Jazz Articles about Steven Bernstein

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Steven Bernstein, Scotty Hard: ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance

by Alberto Bazzurro
June 30, 2026

Un CD di 77:42 che di fatto ne racchiude due. Ecco la nuova offerta-sfida, come (quasi) sempre originale e in questo caso specifico anche piuttosto inattesa, di Steven Bernstein: due diversi organici (il secondo semplicemente aumentato di due elementi, ma con quale cambio di prospettiva), due titoli, due copertine, due filosofie diverse (anche se per più versi complementari). Il ResoNation Trio, protagonista dei primi dieci brani, agisce in un perimetro strettamente acustico, però con quale originalità, quale gusto ...

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Steven Bernstein: ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance

by Doug Collette
June 2, 2026

Rightfully described as a thinking (wo)man's jazz musician, trumpeter-composer-bandleader Steven Bernstein makes deeply cerebral music no matter whether with his own ensembles such as Sex Mob and Millennial Territory Orchestra or in heady collaborations with other artists such The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (see Race Riot Suite (Royal Potato Family, 2011)).  In fact, the products of his imagination resound with such visceral force that those creations render an impact comparable to his membership in Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble ...

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Steven Bernstein Sexmob at Keltika, Cerkno

by Petra Cvelbar
July 22, 2025

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Ray Anderson Pocket Brass Band: Come In

by Vic Albani
November 2, 2023

Con tutto il rispetto per il quartetto di musicisti titolare di questa incisione, questo disco potrebbe essere velocemente destinato alla casella “bello anche se non fondamentale." Ma c'è una storia da raccontare che forse rende giustizia alla “necessità" di volerlo pubblicare e dargli un valore comunque non indifferente. L'11 marzo 2020 è una data certamente particolare. I telefoni di Ray Anderson, Steven Bernstein, Jose Davila e Tommy Campbell (arrivati da poco a Cottbus, borgata ad un tiro di ...

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Michael Blake: Combobulate

by Chris May
November 5, 2022

The instrumentation alone promises something out of the ordinary. Saxophone, two tubas, trumpet, trombone, drums. Then there are the musicians, luminaries of downtown New York jazz. Michael Blake, Bob Stewart, Marcus Rojas, Steven Bernstein, Clark Gayton, Allan Mednard. And within seconds of the needle descending on track one, side one, Combobulate starts delivering on the promise. The album is one of four marking the return of audiophile-vinyl label Newvelle after a two-year hiatus. The approximate meaning of its ...

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Ron Miles & Steven Bernstein

by Joe Dimino
March 27, 2022

From the very talented jazz veteran Steven Bernstein with his Millenial Territory Orchestra, we start the 744th Episode of Neon Jazz. From there, we hear his hero in Duke Ellington. We listen to new music from jazz veterans like Michael Weiss, Farzin Farhadi, Eric Person and Bernie Senensky. Finally, we salute the late-great Ron Miles who we unexpectedly recently lost at the age of 58. Enjoy the jazz, my friends.Playlist Steven Bernstein's Millenial Territory Orchestra “Planet B" Tinctures ...

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Steven Bernstein, Michael Brecker and the Art of Jazz-Hacking the Pop world - Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 19, 2020

This week we focus on Steven Bernstein and Michael Brecker, the quintessential jazz-hackers of the pop world. If you heard a compelling saxophone solo on a high-end pop or rock production, especially between the 1970s and 1990s, you could bet it was by Michael Brecker, who over the years has appeared on almost 1000 albums. Likewise, if you have been struck by an elegant yet quirky arrangement on a high-end pop or rock album from the past two ...