STEVE MASAKOWSKI
Genres: Post Bop, Classic Fusion, Vocal Jazz, Latin Jazz • United States

A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Steve was born and raised in New Orleans and has played guitar with most of the city’s greatest musicians including Alvin “Red” Tyler, Ellis Marsalis, Danny Barker, Earl Turbinton, and James Black. He has also performed with Grammy Award-winning artists Bobby McFerrin, Nicholas Payton, Allen Toussaint, Dianne Reeves and others at major festivals around the world. Steve Masakowski As a recording artist, he has released numerous CDs including two on the prestigious Blue Note Records label. He has been an active member of, and composer for the award winning New Orleans jazz group, Astral Project. He has twice been voted “Best Guitarist,” and won “Best Contemporary Jazz Group” three times by Gambit and Offbeat magazines in their annual reader’s polls. He has published lessons in Guitar Player magazine and authored a book on jazz ear training for Mel Bay. He also appears with his children, read more...