Jeremy Steig

[Bright Moments]

so i am just discovering jeremy steig and really like what i have heard so far:

flute fever (definite RRK influence here)

wayfaring stranger

monium

i am hunting down other steig music!

[Stereojack]

I remember seeing Jeremy and the Satyrs open for Albert King in 1968. Their album was a disappointment, but live they totally kicked ass! The guitarist/singer who dominated the Reprise album was gone, and, with the exception of a couple of vocals by Sally Waring, they were an instrumental unit.

[JSngry]

Revisited the Ray Mantilla Inner City album a few days ago (for get the name, was it Space Station?) and was very pleasantly surprised by the overall content, and by Steig's contributions in particular.

Worth checking out, imo.

(add - Space Station was just the name of the group. The album was called Mantilla.

Now available a finer Bastids everywhere: http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=g5frbcsvpj&ref=browse.php&refQ=kwfilter%3Dray%2Bmantilla%26amp%3Bincl_oos%3D1%26amp%3Bincl_cs%3D1

Edited December 27, 2010 by JSngry

[Christiern]

Flute Fever was it for me, too. I had Jeremy as a guest on my TV show almost ten years later and don't recall being disappointed, but I haven't seen that show since it aired and, as usual , don't have a copy. I do remember John Hammond being polite but not very enthusiastic when I mentioned Flute Fever to him. He was, however, overly enthusiastic when it came to Zeitlin, who always sounded to me as a pianist encumbered by technique.

[brownie]

i am hunting down other steig music!

Check the collaboration with Bill Evans

Not really a favorite of mine but since you're in a Steig mood...

[Bright Moments]

i am hunting down other steig music!

Check the collaboration with Bill Evans

Not really a favorite of mine but since you're in a Steig mood...

will do! and thanks to all for the recommendations!

[BillF]

I saw Jeremy Steig at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester in 1969 in a European touring package that included the Thad Jones Mel Lewis Orchestra, Freddie Hubbard and Richard "Groove " Holmes.

[sidewinder]

I saw Jeremy Steig at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester in 1969 in a European touring package that included the Thad Jones Mel Lewis Orchestra, Freddie Hubbard and Richard "Groove " Holmes.

Nice one. That whole bill recorded live for Sonny Lester/United Artists on that tour - the double LP 'Jazz Wave On Tour' was the result (although I think the actual recordings were done on the Continent). Came out as a Blue Note as a result of Lester selling up I think.

Edited December 27, 2010 by sidewinder

[flat5]

I heard one of his records and hated his time concept.

Have avoided hearing more.

[Bright Moments]

I had to find this one all by myself. Totally different from anything else i have heard by Steig. Part free-jazz part rock - you need to hear this one!!!

[Johnny D]

The first time I heard Jeremy Steig was on two tracks from Sandy's Album Is Here At Last by Sandy Hurvitz, a Frank Zappa discovery who went on to record several albums under the name of Essra Mohawk.

Edited April 6, 2013 by Johnny D