# Steven Feifke

Steven Feifke (born June 21, 1991) is an American jazz pianist, composer, orchestrator, and arranger. In 2023, Feifke became the youngest musician to win The Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble at The 65th Annual Grammy Awards.

## Early life and education

Feifke was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. He attended Lexington High School and the New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School. He attended NYU where he received a degree in Jazz Studies and Economics. He obtained a Master of Music in Jazz Composition from the Manhattan School of Music.

## Musical career

He has played with Chad Lefkowitz Brown, Steve Tyrell, Santino Fontana, Randy Brecker, Benny Benack III, Bryan Carter, and Alexa Tarantino.
Feifke lectured on orchestration and harmony at Yale University. He developed a curriculum which integrated the American civil rights movement with jazz pedagogy for Arts Mid-Hudson. Feifke also served as a Guest Artist-in-Residence at Moravian College. Feifke serves on the faculty for The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and Berklee College of Music.

### Competitions

Feifke is a Winner of the David Baker Prize of the Ravinia Music Festival, Second Place in the BMI Foundation Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize, and has twice been a semi-finalist in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition.

## Composition

As a composer and orchestrator, he has written for artists such as Danny Janklow, Michael Dease, Ulysses Owens, Chris Norton, and Chad Lefkowitz-Brown. Feifke's debut album Peace in Time was released in 2015 featuring artists such as Andrew Gould and Jimmy Macbride.
Feifke has written original works for television and film media; his music can be heard on an episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s hit Netflix show “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” featuring former President Barack Obama. Feifke was commissioned by Catskill Jazz Factory to compose an orchestral piece that debuted at the New Generation Festival in Florence, Italy.

## Endorsements

Feifke is a Yamaha Performing Artist.

## Discography
### As leader

| Album artist | Title | Year | Label |
| Steven Feifke | Peace in Time | 2015 | Independent |
| Benny Benack III & Steven Feifke | Season's Swingin' Greetings | 2019 | Ring Road Recordings |
| Steven Feifke | Kinetic | 2021 | Outside in Music |

### As sideman

| Album artist | Title | Year | Label | Notes |
| The 8-Bit Big Band | Backwards Compatible | 2021 | Independent | Sideman |
| Raviv Markovitz | Pulse | 2020 | Independent | Sideman |
| Chad LB Virtual Big Band | Quarantine Standards | 2020 | Sound Frame | Sideman, arranger |
| Alexa Tarantino | Clarity | 2020 | Posi-Tone | Sideman, composer |
| John Lake | Seven Angles | 2020 | Outside In Music | Sideman |
| Danny Janklow | World's Collide | 2019 | Outside in Music | Sideman |
| Chad Lefkowitz-Brown and Sonic Magic | Live at The Bridge | 2019 | Independent | Sideman |
| The 8-Bit Big Band | Choose Your Character! | 2019 | Independent | Sideman |
| The Birdland Big Band | The Birdland Big Band Live! | 2018 | Birdland Records | Arranger |
| Chad Lefkowitz-Brown | Standard Sessions | 2018 | Independent | Sideman |
| Andrew Gould | First Things First | 2018 | Outside in Music | Sideman, composer |
| Chris Norton | Mr. Chris Norton | 2018 | Unknown | Arranger |
| OSU Jazz Orchestra | Solid Gold | 2018 | Oklahoma State University Jazz Studies | Arranger |
| Alexander Claffy | Standards: What Are You Doing With Your Life? | 2018 | SMK Jazz | Arranger |
| The 8-Bit Big Band | Press Start! | 2018 | Independent | Sideman |
| Joe Benjamin and a Mighty Handful | Swing Migration | 2017 | Independent | Arranger |
| Ulysses Owens | Falling Forward | 2017 | Spice of Life Records | Sideman |
| Gordon Webster ft. Charles Turner | This. | 2017 | Independent | Arranger |
| Chad Lefkowitz-Brown | Onward | 2017 | Independent | Sideman, arranger |
| Matthew Muneses | Threshold | 2015 | Independent | Sideman |
| Bryan Carter Big Band | Teaching Music Through Performance in Jazz | 2016 | Independent | Sideman |
| New Century Jazz Quintet | In Case You Missed Us | 2015 | Vivid Sound | Arranger |
| Jeremy Cicurel | Is It You: A Tribute to Ray Cicurel | 2015 | Independent | Sideman |
| Derek Ganong | Of Lesser Parts | 2013 | Independent | Sideman |