Steven Feifke (born June 21, 1991) is an American jazz pianist, composer, orchestrator, and arranger.[1][2] In 2023, Feifke became the youngest musician to win The Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble at The 65th Annual Grammy Awards.[3]
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Background information | |
Birth name | Steven Feifke |
Born | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | June 21, 1991
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Orchestrator |
Website | www |
Early life and education
editFeifke was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. He attended Lexington High School and the New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School.[4] He attended NYU where he received a degree in Jazz Studies and Economics. He obtained a Master of Music in Jazz Composition from the Manhattan School of Music.[5]
Musical career
editHe has played with Chad Lefkowitz Brown,[6][7] Steve Tyrell,[8] Santino Fontana,[9] Randy Brecker,[10] Benny Benack III,[11] Bryan Carter, and Alexa Tarantino.[12][13][14]
Feifke lectured on orchestration and harmony at Yale University.[15] He developed a curriculum which integrated the American civil rights movement with jazz pedagogy for Arts Mid-Hudson.[16] Feifke also served as a Guest Artist-in-Residence at Moravian College.[17] Feifke serves on the faculty for The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and Berklee College of Music.[18][19]
Competitions
editFeifke is a Winner of the David Baker Prize[20] of the Ravinia Music Festival, Second Place in the BMI Foundation Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize,[21] and has twice been a semi-finalist in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition.[22][23]
Composition
editAs a composer and orchestrator, he has written for artists such as Danny Janklow, Michael Dease, Ulysses Owens, Chris Norton, and Chad Lefkowitz-Brown.[24][25] Feifke's debut album Peace in Time was released in 2015 featuring artists such as Andrew Gould and Jimmy Macbride.[26][27]
Feifke has written original works for television and film media; his music can be heard on an episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s hit Netflix show “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”[28] featuring former President Barack Obama.[29] Feifke was commissioned by Catskill Jazz Factory to compose an orchestral piece that debuted at the New Generation Festival in Florence, Italy.[30]
Endorsements
editDiscography
editAs leader
editAlbum artist | Titel | Year | Label |
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Steven Feifke | Peace in Time | 2015 | Independent |
Benny Benack III & Steven Feifke | Season's Swingin' Greetings | 2019 | Ring Road Recordings[32] |
Steven Feifke | Kinetic | 2021 | Outside in Music[33] |
As sideman
editAlbum artist | Titel | Year | Label | Notes |
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The 8-Bit Big Band | Backwards Compatible | 2021 | Independent | Sideman |
Raviv Markovitz | Pulse | 2020 | Independent | Sideman |
Chad LB Virtual Big Band | Quarantine Standards | 2020 | Sound Frame | Sideman, arranger |
Alexa Tarantino | Clarity | 2020 | Posi-Tone | Sideman, composer |
John Lake | Seven Angles | 2020 | Outside In Music | Sideman |
Danny Janklow | World's Collide | 2019 | Outside in Music[34] | Sideman |
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown and Sonic Magic | Live at The Bridge | 2019 | Independent[35] | Sideman |
The 8-Bit Big Band | Choose Your Character! | 2019 | Independent | Sideman |
The Birdland Big Band | The Birdland Big Band Live! | 2018 | Birdland Records | Arranger |
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown | Standard Sessions | 2018 | Independent[36] | Sideman |
Andrew Gould | First Things First | 2018 | Outside in Music[37] | Sideman, composer |
Chris Norton | Mr. Chris Norton | 2018 | Unknown[38][39] | Arranger |
OSU Jazz Orchestra | Solid Gold | 2018 | Oklahoma State University Jazz Studies | Arranger |
Alexander Claffy | Standards: What Are You Doing With Your Life? | 2018 | SMK Jazz | Arranger |
The 8-Bit Big Band | Press Start! | 2018 | Independent | Sideman |
Joe Benjamin and a Mighty Handful | Swing Migration | 2017 | Independent[40] | Arranger |
Ulysses Owens | Falling Forward | 2017 | Spice of Life Records[41] | Sideman |
Gordon Webster ft. Charles Turner | This. | 2017 | Independent | Arranger |
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown | Onward | 2017 | Independent[42] | Sideman, arranger |
Matthew Muneses | Threshold | 2015 | Independent | Sideman |
Bryan Carter Big Band | Teaching Music Through Performance in Jazz | 2016 | Independent | Sideman |
New Century Jazz Quintet | In Case You Missed Us | 2015 | Vivid Sound | Arranger |
Jeremy Cicurel | Is It You: A Tribute to Ray Cicurel | 2015 | Independent | Sideman |
Derek Ganong | Of Lesser Parts | 2013 | Independent | Sideman |
References
