Steven Bernstein

American trumpeter, slide trumpeter, arranger/composer and bandleader

trumpet
soprano trombone
jazz

Born: 8 October 1961
Washington, D.C.
Country: United States
Record labels: Tzadik Records
Discography: 1 album

Biography

Steven Bernstein is a jazz musician who plays trumpet and soprano trombone. Steven Bernstein was born on 8 October 1961 in Washington, D.C.. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Tzadik Records.

Steven Bernstein (born October 8, 1961) is an American trumpeter, slide trumpeter, arranger/composer and bandleader based in New York City. He is best known for his work in The Lounge Lizards, Sex Mob, Spanish Fly and the Millennial Territory Orchestra. Sex Mob's 2006 CD Sexotica was nominated for a Grammy. Bernstein has been the musical director for the Kansas City Band (from Robert Altman's film Kansas City), Jim Thirlwell's Steroid Maximus and Hal Willner's Leonard Cohen, Doc Pomus and Bill Withers projects. Bernstein has released four albums under his own name on John Zorn's Tzadik Records: Diaspora Soul, Diaspora Blues, Diaspora Hollywood and Diaspora Suite. He has performed with jazz giants including Roswell Rudd, Sam Rivers, Don Byron and Medeski, Martin & Wood, as well as musicians ranging from Aretha Franklin to Lou Reed, from Linda Ronstadt to Digable Planets, from Sting to Courtney Love.

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