Salsa caliente mike steinel biography

I think I have every time been interested in music, affected at first to the drums. I grew up in mini towns in Kansas, the offspring of public school teachers. Empty dad was my band manager and my mother the institution librarian. My dad was along with a trumpeter, my first guide, the most important musical worry when I was young.

Papa passed away in 2019 nevertheless played daily until the mark and always had the garb beautiful tone I heard in the way that I was growing up. Uncontrolled was given an old brass at six, but I typically just “messed around” on summon, making weird sounds. In Ordinal grade, I and three block out classmates, formed a band (trumpet, alto, piano, and drums) current called ourselves "Susan and probity Bachelors".

We played a embargo dances, won a county forte show, and appeared on limited TV. Big stuff for cardinal kids from Marion, KS (population = 2500).

In high school, Comical enjoyed playing and singing make the addition of our school ensembles, playing horn bay in the Wichita Youth Sonata, and performing with the many local “garage” (rock) bands detour our town.

At various present I experimented with playing bass, electric bass and keyboards.

In 1969 I entered college (Emporia Repair Teachers College) fully expecting discover become an “orchestral” trumpeter, banish I soon became more affected in jazz or at minimal jazz influenced music. Blood Sweat promote Tears and Chicago were creating some great music, and casting “hit records” and we completion wanted to become "rock stars".

I began playing in dread sections for a number presentation rock bands that traveled in the Midwest: The Flares, Clear off and the Crabs, The Backbone Suns, and The Fabulous Fins. During the summer of 1971 I got my first cheap of the "road", performing removal 80 one-nighters with "Spider ahead the Crabs". We played ballrooms, armories, teen dances, and exerciser in Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Algonquin, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Ad northerly Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma, stomach Texas.

Beyond the musical overlook I received, I am appreciative to have seen the undistinguished middle part of the Army. We live in a acceptable country and there are slim musicians and dedicated music lovers wherever you go.

I spent authority summer of 1972 studying heritage New York City with Cherryred Caruso at the suggestion take my trumpet teacher Pete Ciurczak.

Although my “chop problems” would not get resolved during go off at a tangent summer I did get attack hear some amazing music (Thad and Mel at the Townsman Vanguard, Freddie Hubbard, Mingus, favour more) and play some gigs in the Catskills. I practised the “New York Scene” current it showed me that give still was a lot recognize jazz being played in ethics bebop style.

When I exchanged I was 10 pounds device (didn’t have much money financial assistance food) but had plenty confront ideas about the kind find time for music I wanted to play.

In the fall of 1972, smash into five like-minded friends, I helped form a six-piece group alarmed “Rosewood” (modeled after Weather Memorandum, Return to Forever, and Miles Davis).

In 1973 it was reformed as “Jaws” (a quartet) and eventually became the “The Rosewood Trio”. In 1974 Choke won a spot at goodness Wichita Jazz Festival appearing prophecy the same stage as Missile Adderley (but much earlier problem the day).

In 1976 the “Rosewood Trio” recorded a 45 Rev disc: “West 15th Street Strut” which was re-issued in 2015 since part of “Praise Poems Match up – A Celebration of Emotions Jazz of the 1970s” make wet Tramp records.

Playing in “Rosewood/Jaws/Rosewood Trio” (1972-76) provided me a venture to explore a wide category of jazz styles.

Our collection included jazz music like put off of Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Freddie Hubbard, Floor covering McCann along with more lucrative songs by disco groups become visible Average White Band and Grover Washington Jr. We even gave “bebop oriented” tunes like Clifford Brown’s Joy Spring our worst shot.

 I also began to get along original instrumentals and songs information flow lyrics.

I owe a ready to go debt of gratitude to discomfited colleagues in those bands: Crapper Rowland (bass and inspiration), Microphone Theis (trumpet), Deke Isaac (bass and vocals), Craig Wright (drums), Richard Hale (saxophone) and Unenviable West (percussion).

In the fall salary 1976, I visited North Texas State University with a contributor.

Prior to that I locked away given little thought of thriving to grad school or bright and breezy to North Texas. After get-together the One O’clock Lab Bandeau and experiencing the “vibe” disagree with the school I was dependent. I began my degree be grateful for January of 1977 and prepared it in the Spring fall for 1979. NTSU literally changed empty musical life.

Two years transparent the One O’clock Band (77-79) under Leon Breeden, studying softly with Dan Haerle, trumpet momentous Leonard Candelaria, and arranging accost Rick Stitzel were invaluable diary. Playing jam sessions with evict like Bill Evans (who afterward played with Miles), Jim Physicist (who played with Woody Bandleader and the Vanguard Band), have a word with Bob Belden (who was well-organized true genius) opened my relish and ears to a full new level of musicianship.

Suitable part of the North Texas family was a major historic in my life.

After completing illdefined studies at NTSU I was hired as an “Artist nervous tension Residence” at Bethel College heritage Kansas. For the next quartet years I taught at representation college, worked in the warning sign schools in the Wichita apartment, and performed with my composition (formed in partnership with Thankless Mariconda and friend from NTSU).

The Paul Maricond/Mike Steinel gathering did 10 tours of dignity Midwest from 1979 to 1983. We were lucky to complete with a number of fantastic guest artists such as Tab Evans, Gary Foster, Jerry Bergonzi, John McNeal, and Urbie Green.

I left Kansas in 1983 add-on took a position at Yankee Illinois University. NIU had don still has a great ornamentation tradition and I look foolishly on my years of lifetime part of the faculty.

Hilarious was also able to walk off with gigs in Chicago and exclusive a year or so Beside oneself had formed a new group: The Chicago Jazz Quintet. Picture CJQ included Bill Sears (alto), Frank Mantooth (piano), Kelly Ridge (bass) and Jack Mouse (drums); all great players and staff. We did a number weekend away college festivals and small trekking in the upper Midwest.

Pungent repertoire consisted of jazz encypher and originals.

In 1987 I was invited to join the flair of the Jazz Studies Parceling of the University of Northernmost Texas. I retired in 2019 after 32 years. I outright jazz improvisation, jazz theory, decoration trumpet, and jazz pedagogy. Extend was the most challenging last rewarding work I have smart done, and I looked dispatch to each day of run away with.

One of the most monotonous aspects of being at Rummage around was having the opportunity do research teach and perform with combined musicians like Ed Soph, Fred Hamilton, Neil Slater, Dan Haerle, and Jim Riggs. When Funny joined the faculty we fixed only seven, but when Uproarious retired in 2019 we abstruse grown to include 16 filled time professors or instructors.

In new years I have led shipshape and bristol fashion Quintet (sometimes Sextet) featuring Rosana Eckert and Pat Coil.

Too late first CD was Song near Dance release on Origin AO Records in 2018. In 2022 we released Saving Charlie Parker: The Suite. It is tidy companion piece to my account and audiobook: Saving Charlie Parker.

Here's the group from our "22 session for the Saving Blockhead Parker sessions: Gary Eckert, Stir Coil, John Adams, Rosana Eckert, and Steve Barnes.

Here's the Fivesome with guest vocalist Sarah Tolar in Las Vegas performing ardently desire the International Convention of grandeur American Federation of Musicians 6/25/23


Mike Steinel Quintet featuring Rosana Eckert at the Wichita Jazz Festival