Jeremy Steig
Jeremy Steig ( born September 23, 1942 in New York City ) is an American jazz flautist and one of the initiators of the jazz-rock.
Life
Jeremy Steig in 1942 in Greenwich Village (New York) born. His father was a famous cartoonist William Steig (including the creator of the movie character Shrek ), his mother Liza riser (sister of Margaret Mead ) was the head of the art department at Lesley College. Jeremy Steig also works as a painter and graphic artist.
With 6 years of age he began to play the recorder, joined at the age of 11 for Flute and had his first gigs at age 15 during his school years at the High School of Music and Art, where also started continues to this day together with his school friend, bassist Eddie Gomez. He studied flute with Paige Brook, then flutist of the New York Philharmonic. The first record " Flute Fever" with pianist Denny Zeitlin appeared in 1963. Mainstream this album was a continuation of the fruitful collaboration with pianist Bill Evans, with whom he starred long for 10 years at each of his New York concerts in the last set. From this period dates the album " What's New" (1969). His first band " Jeremy and the Satyrs" has existed since 1962 and was one of the first jazz-rock ensemble, a quintet with flute, keyboards ( Warren Bernhardt ), blue rock- oriented guitar / harmonica / vocals ( Adrian Guillery ), bass (again, Eddie Gomez) and percussion ( Donald McDonald ), the 1968 eponymous disc box office and was partially exacerbated by Mike Mainieri.
Steig has played with a stylistically wide-ranging number of musicians and made commercial recordings, including from the Blue camp Johnny Winter, Big Joe Williams, Junior Wells and out of the rock bearing Jimi Hendrix, Tim Hardin, Yoko Ono. He also had projects with numerous jazz musicians such as Eddie Gomez, Art Blakey, Paul Bley, Joe Chambers, Jan Hammer, Joachim Kühn, Paul Winter, Jim Hall, Richie Beirach, Toto Blanke and Tommy Bolin, Ray Mantilla and Don Alias . His current ensemble consists beside him from Vic Juris, Cameron Brown and Anthony Pinciotti.
Steig is one of the few jazz musicians who play exclusively flute. He puts all relevant members of the modern concert flute family from piccolo to bass flute; on the plates to 1970, he can also be heard on flutes made of bamboo. His tone is unmistakable through targeted work with wind noise, overblowing and knocking sounds on the keyboard. He also put an electronic effect devices (such as wah -wah, ring modulator).
Due to a motorcycle accident that paralyzed riser on one side, he can play only with the help of a special mouthpiece. His playing of " Howlin ' for Judy " from his album " Legwork " is used in the sample of the hit " Sure Shot " of the Beastie Boys.