Jazz Articles about Steven Bernstein

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Trumpet Trios: Bass, Drums and Trumpet

by Jon Greenbaum
September 13, 2026

On this special edition of North Star Sounds we focus on trumpet trios (trumpet, bass, drums). Check out the vibrant variety of approaches and moods created with just these three instruments. Playlist Steven Bernstein “Mammoth" from Resonation Trio (Royal Potato Family) 00:00 Ramon Lopez / Percy Pursglove / Rafal Mazur"au lapin agile" from Threefold (Not Two Records) 03:30 Peter Evans “Underworld" from Extra (We Jazz Records) 07:12 Kirk Knuffke / Stomu Takeishi/Bill Goodwin “Carey" from Window (Royal Potato ...

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Turning Sound Inside Out: Steven Bernstein on ResoNation and Ultra Resonance

by David Bixler
August 16, 2026

My guest today is the singular trumpeter, composer, and master of musical alchemy, Steven Bernstein. On June 5th, Steven dropped a massive double release on Royal Potato Family that looks both forward and backward, capturing a brilliant moment in time and then completely turning it inside out. The first half of this equation is the Steven Bernstein ResoNation Trio, featuring the incredible rhythm section of bassist Scott Colley and drummer Nasheet Waits. Recorded in 2023, it captures the raw acoustic ...

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Steven Bernstein: The Trumpet's Blank Slate

by Lawrence Peryer
July 18, 2026

This week we're putting The Tonearm's needle on trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Steven Bernstein.Amongst his many activities, Steven leads Sexmob and the Millennial Territory Orchestra and serves as Laurie Anderson's musical director. He's out now with an entwined set of albums. ResoNation Trio (Royal Potato Family, 2026) pares him down to valve trumpet, bass, and drums with Scott Colley and Nasheet Waits. Ultra Resonance (Royal Potato Family, 2026) is producer Scotty Hard's full reinvention of that same recording. ...

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Can, Steven Bernstein, Hen Ogledd, Scrimshire, Cento Threeo, And More.

by Lawrence Peryer
July 16, 2026

This week's Rotations moves outward and back. It opens with a fifty-year-old Can improvisation newly pulled from the archive, swings through a set of brand-new records by three artists featured this week on TheTonearm.com, then settles into Japan for three records spanning eras, a vintage recorded dialogue, a television-drama score, and psych-rock's Kikagaku Moyo frontman gone solo, timed to a Tonearm piece running Friday on the country's jazz kissa listening bars. It ends in Bali, where a gamelan built to ...

Album Review

Steven Bernstein: ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance

Read "ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 10, 2026

Steven Bernstein has never been a musician content to remain in one room for long. The co-founder of Sexmob and architect of the Millennial Territory Orchestra has spent three decades proving that the trumpet is capable of almost anything, including, it seems, taking a vacation from the slide. ResoNation Trio marks a rare occasion where Bernstein sets aside his signature slide trumpet and performs exclusively on the valve instrument, reminding listeners that he had a first language before inventing a ...

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Steven Bernstein ResoNation Trio: Sitting on Top of the World

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 4, 2026

ResoNation Trio (Royal Potato Family, 2026) is not only the title of Steven Bernstein's latest album but also the name of his new trio with Scott Colley on bass and Nasheet Waits on drums. Once again, Bernstein brings positive energy and unexpected turns while chasing his fertile imagination. Why not leave the slide trumpet aside for a moment and focus on valve trumpet and flugelhorn? Why not experiment with a trumpet-led trio--a rarity in itself, and one that ...

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Steven Bernstein’s Gumbo Homecoming

by Steven Roby
July 4, 2026

Steven Bernstein, the Berkeley-born trumpeter, composer, and bandleader, joins host Steve Roby for a wide-ranging conversation about three decades of musical exploration and two new companion albums that reimagine the same music through entirely different sonic lenses.What We Talk About * Growing up in Berkeley during the '60s and '70s--how the city's unique musical culture, the Keystone Corner jazz scene, and a school improvisation program shaped Bernstein's musical identity * Why funk--not rock--was the lingua franca of Bay ...