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Musical artist
Steve Lehman (born 1978) is an American composer and
saxophonist in the genres of
jazz and
experimental music .
[1] His compositions have been performed by a number of international performers and orchestras.
Lehman was born in
New York City . He earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in composition from
Wesleyan University
[1] and received his Doctor of Musical Arts with distinction in composition from
Columbia University (under the direction of
Tristan Murail ,
George E. Lewis ,
Fabien Lévy and
Fred Lerdahl ). He also attended classes with
Jackie McLean for many years at the
University of Hartford Hartt School .
[2]
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 .
[3] Lehman’s work has been reviewed in
Artforum ,
Down Beat magazine, The New York Times ,
[4]
[5]
[6]
Newsweek , and
The Wire ,
[7]
National Public Radio ,
[8]
[9]
[10] and the
BBC . Lehman was a
Fulbright scholar from 2002-2003.
[1] Lehman is a professor of Music at the
California Institute of the Arts in
Valencia, California .
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
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 & Sélébéyone (Pi, 2016)
The People I Love with
Craig Taborn (Pi, 2019)
Xenakis and the Valedictorian (Pi, 2020)
Ex Machina with
Orchestre National de Jazz (Pi, 2023)
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
With others
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"Steve Lehman" . stevelehman.com. Archived from
the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012 .
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"Steve Lehman" . Pi Recordings . Retrieved November 22, 2021 .
^ Chinen, Nate (December 18, 2009).
"Free Jazz, Futurism, Funk and Ferocity" . The New York Times . Retrieved June 8, 2012 .
^ Chinen, Nate (March 23, 2012).
"A Flamenco-Playing Sitar and an Asymmetrical Groove" . The New York Times . Retrieved June 8, 2012 .
^ Smith, Steve (March 20, 2011).
"A Complex Jazzman, Informed by His Classical Side" . The New York Times . Retrieved June 8, 2012 .
^ Chinen, Nate (June 9, 2009).
"Finding an Asymmetrical Pulse With a Jagged Rhythm" . The New York Times . Retrieved June 8, 2012 .
^
"Adventures In Sound And Music: Issues" . The Wire. Retrieved June 8, 2012 .
^ Jackson, Josh (May 26, 2009).
"The Checkout" . The Checkout. Archived from
the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2012 .
^
"Steve Lehman, Finding A Computer-Assisted 'Flow' " . NPR. September 23, 2009. Retrieved June 8, 2012 .
^ Jackson, Josh (March 27, 2012).
"Steve Lehman Trio: Operating Inside The Matrix" . NPR. Retrieved June 8, 2012 .
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