Webster ft. Charles Turner | This. | 2017 | Independent | Arranger |
| Chad Lefkowitz-Brown | Onward | 2017 | Independent [41] | Sideman, arranger |
| Matthew Muneses | Threshold | 2015 | Independent | Sideman |
| Bryan Carter Big Band | Teaching Music Through Performance in Jazz | 2016 | Independent | Sideman |
| New Century Jazz Quintet | In Case You Missed Us | 2015 | Vivid Sound | Arranger |
| Jeremy Cicurel | Is It You: A Tribute to Ray Cicurel | 2015 | Independent | Sideman |
| Derek Ganong | Of Lesser Parts | 2013 | Independent | Sideman |
Stephen Kendall Gadd is an American drummer, percussionist, and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and most highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1984. Gadd's performances on Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (1976) and "Late in the Evening", Herbie Mann's "Hi-jack" (1975) and Steely Dan's "Aja" (1977) are examples of his style. He has worked with other popular musicians from many genres including Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, Chick Corea, Chuck Mangione, Eric Clapton and Michel Petrucciani.
Ravinia Festival is a primarily outdoor music venue in Highland Park, Illinois. It hosts a series of outdoor concerts and performances every summer from June to September. The first orchestra to perform at Ravinia Festival was the New York Philharmonic under Walter Damrosch on June 17, 1905, with the Chicago Tribune praising its "musical entertainment so satisfying in quality and so delightful in environment." It has been the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) since 1936. Located in the Ravinia neighborhood, the venue operates on the grounds of the 36-acre (15 ha) Ravinia Park, with a variety of outdoor and indoor performing arts facilities, including the architectural prairie style Martin Theater. The Ravinia Festival attracts about 600,000 listeners to some 120 to 150 events that span all genres from classical music to jazz to music theater over each three-month summer season.
Mike Stern is an American jazz guitarist. After playing with Blood, Sweat & Tears, he worked with drummer Billy Cobham, then with trumpeter Miles Davis from 1981 to 1983 and again in 1985. He then began a solo career, releasing more than a dozen albums.
David Bryan Benoit is an American jazz pianist, composer and producer, based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Benoit has charted over 25 albums since 1980, and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards. He is also music director for the Pacific Vision Youth Symphony and the Asia America Youth Orchestra. Furthermore, crediting Vince Guaraldi as an inspiration, Benoit has participated both as performer and music director for the later animated adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip, such as the feature film, The Peanuts Movie, restoring Guaraldi's musical signature to the franchise.
Chris Gero is a Grammy nominated American music industry executive, concert producer, record producer, songwriter, film director and composer, founder of the Yamaha Entertainment Group of America, and Chief Artist Relations Executive for Yamaha Artist Relations Group. He is responsible for the management and branding of Yamaha's global roster, having signed more than 3,600 artists to contract to date. Gero oversees Yamaha's artist collaborations, including Elton John, Alicia Keys, Paul McCartney, Norah Jones, Josh Groban, Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, John Legend, and Ben Folds.
Tony Tixier is a French jazz pianist.
The Made in New York Jazz Competition and Festival is a brand that started as a local festival in New York City and tristate area. In 2013 the brand introduced the first, online-based, global jazz competition, followed by the annual, International Jazz Gala at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Made In New York Jazz Festival in Montenegro and multiple independent shows mostly held in the US. The Brand debuted in 2010 and was founded by jazz aficionado, and music producer, Michael Brovkine.
"Street Life" is a song by American jazz band the Crusaders, released in 1979 by MCA Records as a single from the album of the same name. The lead vocals were performed by Randy Crawford. The song was a hit in the US, reaching number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, and in Europe, where it peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was featured in the film Jackie Brown, the television program Better Call Saul and in the enhanced versions of the 2013 game Grand Theft Auto V on the in-game radio station, WorldWide FM.
DanChmielinski, also known as "Chimy" (shim'-ee), is an American jazz bassist, synthesist and composer.
JimmyMacbride is an American jazz drummer and composer. He is the older brother of jazz pianist, composer and film maker Alma Macbride.
Chad LB is a New York-based saxophonist and recording artist recognized for his work as a soloist in the genres of jazz and pop music. He was a member of the multi Grammy winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO) and has toured with popular music icon Taylor Swift. Known for his virtuosic skill and speed and intricate lines as a jazz improviser, he is also an educator and is on faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory as a visiting artist for The Roots, Jazz and American Music program.
Alex Goodman is a Canadian jazz guitarist.
Miho Hazama is a Tokyo-born composer and jazz musician, based in New York City.
Alexa Tarantino is an American jazz saxophonist, woodwind doubler, composer and educator.
The Yale Bulldogs golf teams represent Yale University in intercollegiate competition. The men's team has won more national team championships and more individual national championships than any other university golf program in the United States. The women's team was founded in 1980 and has won a number of Ivy League championships. The teams play out of the Yale Golf Course and compete as members of the Ivy League.
Janet Irvine Buchanan, popularly known as Janet Evra, is an English-born vocalist, bassist, guitarist, songwriter and bandleader. Evra sings in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French and performs in jazz, indie jazz, French jazz, bossa nova, samba, and Latin jazz styles.
Nicole Zuraitis is a Grammy-winning American jazz vocalist, pianist, songwriter, and arranger.
Bryan Carter is an American drummer, vocalist, composer, arranger, orchestrator and bandleader. In 2023, he and Charlie Rosen won the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for Some Like It Hot. In 2024, he and Charlie Rosen won The Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album for co-producing the cast album at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.
Emmet Harley Cohen is an American pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator.
Ben Edward Benack III, also known as Benny Benack III, is an American jazz trumpeter, vocalist and composer.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)