STEVE YEAGER
Music Production
Here's a collection CD's and downloads I've produced and are for sale through itunes, Amazon and CD Baby.
Anyone accompanying a jazz organist deserves recognition. With its pedals and multiple decks of keys, the organ is a monster that can sonically devour the rest of the ensemble.
Vibist Steve Yeager appears to have gotten the balance just right on his most recent offering with B-3 exponent Tony Monaco, guitarist Clay Moore and drummer Phil Hey.
Gifted with a sure-footed sense of melody and a dynamic approach, Yeager handles the material (among the tunes the beautiful original "Lisa") magisterially.
John Stevenson e-jazz news.com
Steve Yeager - Vibes
Tony Monaco - Hammond B-3
Clay Moore - Guitar
Phil Hey - Drums
Herb Pilhofer contributed 2 wonderful arrangements
Wild Sound Studio
Matthew Zimmerman - Engineer, Mix, Master
This is a 4 song "Suite" I composed shortly after Milt Jackson passed away. This is a tribute to one of the greatest groups in jazz history and is reflective of the MJQ style. This suite is available in printed form for public performance. Lead sheet style notation is used.
Steve Yeager - Vibes
Bobby Peterson - Piano
Gordon Johnson - Bass
Phil Hey - Drums
Wild Sound Studio
Matthew Zimmerman - Engineer, Mix, Master
Yeager's work favorably recalls some of the top vibes players in Jazz:
Bobby Hutcherson's warmth, Milt Jackson's bluesy, groovy finesse; Gary Burton's
modern conception. -- Tom Surowicz, Minneapolis Star Tribune August 1998
Steve Yeager - Vibes
Bobby Peterson - Piano
Irv Williams - Tenor Sax
Tom Lewis - Bass
Wild Sound Studio
Matthew Zimmerman - Engineer, Mix, Master
Pilhofer Jazz Quartet