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Steven Bernstein

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Berkeley native, Steven Bernstein is a Grammy-nominated trumpeter/slide trumpeter, bandleader, arranger, and composer who lives outside of musical convention. He has released three critically acclaimed CDs – Diaspora Soul (named one of the Top 10 CDs of 1999 by the Wall Street Journal), Diaspora Blues (featuring the Sam Rivers Trio), and his most recent, Diaspora Hollywood. on John Zorn’s Tzadik label. His band Sex Mob has been together ten years and has been featured on MTV, Saturday Night Live and NPR. They are currently nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.

Bernstein was musical director for I’m Your Man, a documentary on Leonard Cohen released in 2006. He recently filmed an hour-long segment for Solos, on Canadian TV. He was also the subject of a recent feature entitled “Creative Spaces” on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and was interviewed by Terry Gross in 2002. Bernstein wrote the horn arrangements for Bill Frissel’s Grammy-winning 2004 recording Unspeakable, and he has also written for artists such as Elton John, the Kronos Quartet and the Bang On a Can All Stars. Recent awards include Down Beat Critics Poll 2006 (#1 Rising Star Arranger, #4 Rising Star Trumpeter) and Down Beat Critics Poll 2005 (#1 Rising Star Arranger).

Steven Bernstein Website

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• Tales from Terezin: A Musical Journey

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