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Steve Blanco

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About Me


"Bill Evans trio at its tightest, combined with the rambling, unpredictable theatricality of Ahmad Jamal at his best, and then increase the intensity quotient five notches."
-All About Jazz
"This is progressive jazz at its finest"
-ejazznews
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JAZZ PIANIST, COMPOSER and FILMMAKER Steve Blanco has been forging ahead with self-made creative works for over a decade. The son of a French-speaking Moroccan belly dancer (mother) and film editor with a love of music and art (father), Blanco was exposed to artistic expressions from many different cultures. Growing up he learned the trumpet then drums and didn't arrive at the piano until age 23.
Blanco has released two critically acclaimed CDs, produced a music video (directed by Blanco) and currently leads a piano trio with Adam Roberts and Sunny Jain , but performs regularly in solo and duo settings. The trio has performed in many venues including: Detour Jazz Club, Williamsburg Jazz Festival, Rockwood Music Hall, Watercolor Cafe, Caffe Vivaldi, The Museum of American Folk Art, The Pierre Hotel, World Yacht, Bimhuis in Amsterdam and a multitude of other establishments.
Blanco has recently released a duo CD with guitarist Jeremy Wilms and contributes to the Munich-based Orkaan Orkestra led by composer and bassist Juergen Reiter .
In addition to performing music on a professional level, Blanco has directed several short films including: Missing You, 140 Decibels, Autumn, The Masterpiece (official selection New York International Film Festival), The Filth (official selection San Francisco Short Film Festival), ETR, and most recently, Bicycle. Blanco has also written the complete score for several of these films. He has served as writer, editor and cinematographer either altogether or in combinations on each of these films. He has been producer on all.
Blanco accredits his father as a major influence in bringing to the surface an array of emotional experiences stemming from creative masterpieces in music, cinema, art, writings, and philosophy that he would have otherwise not been exposed to as a young child.
From his childhood music has always been a driving force and ever present in his existence. After teaching himself for a few years Blanco privately studied piano before receiving a B.F.A. from Purchase Conservatory in New York. Blanco is the CoFounder of Insomnia Creations with Louis Cuffari and James Bartolozzi, and a contributing editor for ic magazine. Blanco resides in New York City.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/21/2006
Band Website: steveblanco.com
Influences: ludwig van beethoven, ingmar bergman, jean-paul sartré, willem dekooning, henri matisse, igor stravinsky, anton webern, gyorgy ligeti, thelonious monk, bill evans, mccoy tyner, bud powell...

arnold schoenberg, BACH, art tatum, john coltrane, keith jarrett, chick corea, miles davis, wayne shorter, claude debussy, maurice ravel, charles ives, aaron copland, albert camus...

michel houellebecq, franz kafka, friedrich nietzsche, soren kierkegaard...moroccan, algierian &; tunisian music - other ethnic musics, stanley kubrick, jean-luc godard, woody allen, travis bickle and much, much more...
Sounds Like: life, death, sadness, madness, love, hate, anger, depression, good times, goodbyes...
Record Label: Insomnia Creations
Type of Label: None

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check out our music video....

we made a music video, photographed by james bartolozzi and directed by me. it was a blast...hope you enjoy.
Posted by Steve Blanco on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:27:00 PST

REVIEW FROM EJAZZNEWS...

Pianist Steve Blanco should conceivably be making his mark on the global jazz scene via this exceptional piano trio effort. Here, diversity in scope, solidified by the mergence of power, restraint and...
Posted by Steve Blanco on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:05:00 PST

REVIEW FROM ALL ABOUT JAZZ

Do you like your music white hot and intense, even during quieter passages? Do you value individual interplay that creates a total group sound? Do you pine for compositions and interpretations that ch...
Posted by Steve Blanco on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:25:00 PST

NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE!!!!!!!

My new CD - CONTACT, is now available online at www.steveblanco.com or www.cdbaby.com. If you like it, buy one and help support the music. Thanks!...
Posted by Steve Blanco on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 09:57:00 PST