Steve Herberman

"Steve Herberman exhibits a vast harmonic palette involving uncommon stretches on the fretboard along with a real capacity to burn on fluent single note lines... His sheer command of the instrument puts one in mind of such jazz guitar masters as Joe Pass, Joe Diorio, Lenny Breau, and Gene Bertoncini. His nuanced touch, excellent tone, tasteful, even phrasing and fresh writing style, further elevates Herberman far above the pack of other talented Berklee grads...definitely worth checking out for fans of advanced jazz guitar."- Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes (05/07)
"Achieving a fresh and distinctive voice with guitar trio is no easy task but Steve Herberman, with Drew Gress and Mark Ferber, has done just that with the vibrant sounds on "Action:Reaction". -All About Jazz
"Each one of Steve's compositions has a mind of its own; all of this a major achievement for an album of original music. Steve's improvising is uniquely fresh with melodic ideas that twist and turn and perk your interest..." - Gene Bertoncini
Action:Reaction was listed among the top 45 jazz CD's of 2007 in Jazz Improv magazine.
About me: I'm a graduate of Berklee College Of Music ('88) Since then I've spent the last 18 years playing, writing and teaching. I've taught at Towson University (near Baltimore) since 1999 as adjunct jazz faculty and have done workshops at places like James Madison University, Duquesne University and Virginia Commonwealth University. I've written instructional material for Downbeat magazine as well as an ongoing column for Modern Guitars.com. I've also written many articles for Mel Bay's Guitar Sessions. I enjoy teaching a monthly online masterclass for www.mikesmasterclasses.com
I've had the pleasure of playing music with some legendary musicians like Jim Hall, Buster Williams, Steve LaSpina, Larry Willis, Gary Bartz, Jim Snidero and many others.
I've recorded two cd's: one quartet and the other a guitar trio with a couple of my favorite players, Drew Gress and Mark Ferber. My new CD "Ideals" is slated for release this summer, a trio project with bassist Tom Baldwin and drummer Mark Ferber.
CD's can be purchased from my website: www.steveherberman.com, cdbaby and digitally on I-Tunes, Emusic and Rhapsody.