Steve Slagle
Steve Slagle (born September 18, 1951 in Los Angeles ) is an American jazz musician ( saxophone , flute ).
Live and act
Slagle attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he played with fellow students such as John Scofield , Harvie Swartz , Joey Baron and Joe Lovano , and with Stevie Wonder's band. In 1976 he went to New York, where he worked with Bobby Paunetto (heard in "Little Rico's Theme"), Machito and the Afro-Cuban Orchestra , and performed with Lionel Hampton , Woody Herman and Cab Calloway .
In 1977 he played with the Steve Kuhn Quartet, with whom he also went on a European tour. After performing with the organist Jack McDuff , he became a member of the Carla Bley Band in 1981 ; he also performed with Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra .
After recording with Milton Nascimento in Rio de Janeiro, he became musical director of Ray Barretto's band and then arranger and saxophonist of the Mingus Big Band , with which he recorded two Grammy- nominated albums. After that he was a member of various bands of Joe Lovano. The album 52nd Street Themes ( Blue Note Records ) produced here was awarded a Grammy. Since 1983 Slagle released a number of albums as a band leader; from the 2000s he led The Stryker / Slagle Band with Dave Stryker . He also worked with musicians such as Joe Lovano , Olivier Hutman , Harry Miller and Gerald Cannon , in the Netherlands in 2007 with the Het Brabants Jazz Orkest / and Paul van Kemenade . In 2015 he presented the joint album The Power of Two with Bill O'Connell . In 2017 he recorded the album Dedication under his own name , on which Lawrence Fields , Dave Stryker, Scott Colley and Bill Stewart participated. In the field of jazz, he was involved in 76 recording sessions between 1976 and 2018, according to Tom Lord .
He teaches at the Manhattan School of Music and runs his own label, Slagle Records .
Discographic notes
- High Standard , 1983
- Rio Highlife with Nico Assumpção , Luis Avellar , Carlos Gomes , Ricardo Silviera , 1986
- Smoke Signals with Dave Stryker , Victor Lewis , Mark Soskin , Bill Stewart , Jay Anderson , Joe Lovano, 1989
- Mingus Big Band: Gunslinging Birds , 1994
- The Steve Slagle Quartet with Tim Hagans , Scott Colley , Jeff Hirshfield , 1993
- Spread the Word with Tim Hagans, Scott Colley, Jeff Hirshfield, 1995
- Reincarnation with Kenny Drew Jr. , Cameron Brown , Jeff Hirshfield, 1995
- Our Sound with Bill Moring , Tony Reedus , Dave Stryker , 1995
- Alto Blue with Ryan Kisor , Scott Colley, Gene Jackson , 1997
- Steve Slagle plays Monk with Dave Stryker, Jay Anderson , Adam Nussbaum in 1997
- New New York with Dave Stryker, Cameron Brown, Gene Jackson, Joe Lovano, Joe Locke , 2000, OmniTone
- The Stryker / Slagle Band with Dave Stryker, Bill Moring , Tim Horner , 2001
- Live at the Jazz Standard with Dave Stryker, Ed Howard , Victor Lewis, 2005
- Latest Outlook with Dave Stryker, Jay Anderson, Billy Hart , 2007
Web links
- Homepage of Steve Slagle
- Portrait at Smalls
- Steve Slagle at Discogs (English)
- Steve Slagle at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Slagle, Steve |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz saxophonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | los Angeles |