Steven Feifke | |
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| 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]
Feifke was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. He attended Lexington High School and the New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School. [3] 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 |
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