edit- ^ Correspondent. "A hometown tradition as jazz pianist Steven Feifke returns to Regattabar for 11th year – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Steven Feifke". JAZZIZ Magazine. 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ Reid, Levan (2023-02-21). "Local jazz pianist Steven Feifke makes history at the Grammys - CBS Boston". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ^ Correspondent, Grace Griffin Globe; February 4. "A hometown tradition as jazz pianist Steven Feifke returns to Regattabar for 11th year – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
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has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Alumni: Alumni News". Manhattan School of Music. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ "Chad Lefkowitz-Brown: Onward". downbeat.com. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "The Chad Lefkowitz-Brown Quartet at the Underbrook – Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective". campuspress.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "Steve Tyrell Back to Cafe Carlyle for 15th Holiday Season". www.theaterpizzazz.com. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ Vegas, Cabaret Jazz at The Smith Center 361 Symphony Park Avenue Las; NV. "Santino Fontana with Bryan Carter, Steven Feifke, and Charlie Rosen". Nevada Public Radio. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Randy Brecker & The Chad LB Quartet – Litchfield Jazz Festival". Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "Benny Benack III & Steven Feifke Big Band". Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ Boyd, Herb. "Alexa Tarantino: Clarity". Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Steven Feifke and Alexa Tarantino". Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "New York City musicians Alexa Tarantino & Steven Feifke present Sunday Livestreams via Crowdcast". Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "The Steven Feifke Trio at the Underbrook – Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective". campuspress.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ "Hudson Valley Youth Jazz Orchestra". shautjazz. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ Furst, Kaitlyn. "Ten Questions for Jazz Artist Steven Feifke". The Comenian. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ "Steven Feifke | School of Jazz and Contemporary Music". www.newschool.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ "Ravinia Steans Music Institute (RSMI) kicks off Bridges Composition Competition Winners Concert". Ravinia Backstage. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ "Steve Feifke wins 2020 David Baker Prize". Jazz After Hours. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
- ^ Blumenfeld, Larry (2016-07-06). "Helping Jazz Composers Think Big". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
- ^ "Hancock Institute of Jazz". Hancock Institute of Jazz. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ Staff, James H. Burnett III Globe. "Hitting all the key notes – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ Newsdesk, BWW (2019-06-28). "Birdland Presents The Freddy Cole Quartet And More Week Of July 8 And 15". Broadway World. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ Forster, Chris (2018-11-22). "Materializing Ulysses". Oxford Scholarship Online. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190840860.003.0007.
- ^ Jazz, All About. "Steven Feifke: Peace In Time album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ Sunier, John. "Steven Feifke, piano (septet) – Peace In Time – self". Audiophile Audition. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ Just Tell Him You're the President, retrieved 2020-07-29
- ^ Seinfeld, Jerry (host) (30 December 2015) "Just Tell Him You're the President". Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Season 7. Episode 1. Netflix, Embassy Row, Sony Pictures Television.
- ^ "New Generation Festival announces 2019 programme". Rhinegold. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ "Yamaha Artists Services, New York". www.yamaha.com. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ Track, Inside. "Season's Swingin' Greetings". JAZZIZ Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "Steven Feifke | Kinetic | Album". Outside in Music. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ^ "Danny Janklow | Worlds Collide". Outside in Music. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "Chad LB & Sonic Magic – Live at The Bridge". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ Unknown (2018-10-16). "Republic of Jazz: Chad Lefkowitz-Brown – Standard Sessions (SOUND FRAME RECORDS 2018)". Republic of Jazz. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ Jazz, All About. "Andrew Gould: First Things First album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "Mr Chris Norton". Bryan Davis. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ "Frank Basile Discography". www.jazzdiscography.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ "Swing Migration, by Joe Benjamin & A Mighty Handful". Joe Benjamin & A Mighty Handful. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ "Ulysses Owens Jr.'s New Album "Falling Forward" | News | Regal Tip". www.regaltip.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ "CHAD LEFKOWITZ-BROWN – Onward". Jazz Views. Retrieved 2020-04-24.