Steve Little (musician)
Steve Little (born February 20, 1935 in Brooklyn ) is an American jazz and studio musician ( drums , marimba , percussion ).
Live and act
Little grew up in West Hartford , Connecticut and after graduating from the Hartt School of Music worked in the 1950s with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra under Fritz Mahler , with whom he participated in the first American performance of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana . As early as 1958 he played sporadically with Duke Ellington ; 1960 with Richie Kamuca , 1963 with Sal Salvador , Teri Thornton and Terry Gibbs . In 1967 he worked on Ellington's album ... And His Mother Called Him Bill . Little can also be heard on Ellington's Second Sacred Concert (1968) and its octet sessions from New York's Rainbow Grill ( Rainbow Room Broadcasts 1967 ). During this time he also worked with Lionel Hampton , Charlie Barnet and Ray Nance . In the field of jazz, he was involved in 56 recording sessions between 1963 and 2016, including a. also with Barbara Lea ; Keith Ingham , Rebecca Kilgore , Peter Ecklund , Bobby Gordon and most recently with Greg Ruggiero .
In the 1970s Little was employed as a session musician for Children's Television Workshop and worked on the recording of the theme song by Joe Raposo and the other music of Sesame Street as well as the TV series The Electric Company (1971–1977) and 3-2-1 Contact ( 1980–1988) with. He also worked on various Broadway shows such as The Wiz and as a studio musician, such as the title Scarlet Woman on the Weather Report album Mysterious Traveler .
Web links
- Interview with Ethan Iverson
- Steve Little at Allmusic (English)
- Steve Little at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Little, Steve |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz and studio musician (drums, marimba, percussion) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn |