Steve Novosel
Steve Novosel (* 1940 in Farrell (Pennsylvania) ) is an American jazz musician ( double bass ).
At the age of eleven, Novosel played Yugoslav folk songs on the piano with his grandfather. He first learned the trumpet at the age of 13 when he was under the influence of the music of Clifford Brown , Miles Davis , Max Roach and Horace Silver . After graduating from high school, he moved to New York City to study trumpet. After three years in the city, he did military service, playing the trumpet in an army band. Stationed in Washington DC, he attended the local jazz clubs and switched to the double bass during this time; his mentor was saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Hampton. From the 1960s he worked with Dill Jones ( Piano Man for All Seasons , 1967) and Roland Kirk ( The Inflated Tear , 1967), in the following years also with Father Herrera and the Trio ESP as well as with Lloyd McNeill , Charles Tolliver and Stanley Cowell .
In the 1970s he played with David Fathead Newman , Bob Wilber and Nathan Page ; he was also a member of the Andrew White Quartet, with whom he performed mostly in Washington DC. In the 1980s and 1990s he worked with Milt Jackson , Eddie Harris , Al Gray ; as a member of Larry Willis' trio , has been involved in recordings with Jack Walrath , Dave Bargeron , Robin Kenyatta and Kendra Shank . He also played with Thurman Green , Jack Jeffers , Warren Smith , Shirley Horn , Dave Burns , John Hicks and most recently with Marty Nau . In the field of jazz he was involved in a hundred recording sessions between 1967 and 2010. Over the course of his career, he has also performed with Cedar Walton , McCoy Tyner , Hank Jones , Dizzy Gillespie , Clark Terry , Sonny Rollins , Eddie Lockjaw Davis , Sweets Edison , James Moody , Archie Shepp and Blue Mitchell ; also as accompanist for vocalists Billy Eckstine , Joe Williams , Donny Hathaway , Anita O'Day , Roberta Flack and Betty Carter .
Novosel was married to Roberta Flack from 1966 until the divorce in 1972 .
Web links
- Steve Novosel at Discogs (English)
- Portrait at Mapleshade Records
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Novosel, Steve |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (double bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Farrell, Pennsylvania |