Jazz Articles about Edith Steyer

ES Trio: The Foreign In Us

by Hrayr Attarian
February 14, 2025

German saxophonist and clarinetist Edith Steyer is a consummate improviser. Her spontaneously created work defies genres, blending jazz, ethnic, and Western classical influences. On April 6, 2023, Steyer appeared at the Elastic Arts venue in Chicago together with two of the city's most distinctive musicians, pianist Mabel Kwan and percussionist Michael Zerang. The material from this stimulating concert was soon afterward released as The Foreign In Us on the progressive label Relative Pitch. The album comprises five duos ...