Join us at BLU Jazz as we welcome home accomplished multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator Steve Kortyka (saxophone), as he joins Nick Paparone (guitar), Jordan Mcbride (bass), and Gabe Jones (drums)!
Doors: 7:00pm
Show: 8:00pm
Tickets: $25 General Admission
About: Growing up in Ohio, Steve Kortyka began playing the Saxophone at young age and after hearing the music of Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown and John Coltrane found jazz and improvised music as his vocation in life. As a career musician, he got his start as a Musical Director, Band Leader and Arranger on Carnival and Princess Cruise lines just after college.
Since Moving to NYC in 2011 he has been featured in hundreds of bands as a sideman and recorded 4 albums as a leader. As a career performer in both Lady Gaga’s Grammy Award Winning Jazz Band and a member of the Brian Newman Quintet he has had the unique opportunity to be a featured soloist and arranger on the Grammy Award Winning ‘Cheek to Cheek’, ‘Love For Sale’ and Gaga’s recent release ‘Harlequin’. He has also is a featured soloist on all of NYC trumpeter Brian Newman’s albums as well as one of the only tenor saxophonists to solo along side Tony Bennett throughout Mr. Bennett’s illustrious career.
In addition to performing, he is always perfecting his craft and practices many hours a day on whatever instrument is around him. As an avid student of improvised music he can be found on all social media platforms sharing his playing and knowledge about this beautiful and transformative tradition.