New Day – New Music
Currently writing new music for a recording at the end of August. This particular project is with the Outer Bridge, so the music will be for piano, bass, drums, percussion, tenor sax, trombone, and trumpet. The group will likely have some shows in NYC at the end of August…..will keep you posted. Also composing new [...]
random bright moments – air saxophone, tony bennett, and the thankful man of saskatoon
Just returned from playing with the Outer Bridge at the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival in Canada. It was great seeing so many old friends and talking to new ones – thanks for coming out everyone – what a week! As the plane touched down in Newark today I was thinking about the past couple weeks and [...]
Sled Dogs in the City
I will be playing all this week (Tuesday-Friday) with the Claire Daly Quintet at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola/Jazz at Lincoln Center. We will be playing music from the album we co-wrote called Mary Joyce: Nothing to Lose. Mary Joyce was a true pioneer who traveled from Juneau to Fairbanks, Alaska on dog sled back in [...]
Kind words from All About Jazz, June 10th Review
By BRUCE LINDSAY, Published: June 10, 2011, allaboutjazz.com Some people favor the big statement: the bling of an over-large jewel, the blinding distraction of too many sparkly things. Others have the good taste to know that the small stones shine most brightly. Pianist, composer and melodica player Steve Hudson is one of those people, and [...]
Virginia is For Lovers (and one incredible music festival) – June 11/12
Hey Gang, Thanks for coming out to our Princeton show the other day. It was a blast! We’ll be taking the caravan down to Warm Spring, Virginia on Sunday June 12 for the Virginia Blues and Jazz Festival at Garth Newel. The whole weekend will feature a number of great bands including John Hammond and [...]
Princeton Bound
It was great to see so many of our friends at our NYC and Summit show and meeting so many new ones! The great acoustics at Cornelia Street Cafe made it a really fun evening. After our show in Summit, a new friend of the band, said she had to get up and dance at [...]
New Lands – New Friends
It was great meeting so many new friends, and catching up with older ones, at our concerts in Vienna, Venice, Bussana Vecchia, Bolzano, and Florence. The chamber ensemble may be a quartet, but with the audiences we had, it felt like the band and audience together formed one big orchestra! Now that the band is [...]
Steve’s Chamber Ensemble Tours Europe
Hello friends in the US, Italy and Austria, We’ll be coming to Northern Italy and Austria from March 12-March 19 – check out the press release below which has all of the info on this exciting tour. We hope to see you soon, and thank you for your helping to spread the word to your friends [...]
Over The Pond
Thanks for checking in everyone. We had a great weekend performing at the Chamber Music America conference in NYC, and meeting so many great people whose passion for music runs deep! Looking forward to diving into the music and meeting old friends and new ones at our concerts in Italy and Austria next month.
Showcase at Chamber Music America, NYC
The Steve Hudson Chamber ensemble will be performing at “The Next Generation: Traditions and Trends,” Chamber Music America‘s 33rd Conference, takes place January 13-16 at the Westin New York in Times Square. We are scheduled to perform on Saturday, January 15th at 12:45 at the conference center. Unfortunately this is not a public performance, however [...]
Concerts in New York and New Jersey
Thanks for checking in, everyone. This December the Steve Hudson Chamber Ensemble will be doing a couple of concerts which we hope you can make. Our first show will be at Mo Fiddles (Livingston, NJ) on December 18, and then we will be at Miles Cafe (NYC) on December 19. Look forward to seeing you!
Galactic Diamonds, Now Available!
The wait is over. The Steve Hudson Chamber Ensemble’s debut recording “Galactic Diamonds” is now available. It was great seeing so many of you in Baltimore, Boston, and Brattleboro. Look forward to the next time around!
