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Steve Masakowski
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  • New Orleans, LA
  • United States
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Artist or company name
Steve Masakowski
Please select Artist type. If you are an Artist in Schools or Teacher Artist additional information will be requested upon submission.
Artist
Contact email address.
smasakowski@cox.net
Contact phone number.
504 894 0007
Contact physical address (street, city, state, ZIP)
429 Exposition Blvd
Artist or company website
http://www.myspace.com/stevemasakowski
Please provide a brief (250 word) biographical sketch of the artist or a history of the company in question. For orchestras, please also include a biography of the conductor. This information will be viewable by the public.
Steve Masakowski has long been regarded as one of the top Jazz artists from New Orleans. Born and raised in New Orleans, Steve has played guitar with most of the city’s greatest musicians including Alvin “Red” Tyler, Ellis Marsalis, Earl Turbinton, and James Black. He has also performed with Grammy Award winning artists Bobby McFerrin, Nicholas Payton, and Dianne Reeves at major festivals around the world. As a recording artist, he has released numerous CD’s including two on the prestigious Blue Note Records label. He has been an active member of, and composer for the award winning New Orleans Jazz group Astral Project. He has twice been voted "Best Guitarist", and won "Best Contemporary Jazz Group" three times by Gambit and Offbeat magazines in their annual reader's polls. He has published lessons in Guitar Player magazine and authored the book Jazz Ear Training – Learning to Hear Your Way Through Music for Mel Bay Publications. Steve has participated in numerous Jazz concerts and workshops at major universities including Princeton, the University of Chicago, and the University on Indiana. Steve is currently on the faculty at the University of New Orleans where he holds the position of Coca-Cola Endowed Chair of Jazz Studies.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best jazz guitar albums of the '90s
Please summarize the activities for touring or school activities.
Professor of Jazz Studies and guest clinician.
Do you provide a Teacher's Guide?
No
Please provide the details of your technical rider. Indicate where you have flexibility.
TBA
Required to give a dollar fee range. Please indicate your range with concise descriptions of activities at the upper and lower ends of the scale
$500 - $6000

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