Jazz Articles about Steve Shapiro

Steve Shapiro: Plan To Be Spontaneous

by Dan Bilawsky
January 21, 2023

With mallets at the fore, a solid set of originals on the program and a strong cast in the mix, vibraphonist Steve Shapiro's musical voice and vision is clear-- and really something to hear--across this seven-song set. Working under the banner of a perfectly paradoxical title, he makes his mark from a number of angles--those of soloist, harmonist, composer and bandleader--and gives his bandmates their due. Sophisticated jazz-pop sets the scene as Shapiro shares the spotlight with ...

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Snarky Puppy & Steve Shapiro

by Joe Dimino
September 18, 2022

Episode 769 starts off with vibraphonist Steve Shapiro with new material off his latest album Plan to be Spontaneous. We follow that with a great story acting as a lead into Lee's Summit, MO-native Pat Metheny. The modern tunes continue with Lia Booth, Dana Fitzsimons and Plinio Fernandes. There is brand new music from Roger Lewis of Dirty Dozen Brass Band fame. All of it comes to a close with some rousing music from the Henry Godfrey Jazz Orchestra. Dig ...

Steve Shapiro & Pat Bergeson: Low Standards

by Jerry D'Souza
April 21, 2005

Welcome to Low Standards. That comment was not meant to be quizzical. It just goes to show that Steve Shapiro and Pat Bergeson have a sense of humour that blessed them when coming up with a name for their record. That is the only part of the package that is “low", the music travels a well-described path made all the more definitive by the musicians and the arrangements.

The quartet which is rounded off by Doug Weiss on ...