Steven Bernstein
Jazz / Blues
Steven Bernstein is a jazz trumpeter from New York City. He is best known for his work in The Lounge Lizards, Sex Mob, Spanish Fly, and the Millennial Territory Orchestra.
A ubiquitous figure in New York's downtown jazz scene, Steven Bernstein has been the musical director/leader for John Lurie's Lounge Lizards, the Kansas City Band (from Robert Altman's film Kansas City), Jim Thirlwell's Steroid Maximus, and Hal Wilner's Leonard Cohen and Doc Pomus Projects. Bernstein has released four albums under his own name on John Zorn's Tzadik Records: Diaspora Soul, Diaspora Blues, Diaspora Hollywood, and Diaspora Suite. He has performed with jazz giants including Roswell Rudd, Don Byron, Marco Benevento, and Medeski, Martin & Wood, as well as artists as diverse as Aretha Franklin, Lou Reed, Linda Ronstadt, Sting and Courtney Love.
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