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Vibraphone - Like Someone In Love VibraphonicMusic 187 views Steve Shapiro with Dave Anderson, bass and Joel Rosenblatt, drums.
Vibes Live - Steve Shapiro VibraphonicMusic 115 views Live version: Duke's Caravan crossed with Paul Simon's Late in the Evening...
Giant Steps on Marimba v.1 - Steve Shapiro VibraphonicMusic 56 views
Little Wing - solo jam VibraphonicMusic 247 views Steve Shapiro, vibes with Chris Bishop, bass and Joel Rosenblatt, drums
Steve Shapiro Trio - Sara Smile VibraphonicMusic 215 views Steve Shapiro, vibraphone - with Chris Bishop on bass & Joel Rosenblatt on drums.
Goodbye Porkpie Hat-Vibes & Bass Duo VibraphonicMusic 443 views Steve Shapiro - Vibraphone & Tim Ferguson - Bass. Playing "Goodbye Porkpie Hat" by Charles Mingus.
Shapiro & Ferguson - Spring Is Here / Jazz Duo VibraphonicMusic 1,038 views Vibist Steve Shapiro & Bassist Tim Ferguson http://www.vibraphonic.com
Jazz Vibes-Steve Shapiro VibraphonicMusic 994 views This was recorded using only a standard iPhone 3GS. No attachments, editing or processing at all. Just the blues..
A Night in Tunisia - Steve Shapiro VibraphonicMusic 2,885 views Impressions / Improv around this great Dizzy Gillespie composition
Vibraphone Jazz - Steve Shapiro live NYC VibraphonicMusic 7,302 views Steve Shapiro performing at The Jazz Standard in New York City.

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A respected session musician, vibraphonist, and music producer, Steve Shapiro has worked with such diverse artists as Steely Dan, Ornette Coleman, Whitney Houston, Spyro Gyra, and They Might Be Giants. Shapiro is also an accomplished composer and arranger whose work has appeared in hundreds of television and film projects.

In addition to having performed with the likes of Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Heath, and Marc Johnson, Shapiro has also notably collaborated with Nashville guitarist Pat Bergeson (Bill Evans, Chet Atkins, Bill Frisell, Lyle Lovett, Alison Krauss), with whom he has released three CDs, including 2008's Backward Compatible (Apria Records). Their collaborative sound is an original mix of retro and modern, infused with the lush voice of rising-star jazz vocalist Annie Sellick. Their repertoire is influenced by jazz standards, swingsters like George Barnes and Victor Feldman, and songwriters like Joni Mitchell and James Taylor. On BACKWARD COMPATIBLE, the musicians include bassists Marc Johnson, Doug Weiss, Tim Ferguson, drummers Clint deGanon, Jochen Rueckert, accordionist Will Barrow, saxophonist Scott Kreitzer, and Stings backup singers, Janice Pendarvis and Vaneese Thomas. Their previous release, LOW STANDARDS, received praise from many critics.

-- "From the moment you hear Annie Sellick sing the opening lines from Joni Mitchells song Free Man In Paris, you feel like she is speaking directly to you. As the song progresses, it becomes impossible to escape Sellicks powers of seduction, and vibraphonist Steve Shapiro and guitarist/harmonica player Pat Bergeson are perfect accomplices during the takeover. Their blend of jazz, country-folk, and a wee bit of swing makes their latest release Backward Compatible an album that you will want to pass onto your children." (jazzreview.com)

-- "Its a real shame this music isn't more widely known because these guys are doing something both original and fresh. Players of uncommon presence and a distinct voice on their respective instruments, leaders Shapiro and Bergeson are both fine jazz musicians. Beyond that their concept of revitalizing various popular, jazz standard, and obscure musical numbers, plus their own slightly loopy tunes....adds up to a kind of musical genius....Music of very high accomplishment." (Audiophile Audition)

-- "Throughout, the passionate and highly original playing of Shapiro and Bergeson make the music on Backward Compatible consistently irresistible and exciting."
(Scott Yanow, Jazz Journalist & Author)

-- On Low Standards, Bergeson and vibist
Steve Shapiro lead their low-key band through
Latinized classics and lush, leisurely originals
with lucid grace.... When they back Sellick on
shorter alternating tracks, they ease into over-
drive for her insinuating smears and hints of
Diana Krall and savvy Carmen McRae snap.
(Downbeat Magazine)

-- ...warm and tasteful...filled with the kind of
retro-cool in-the-pocket grooves that will have
listeners poised for more of Shapiros triple-
threat musicality... This CD is definitely saying
something. (All Music Guide)

-- FIVE STARS *****
(FonoForum, Germany)

-- This is unpretentious, straightahead combo
swing. Shapiro sculpts his solos well. But his
frequent four-mallet comping doesnt go unap-
preciated, and neither does the firm, melodic
walking of bassist Doug Weiss.
(JazzTimes Magazine)

-- ... puts you right in th mood... Its not just
the great recording/production on the album
that will make it a (real) KEEPER, its also
the fact that all the players understand how
important it is to have the groove together!...
A really GREAT jazz album that gets a MOST
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED from us.
(Improvijazzation Nation)

-- Theres something pleasingly retro about
this groups sound -- theres nothing loungey
about them, but something will make you
think of cocktails anyway. Not sure how that
works. Recommended. (CD HotList)

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