American jazz bassist and producer (born 1954)
Steve Rodby
Steve Rodby. Photo by Pino d'Amico
Background information Born (1954-12-09 ) December 9, 1954 (age 70) [ 1] Genres Jazz Occupations Instrument Bass Years active 1975–present Labels Website www
Musical artist
Steve Rodby (born December 9, 1954, inJoliet , Illinois) is an Americanjazz bassist and producer known for his time with thePat Metheny Group .[ 2]
Rodby was born in Joliet, Illinois, into a musical family. His father was a music teacher who bought him an acoustic bass, electric bass, and amp when he was 12. He heardclassical music from a young age and was educated in classical until high school when he learned jazz.[ 3] Pat Metheny ,Lyle Mays , andDanny Gottlieb , three of the four members of The Pat Metheny Group.[ 4]
Rodby played acoustic bass until he graduated from Northwestern University in 1977, when he taught himself how to play electric.[ 4] Milt Jackson ,Joe Henderson , andArt Farmer . He joined the Pat Metheny Group in 1981, starting on electric bass before spending most of his time on acoustic.[ 3] [ 5]
Rodby collaborated withFred Simon andPaul McCandless on two albums:Since Forever andRemember the River .[ 6] Paul Wertico , a former drummer for the Metheny Group, and with Israeli musicians Danny Markovitch and Dani Rabin onMarbin 's albumBreaking the Cycle .
Since 2018, Rodby has held a position as artist of residence in the faculty of Jazz Studies at theUniversity of Washington in Seattle.
With Ross Traut
Great Lawn (Columbia, 1987)The Duo Life (Columbia, 1991)WithPat Metheny Group
Offramp ECM , 1982) – bassistTravels First Circle The Falcon and the Snowman EMI , 1985) – bassist, conductorStill Life (Talking) Geffen Records , 1987) – bassist, co-producerLetter from Home The Road to You We Live Here Quartet Imaginary Day Warner Bros , 1997) – bassist, co-producerSpeaking of Now The Way Up Nonesuch , 2005) – bassist, co-producerWithPat Metheny
Secret Story A Map of the World Warner Bros , 1999) – bassist, co-producerTrio 99 → 00 Trio → Live Day Trip Nonesuch , 2008) – co-producerTokyo Day Trip Orchestrion Unity Band The Orchestrion Project KIN (←→) The Unity Sessions From This Place WithSimon & Bard Group
Musaic (Flying Fish , 1980) – bassistTear It Up (Flying Fish, 1982) – bassistThe Enormous Radio (Flying Fish, 1984) – bassistWithMichael Brecker
WithEliane Elias
Dreamer Something for You: Eliane Elias Sings & Plays Bill Evans Bossa Nova Stories Blue Note , 2009) – co-producerLight My Fire I Thought About You Concord Jazz , 2013) – co-producerMade In Brazil Dance of Time Love Stories Mirror Mirror Quietude Time and Again WithLyle Mays
Street Dreams (Geffen Records, 1988) – bassist, co-producer, conductorFictionary (Geffen Records, 1993) – co-producerSolo (Improvisations For Expanded Piano) (Geffen Records, 2000) – co-producerEberhard (KMG Distribution, 2021) – bassist, co-producerWith Pat Coil
Schemes And Dreams (Sheffield Lab, 1994) – bassist, co-producerGold (Sheffield Lab, 1996) – bassistWithFred Simon
Usually/Always (Windham Hill Records , 1988) – bassist, producer, editingOpen Book (Columbia, 1991) – bassist, co-producerRemember the River by (Naim , 2004) – bassistSince Forever (Naim , 2009) – bassist, producer, editingWithSteve Cole
Spin (Narada Jazz, 2005) – bassistTrue (Narada Jazz, 2005) – bassistWithPaul McCandless
Heresay (Windham Hill Records, 1988) – bassistPremonition (Windham Hill Records, 1992) – bassist, producerNavigator (Landslide Records, 1994) – bassistWith others
