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Steve Annibale

the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised...

About Me

With more than 30 years of experience, Steve Annibale has performed at many venues – including the Chandler, Hampton, and Newport News Jazz Festivals, the Prescott Jazz Summit, and Sedona Jazz on the Rocks – and with many great musicians and entertainers, such as Terence Blanchard, Pete Christlieb, John Davidson, Joel DiBartolo, Bob Florence, Terry Gibbs, Al Martino, Bob Newhart, Lennie Niehaus, Dave Pell, Marvin Stamm, and Mike Vax. He has also opened for Steve Forbes, Frank Patterson and Liz Story. As a member of the U.S.A.F. TAC Band, he had the honor of playing for President George Bush. He has instructed music at Northern Arizona University, Yavapai College, Prescott High School, Skyview School, and Park View Middle School, was the music director at Bradshaw Mountain Christian Assembly for two years, has served as both clinician and/or adjudicator for many different school districts, Sedona Jazz on the Rocks, the Deer Valley Jazz Festival, and Prescott Symphony Guild, and served on the Prescott Fine Arts Concert Committee for over seven years. Steve holds a B.A. in Music with a Jazz Emphasis and an M.M. in Trumpet Performance. He performs on a Taylor Chicago Custom Trumpet, a Taylor Flugelhorn, and a Yamaha YTR9910 Piccolo Trumpet.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/27/2007
Band Members: STEVE ANNIBALE - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet, Vocal, Percussion
Influences: Americo Annibale, Ed Annibale, Maurice Andre, Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Count Basie, Terence Blanchard, Glen Bowling, Clifford Brown, Oscar Brown Jr., Jason Carder, Bill Chase, Nat King Cole, Harry Connick Jr., Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Timofei Dokschitzer, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington, Maynard Ferguson, Dr. Will Fisher, Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Florence, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Terumasa Hino, Freddie Hubbard, Harry James, Al Jarreau, Louis Jordan, Wynton Marsalis, Rafael Mendez, Charles Mingus, Blue Mitchell, Thelonious Monk, Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Shorty Rogers, Arturo Sandoval, Doc Severinsen, Bobby Shew, Frank Sinatra, Gary Snyder, Marvin Stamm, Sarah Vaughan, Mike Vax, Allen Vizzutti, Clare Willey, Nancy Wilson, Snooky Young..........and of course, Jesus Christ
Sounds Like: I like to think that I sound like myself.

Record Label: none
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New CD Coming Soon!!

I'm currently recording a new CD entitled Preachin'.  Now, if you haven't already been able to figure out by visiting this MySpace, I'm a Christian, so that's the basis for the CD.  The tun...
Posted by Steve Annibale on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:21:00 PST

On Supporting the Arts

I often overhear people state that they 'support the arts,' yet when I have actually been bold enough to ask what it is they do for the artistic community, the majority of answers have simply been tha...
Posted by Steve Annibale on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:58:00 PST

On Being Professional

Multitudes of people in the music business, whether recognized internationally or just locally, either consider themselves professionals or the world has lead the masses to believe they are professio...
Posted by Steve Annibale on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:00:00 PST

Dance of the Seven Veils

"Dance of the Seven Veils" is one of a series of originals I am currently working on, all having a Middle-Eastern flavor and that are Biblically related.  In this tune, I am attempting to visuali...
Posted by Steve Annibale on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:35:00 PST