Steve Hudson

Steve Hudson is a NYC based pianist and songwriter who loves immersing himself in different musical worlds whether it’s jazz, singer-songwriter projects, film composition, or music for the stage.  Hudson is joined by bassist Hilliard Greene and drummer Jerome Jennings for his most recent project, The World of Steve Hudson. The album explores standards such as “If I Were a Bell” and “Armando’s Rhumba” along with originals that showcase the pianist’s inventive improvisation and signature sound.

Hudson’s music embraces by the sounds of rock, jazz, blues, pop, and roots music, all with a free spirited love of improvisation. Hudson works with his own trio and as a sideman for a variety of projects, and has performed at the Blue Note, Birdland, Dizzy’s at Lincoln Center, Monterey Jazz Festival, and several other clubs, theaters and festivals in the US, Canada, and overseas. Some of the musicians he has shared the stage/recorded with include Claire Daly, Steven Bernstein, Jerome Harris, Marcus McClaurine, James Zollar, Marcus Rojas, Oscar Noriega, Peter Eldridge, Jerome Jennings, and Hilliard Greene.

“Exquisite compositions…there is a quest for beauty in his lines that evoke the masters.” – Ernie Rideout, Keyboard Magazine

Background

Stephen was largely self taught, and learned the instrument by ear and by playing along with Ray Charles and Lou Rawls’ record, thanks to the encouragement and guidance of his teachers James Reed and Jim Ellington. He graduated from Skidmore College with a degree in English literature and divided his love of music with a teaching and writing career.

In his early twenties he met the pianist Barry Harris who introduced him to the world of bebop, and everything changed. Steve threw himself into the world of music and never looked back. He fell in love with an eclectic world of music which included Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Red Garland, Ahmad Jamal, Astor Piazzolla, James Brown, the Beatles, Ray Charles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jimi Hendrix, Bach, Ravel and others. Steve went on to study with Stanley Cowell and Kenny Barron , and earn a graduate music degree from Manhattan School of Music.

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