Steve Lehman (composer)

Steve Lehman (born 1978, New York City)[1] is a composer and saxophonist in the genres of jazz and experimental music. His compositions have been performed by a number of international performers and orchestras. As a performer, Lehman leads a number of his own ensembles and performs frequently as a sideman with artists like Anthony Braxton, Vijay Iyer, and Jason Moran. His recording Travail, Transformation & Flow (Pi Recordings 2009) was chosen as the #1 Jazz Album of the year by The New York Times.[2] Lehman’s work has been reviewed in Artforum, Down Beat magazine, The New York Times,[3][4][5] Newsweek, and The Wire,[6] National Public Radio,[7][8][9] and the BBC. Lehman was a Fulbright scholar from 2002-2003.[1] He has a B.A. (2000) and M.A. (2002) in composition from Wesleyan University[1] and received his D.M.A. (2012) with distinction in composition from Columbia University (under the direction of Tristan Murail, George Lewis, Fabien Lévy and Fred Lerdahl). He is currently a professor of Music at the California Institute of the Arts, near Los Angeles.

Steve Lehman
Background information
Born1978
New York City
GenresJazz, experimental
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentsSaxophone
LabelsPi, Clean Feed
Associated actsFieldwork, Sélébéyone, Maciek Lasserre, HPrizm
Websitewww.stevelehman.com

Awards and honors
  • Jazz Album of the Year, New York Times, 2009, Travail, Transformation & Flow
  • Best New Album, NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll, 2014, Mise en Abime
  • Guggenheim Fellowship 2015
  • Doris Duke Artist Award 2014

Discography

As leader
  • Structural Fire (CIMP, 2001)
  • Camoflage (CIMP, 2002)
  • Interface (Clean Feed, 2004)
  • Artificial Light (Fresh Sound, 2004)
  • Demian as Posthuman (Pi, 2005)
  • Manifold (Clean Feed, 2007)
  • On Meaning (Pi, 2007)
  • Travail, Transformation, and Flow (Pi, 2009)
  • Dual Identity with Rudresh Mahanthappa (Clean Feed, 2010)
  • Kaleidoscope & Collage with Stephan Crump (Intakt, 2011)
  • Dialect Fluorescent (Pi, 2012)
  • Mise En Abime (Pi, 2014)
  • Steve Lehman & Selebeyone (Pi, 2016)
  • The People I Love with Craig Taborn (Pi, 2019)
  • Xenakis and the Valedictorian (Pi, 2020)

As sideman

With Anthony Braxton

  • Nine Compositions (Hill) 2000 (CIMP, 2001)
  • 12+1tet (Victoriaville) 2007 (Victo, 2007)
  • Sax Quintet (Middletown) 1998 Part I (New Braxton House, 2011)
  • Sax Quintet (Middletown) 1998 Part II (New Braxton House, 2011)
  • Tentet (Antwerp) 2000 Part I (New Braxton House, 2011)
  • Tentet (Antwerp) 2000 Part II (New Braxton House, 2011)
  • Tentet (Wesleyan) 2000 (Part I) (New Braxton House, 2011)
  • Tentet (Wesleyan) 2000 (Part II) (New Braxton House, 2011)
  • Tentet (Wesleyan) 1999 Part I (New Braxton House, 2012)
  • Tentet (Wesleyan) 1999 Part II (New Braxton House, 2012)
  • Alumni Orchestra (Wesleyan) 2005 (New Braxton House, 2012)
  • Echo Echo Mirror House (NYC) 2011 (New Braxton House, 2012)
  • Tentet (Paris) 2001 (New Braxton House, 2013)

With Liberty Ellman

  • Ophiuchus Butterfly (Pi, 2006)
  • Radiate (Pi, 2015)
  • Last Desert (Pi, 2020)

With others

References
  1. "Steve Lehman". stevelehman.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. Chinen, Nate (December 18, 2009). "Free Jazz, Futurism, Funk and Ferocity". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  3. Chinen, Nate (2012-03-23). "A Flamenco-Playing Sitar and an Asymmetrical Groove". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  4. Smith, Steve (2011-03-20). "A Complex Jazzman, Informed by His Classical Side". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  5. Chinen, Nate (June 9, 2009). "Finding an Asymmetrical Pulse With a Jagged Rhythm". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  6. "Adventures In Sound And Music: Issues". The Wire. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  7. Jackson, Josh (2009-05-26). "The Checkout". The Checkout. Archived from the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  8. "Steve Lehman, Finding A Computer-Assisted 'Flow'". NPR. 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  9. Jackson, Josh (2012-03-27). "Steve Lehman Trio: Operating Inside The Matrix". NPR. Retrieved 2012-06-08.


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