I'm into music, modern art (Dali, Magritte and Monet are some favorites), comedy, NASCAR, and keeping fit.
I think most people know of me through music!
I started playing piano at a very young age, and took classical piano lessons until I graduated high school. I still really enjoy playing and studying classical music. (Ravel, Scriabin, Debussy, and Copland to mention a few)
During my young years I heard a lot of great pop, rock, progressive, jazz and jazz fusion music. As a keyboardist, I gravitated toward artists like Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, and Steve Wonder. Besides being amazing composers and improvisors, they were making cool sounds exploring and pioneering how synthesizers are used today.
I began my professional music career in Cincinnati, Ohio. I went there to go to college, but began playing so much I couldn't keep the 'double life' of a student and gigging musician. I gave up school and built up a career working in many different musical situations until I moved to Los Angeles in 1994.
There I began meeting musicians and getting into the music scene. One of my key experiences was with the Marco Mendoza Trio. (Marco-bass & vocals, Joey Heredia-drums) I met a lot of musicians who came to see the trio. As a result, I went on to work in many other bands which include the "Dave Weckl Band", and Steve Lukather's "El Grupo".
In the midst of all of this work, I began to feel the desire to "do my own thing", so in the early part of 2003 I released my first solo CD called "Life Times Vol. 1". I continued to write music for, and tour with other bands. I also worked toward my next solo endeavor, "Dark Blue Dream", which I released recently. (October 2006)
"Dark Blue Dream" features Frank Gambale-guitar, Jimmy Earl-bass, and Tom Brechtlein-drums. There are guest appearances by Ernie Watts-saxophone, Ronnie Gutierrez-percussion and my wife, Renee Jones-bass and vocals.
Thanks for visiting!
Steve
Discography:
as a leader:
-Life Times Vol.1
-Dark Blue Dream
(These CDs can be found at: www.steveweingart.com, www.amazon.com, www.cdbaby.com, www.audiophileimports.com, www.abstractlogix.com)
with the Dave Weckl Band:
-Transition
-Perpetual Motion
-Live, and Very Plugged In
-Multiplicity
with El Grupo:
-Live (available at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/elgrupo)
with the Howland/Imboden Project: (members of the band "Chicago")
-The Howland/Imboden Project (1 track) (available at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/howland
-Live at the Baked Potato (available at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/howland2)
