Jeremy Steig

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Jeremy Steig (born September 23, 1942 in New York City , † April 13, 2016 in Yokohama ) was an American jazz flutist and one of the initiators of jazz-rock .

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Jeremy Steig was born in Greenwich Village, New York , in 1942 . His father William Steig was a well-known cartoonist (including the creator of the film character Shrek ), his mother Liza Steig (sister of Margaret Mead ) was the head of the art department at Lesley College . Jeremy Steig also works as a painter and graphic artist.

He started playing the recorder at the age of six, switched to the flute at the age of eleven, and made his first appearances at the age of 15 while attending the High School of Music and Art . It was there that he began working with his school friend, bassist Eddie Gomez , which continued until the turn of the millennium . He studied flute with Paige Brook , then a flutist with the New York Philharmonic . The first record Flute Fever with the pianist Denny Zeitlin appeared in 1963. This mainstream album was continued in the fruitful collaboration with the pianist Bill Evans , in whose New York appearances he played the last set for ten years. The album What's New (1969) comes from this time . His first band, "Jeremy and the Satyrs", was founded in 1962 and was one of the first jazz rock ensembles, a quintet with flute, keyboards ( Warren Bernhardt ), blues- rock -oriented guitar / harmonica / voice ( Adrian Guillery ), bass (again Eddie Gomez) and drums ( Donald McDonald ), which recorded a record of the same name in 1968 and was partly reinforced by the vibraphonist Mike Mainieri .

Steig has played and made recordings with a wide range of styles, from blues ( Big Joe Williams , Junior Wells ) to blues rock ( Johnny Winter , Jimi Hendrix ), rock ( Tommy Bolin ) and folk ( Richie Havens , Tim Hardin , Kathy Smith ) to the avant-garde ( Yoko Ono ). He has 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 Ray Mantilla and Don Alias . His last ensemble in the USA consisted of Vic Juris , Cameron Brown and Anthony Pinciotti . At the beginning of the 2010s he emigrated to Yokohama with his wife Asako. Together with her, he designed digital picture books before cancer got in the way.

Steig was one of the few jazz musicians who only played the flute. He used various members of the modern concert flute family from the piccolo to the bass flute; on the records from around 1970 he can also be heard on bamboo transverse flutes. His tone - clearly influenced by the role model Rahsaan Roland Kirk - is unmistakable through the targeted work with air noises, multiphonics , overblowing techniques and knocking noises on the flaps. He also used electronic effects devices (e.g. wah wah , ring modulator ). Some of the techniques he used were popularized by the rock flautist Ian Anderson with the band Jethro Tull .

Due to a motorcycle accident that paralyzed Steig on one side at the age of 19, he was initially only able to play with the help of a special mouthpiece. His play from "Howlin 'for Judy" from his album Legwork is used in the sample of the hit "Sure Shot" by the Beastie Boys .

Discography (selection)

  • 1963: Flute Fever ( Columbia )
  • 1968: Jeremy & The Satyrs ( reprise )
  • 1969: Legwork (Solid State)
  • 1969: This Is Jeremy Steig (Solid State)
  • 1969: What's New (with the Bill Evans Trio - Verve; Grammy nomination)
  • 1970: Wayfaring Stranger ( Blue Note )
  • 1970: Energy (Capitol)
  • 1972: Fusion (RCA)
  • 1974: Flute Summit (with James Moody , Sahib Shihab , Chris Hinze - Atlantic)
  • 1974: Monium (CBS)
  • 1975: Temple of Birth (with Johnny Winter, Richie Beirach, Anthony Jackson, Alphonse Mouzon, Ray Mantilla)
  • 1976: Richard Beirach / Jeremy Steig Leaving
  • 1976: Outlaws ( Enja )
  • 1977: Firefly (CTI)
  • 1978: Lend Me Your Ears ( CMP )
  • 1978: Jeremy Steig & Eddie Gomez Music for Flute & Double-Bass (CMP)
  • 1980: Jeremy Steig & Eddie Gomez Rain Forest (CMP)
  • 1992: Jigsaw (Triloka)
  • 2003: Jam (with Eddie Gomez)
  • 2004: Jeremy Steig & Vic Juris Improvised (Moon Beams)
  • 2005: Flute on the Edge (Steig Music Company)
  • 2008: Howlin 'for Judy (rec. 1969–70 compilation - Blue Note Records)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview (2000)
  2. ↑ cf. Obituary of his wife on his own website
  3. ^ Recycled riffs - samples of music biz justice The Guardian , June 23, 2011
  4. ↑ partially republished as: Il Giganti del Jazz # 78 (with Jan Hammer , Gene Perla, Don Alias) (Armando Curcio Editore)
  5. ↑ republished with Rain Forest cf. Karsten Mützelfeldt
personal data
SURNAME Get up, Jeremy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz flutist
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York, USA
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 2016
Place of death Yokohama