From The New York Times: March 3, 2007 by JON PARELES.
From Pop Matters by Will Layman.
The prolific trumpeter talks shirking musical definitions, finding challenging middle ground between ‘fake jazz’ and ‘real musicianship’, touring with They Might Be Giants, and turning down Jay-Z.
From All About Jazz by Paul Olson.
“People ask, ‘how do you write all this different music? You do so many different things.’ But my philosophy is that I absorb it and I just put it out. I’m always getting ideas because I’m always listening to music, constantly buying new CDs.”
From NPR.org by .
Backroom Retreat Provides Space for Musical Detective Work
From NPR.org by John Murph.
Steven Bernstein re-interprets everything from ‘20s jazz to an infamous Prince staple.
From The Village Voice by Garry Giddins.
Steven Bernstein’s Old-Timey Jazz Comes in From the Cold
From The Guardian by John L Waters.
Steven Bernstein’s Sex Mob are less obsessive than their name implies.
From The Village Voice by Francis Davis.
A party band fluent whether the language is Count Basie, Don Cherry, or ‘Darling Nikki’
From NPR.org by Ashley Kahn.
Trumpeter Steven Bernstein has formed eclectic groups with names that sound like rock bands – Spanish Fly and Sex Mob – in order to bring new audiences to the world of jazz.