Jazz Articles about Steve Lehman

Steve Lehman: Grooving Not Repeating

by Phil DiPietro
February 21, 2005

While many lament the current state of jazzy affairs, a closer look reveals a scene bursting with talent and potential, some of it more fully realized earlier than others. In 2004, no younger hopes for the future of jazz burned as brightly as the 26-year old alto saxophone phenom Steve Lehman. With what many thought was his debut recording (read on), Artificial Light , Lehman made his mark by asserting himself with authoritative command over music so incredibly demanding rhythmically ...

Steve Lehman: Artificial Light & Interface

by Kurt Gottschalk
December 18, 2004

Conventional wisdom dictates that playing jazz comes at least as much from life experience as it does the conservatory, a tenet so associated with jazz that misguided young players in the '50s began taking heroin to simulate Charlie Parker's experience. The drugs-give-you-soul days have more or less passed, but the mystery of what connects heart to horn is no closer to being resolved then it was in Bird's day.

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Steve Lehman Quintet: Artificial Light

by Mark F. Turner
May 19, 2004

There have been some quiet rumblings about the young Steve Lehman. The New York alto saxophonist won Downbeat's award for “best alto saxophonist under 21" in 1997 and has studied under sax greats Jackie McLean and Anthony Braxton. His recent associations with his contemporaries include bassist Mark Dresser and pianist Vijay Iyer, with the trio Fieldwork. In his mid-twenties, he plays and sounds beyond his years, but what is really interesting lies in the intensity and progressiveness that make Artificial ...

Steve Lehman Quintet: Structural Fire

by Derek Taylor
January 1, 2002

The brashness of youth has usually yielded bountiful harvest in the fields of modern jazz. Consider the crackling work of a fresh-faced Lee Morgan in Dizzy Gillespie’s touring band of the early Fifties, or the brazen sounds of a cherub-cheeked Jackie McLean in Miles Davis’ outfit of the same time period. The list is virtually endless and continues to lengthen year after year. Add to this roster Steve Lehman, a protégé of Anthony Braxton who at the tender age of ...