Amoeba Music

Steven Bernstein has indulged in a career with so much depth, breadth, and wildly far-sighted ambition that it approaches the absurd. It’s hard to — it’s impossible to — imagine a trumpeter that gallops around the cultural landscape like Bernstein. It’s just not the sexy instrument today that it was back in the days of Kind of Blue. But in Bernstein’s hands it’s as lovely as ever, and more versatile than even Miles could have imagined. Bernstein performs, composes and arranges for an array of names that simply strains the far outer limits of credulity. Seriously: Extra points for anyone who can name another artist that has worked with John Zorn, Sting, Jim Thirwell, and Sir Elton John. (Granted, it wasn’t at... Read More

Genre:

Jazz, Fusion, World Fusion