Steve Pistorius
Band from New Orleans, United States
Pianist, Bandleader
New Orleans native Steve Pistorius has been a professional jazz pianist for 40 plus years. He specializes in the early forms of New Orleans jazz, in fluenced by many past greats but mostly by one of the originators of jazz music, New Orleans pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton. At home, Steve is a regular at Preservation Hall, Palm Court Jazz Cafe and Steamboat Natchez. He Plays the French Quarter Fest and Jazz Fest every year, and led his own Southern Syncopators at the 2016 Jazz Fest.
Steve has recorded extensively with many top jazz players both in his name and with Duke Heitger, John Gill, Dr. Michael White, Bob Wilber, Wynton Marsalis, and Chris Tyle. Outside of New Orleans, Steve’s credits include performances at the Lincoln Center, Village Vanguard, Carnegie Hall, and the Apollo Theatre. He’s played major festivals and venues in the U.S., Europe, South America, Middle East and the Far East.
New Orleans native Steve Pistorius has been a professional jazz pianist for 40 plus years. He specializes in the early forms of New Orleans jazz, in fluenced by many past greats but mostly by one of the originators of jazz music, New Orleans pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton. At home, Steve is a regular at Preservation Hall, Palm Court Jazz Cafe and Steamboat Natchez. He Plays the French Quarter Fest and Jazz Fest every year, and led his own Southern Syncopators at the 2016 Jazz Fest.
Steve has recorded extensively with many top jazz players both in his name and with Duke Heitger, John Gill, Dr. Michael White, Bob Wilber, Wynton Marsalis, and Chris Tyle. Outside of New Orleans, Steve’s credits include performances at the Lincoln Center, Village Vanguard, Carnegie Hall, and the Apollo Theatre. He’s played major festivals and venues in the U.S., Europe, South America, Middle East and the Far East.
The Steve Pistorius Quartet performs Louis Armstrong's Swing That Music at Festival Internacional I Love Jazz in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Steve Pistorius Quartet at Preservation Hall, New Orleans.
Steve Pistorius & The Southern Syncopators - French Quarter Fest 2014, New Orleans, LA
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