Steve Slagle

"The co-leaders, having played together for nearly two decades, have achieved an empathy that results in several passages of remarkable collective improvisation." Will Smith - Downbeat 9/05

Voted a Rising Star Acoustic Jazz Group in the 2004 Downbeat Critics Poll Guitarist Dave Stryker and Saxophonist Steve Slagle have been developing a group sound for over 17 years. Recent gigs have included a packed week at the Jazz Bakery in LA where Don Heckman in the the LA Times called them "first-rate jazz talents", and a SRO show at the 2002 Monterey Jazz Festival. The group's most recent recording is the self-titled The Stryker/Slagle Band (Khaeon World Music). It has received great reviews including a feature story in the Dec. 2003 issue of Downbeat, and was picked as one of the Top Ten CD's of 2003 in the New Jersey Star Ledger and Jazzreview.

Dave and Steve consider this band their main focus after years as sidemen with many of the greats. Dave spent over 13 years with Stanley Turrentine, and also worked with Jack McDuff and Kevin Mahogany, and has over 15 CD's out as a leader, (most featuring Slagle.) He's also been a sideman on over 25 others. Stryker was voted one of the Top Ten Guitarists in both the Critics and Readers Poll of Downbeat Magazine in 2001, and his latest CD, Blue to the Bone III (SteepleChase Music), was picked as one of the top CD's of 2002 by jazz station WBGO and by Jazzreview. Gary Giddins in the Village Voice calls Dave "one of the most distinctive guitarists to come along in recent years." ,p> Saxophonist Steve Slagle also has released 10 CD's as a leader, and performed as a sideman on countless others. He has played with Charlie Haden, Milton Nascimento, and Carla Bley to name a few. Steve was musical director of the Mingus Big Band for many years. His most recent CD New New York (OmniTone), features Stryker and Joe Lovano. He is also on Joe Lovano's Grammy winning CD "52nd St. Themes" on Blue Note. Jazz Times says "Slagle ranks in the upper echelon of alto sax players on the scene today."

8:30PM Cover $10
CORNELIA STREET CAFE
29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York 212-989-9319
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between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village
1,9 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, F to West 4th St.