Jazz Articles about Steve Denny

About Steve Denny

Radio & Podcasts

Interviews With Pianist Steve Denny and Singer Charlie Fox

by Steven Roby
August 25, 2023

This broadcast of Backstage Jazz features an interview with jazz pianist Steve Denny and multi-genre singer Charlie Fox. We'll also hear from Wayne Shorter, Gene Ammons, and Bria Skonberg. Steve Denny has applied his expansive versatility as a pianist, composer, and educator to the realms of jazz, classical, R&B, gospel, and beyond. He was among five finalists for the prestigious Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition in 2012 and 2015. As a member of the University of Northern Colorado's Lab ...

Album Review

Steve Denny Trio: Life in the Basement

Read "Life in the Basement" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel
April 22, 2012

The basement is a rich metaphor, with all sorts of literary and emotional connotations. In pianist Steve Denny's case, it represents a place for gestation and growth, a lair in which to hunker down and do one's work. Denny was born and raised in Denver, studied music at Loyola University in Chicago where he graduated summa cum laude, and then earned a master's at University of North Colorado. Along the way he studied with legendary pianist Art Lande and met ...