Madelaine ,Who Is She... (United Artists Records , 1978) – bassistJohn Prine ,Bruised Orange (Asylum Records , 1978) – bassistJimmy Raney ,For You To Play . . . Ten Favorite Jazz Standards, Volume 20 (JA Records, 1979) – bassistJamey Aebersold ,Gettin' It Together (JA Records, 1979) – bassistRamsey Lewis ,Ramsey (Columbia, 1979) – bassistTyrone Davis ,I Just Can't Keep On Going (Columbia, 1980) – bassistRoss Traut,Ross Traut (Headfirst, 1981) – bassist Chuck Mangione ,Save Tonight For Me (Columbia, 1986) – bassistTom Paxton ,And Loving You (Flying Fish, 1986) – bassistFareed Haque ,Voices Rising (PAND, 1988) – bassistToninho Horta ,Moonstone (Verve/Forecast, 1989) – bassistMontreux,Let Them Say (Windham Hill Records, 1989) – mixing, producer Michael Manring ,Drastic Measures (Windham Hill Records, 1991) – bassist, producerNoa ,Noa (Geffen Records, 1994) – bassist, co-producerClifford Carter ,Walkin' Into The Sun (Soul Coast, 1994) – bassistKim Pensyl ,Quiet Cafe (Fahrenheit Records, 1998) – bassistJim Hall & Pat Metheny, (Telarc , 1999) – co-producerOregon ,Oregon in Moscow (Intuition , 2000) – producerBrian Culbertson ,Come On Up (Warner Bros. Records, 2003) – bassistSimon Apple,River To The Sea (Trunk Records, 2004) – bassist Lisa Lauren,Loves The Beatles (Planet Jazz Records, 2006) – bassist Charlie Haden ,Rambling Boy (Universal , 2008) – co-producerEsperanza Spalding ,Radio Music Society Heads Up , 2012) – mix preparationRyan Cohan,The River (Motéma Music , 2013) – producer Marbin ,Last Chapter Of Dreaming (Moonjune Records , 2013) – bassistThe Impossible Gentlemen,Internationally Recognized Aliens (Basho, 2013) – bassist, producer[ 3] [ 7] Tyrone Davis ,Love And Touch (Solid Records, 2015) – stringsJohn Moulder ,Earthborn Tales Of Soul And Spirit (Origin Records , 2016) – bassistWith Pat Metheny Group :
Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental –Offramp Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental –Travels Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental –First Circle Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental –Still Life (Talking) Best Jazz Fusion Performance –Letter From Home Best Contemporary Jazz Performance Instrumental –The Road to You Best Contemporary Jazz Performance Instrumental –We Live Here Best Contemporary Jazz Performance –Imaginary Day Best Rock Instrumental Performance – "The Roots of Coincidence" Best Contemporary Jazz Album –Speaking of Now Best Contemporary Jazz Album –The Way Up [ 5] ^ "Steve Rodby – New Songs, Playlists & Latest News – BBC Music" .BBC . Archived fromthe original on November 2, 2019. RetrievedNovember 2, 2019 .^ Cooke, Mervyn (June 1, 2017).Pat Metheny: The ECM Years, 1975–1984 ISBN 978-0-19-065190-9 ^a b c Goldsby, John (January 14, 2015)."The Magic of Steve Rodby" .Bass Player . RetrievedAugust 13, 2016 . ^a b Kennedy, Gary (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.).The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz . Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 436.ISBN 1-56159-284-6 ^a b "Pat Metheny : Awards" .www.patmetheny.com . RetrievedAugust 13, 2016 .^ Percussive Notes ^ "Pat Metheny | Album Discography | AllMusic" .AllMusic . RetrievedAugust 13, 2016 .
Group albums
As leader
As group member/side man
Solo albums Collaborations As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls Mays )Song X Coleman )Electric Counterpoint I Can See Your House from Here Scofield )Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) Haden )Jim Hall & Pat Metheny Hall )Upojenie Jopek )Metheny Mehldau Mehldau )Metheny Mehldau Quartet Tap:John Zorn's Book of Angels Vol. 20 Zorn )Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny Vu )
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