Jazz Articles about Jason Steele

The Jason Steele Ensemble: Some Wonderful Moment

by Greg Camphire
December 16, 2007

The Jason Steele Ensemble makes its recording debut with the unique Some Wonderful Moment, marking an auspicious start for the guitar-playing bandleader/composer and his promising group of creative instrumentalists.

Based out of Chicago, a city that has a long tradition of cross-fertilization among many disciplines of music, Steele and his compatriots combine elements of jazz and rock in a way that sidesteps traditional notions of fusion. Some recognizable touchstones in the music recall the eclectic work of fellow Chi-town residents ...

Take Five With Jason Steele

by AAJ Staff
March 17, 2007

Meet Jason Steele: Originally from Colorado Springs, Colorado, Jason received his B.M. in Jazz Composition from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Prior to arriving in Chicago, he attended Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas under the tutelage of trumpeter/educator Bryce Luty and drummer Eugene “Bones" Hutchinson. During this time, Jason was selected as the guitarist for the 1997 International Association of Jazz Educators' All-Star Community College Big Band and performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival as ...