ABOUT
A busy producer, composer, and session musician in New York City, Steve’s credits span many areas of the music & recording business -- including major jazz and pop artists, television, feature films, commercials, multimedia, and education. He has led multiple releases as a contemporary jazz vibraphonist.
Steve has recorded with artists such as Phil Collins, Whitney Houston, Ornette Coleman, Pat Martino, Regina Belle, They Might Be Giants, Roberta Flack, and SpyroGyra. He appeared on Steely Dan’s Two Against Nature, which received 4 Grammy Awards including Album-of-the-Year. He also composes music for many television series, films, TV commercials and trailers, and is a long-time producer/arranger for the Walt Disney Company, with credits on an array of projects related to over forty feature film releases.
Steve grew up in Connecticut and was a member of an award-winning high school ensemble that produced many fine musicians (including pianist Brad Mehldau). As a teenager, he began studying with artists Bob Moses, Dave Samuels, and David Friedman. Shortly thereafter, he was fortunate to meet jazz icon Steve Swallow, who took him on as a young composition student. As an undergraduate at Yale University, Steve continued studies with composer Anthony Davis, who emphasized the work of Duke Ellington.
Steve has received awards from Berklee College of Music and IAJE, and has been featured and reviewed in magazines such as Mix, Downbeat, JazzTimes, The Village Voice, JazzEd, Video-Systems and Modern Drummer.
Steve Shapiro is a Yamaha performing artist, and plays Balter Signature mallets.
CREDITS
ARTISTS & MUSICIANS:
Sessions or Performances with:
Ornette Coleman, Steely Dan, SpyroGyra, Regina Belle, Phil Collins, Mervyn Warren, Whitney Houston, Michael Bolton, Roberta Flack, They Might Be Giants, Sophie B. Hawkins, Dr. Luke, Jimmy Heath, Ron Carter, Pat Martino, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Bill Cosby, Bucky Pizzarelli, T-Bone Wolk, Kenny Kirkland, Michael Brecker, Will Lee, Bob Mintzer, Curtis Fuller, Bill Pierce, David Spinozza, Marc Johnson, Lou Marini, Dave Valentin, Dave Samuels, Jon Faddis, Dennis Chambers, Randy Brecker, Tom Barney, Chris Potter, Kevin Hays, Andy Snitzer, Chris Botti, Mike Davis, Anthony Davis, Bob Moses, David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, Jason Miles, Elliot Randall, Lenny Pickett, Jim McNeely, Chuck Loeb, Alan Rubin, Steve Khan, Chris Walker, Shawn Pelton, Danny Gottlieb, Mark Egan, Jeff Mironov, Eric Weissberg, Clint deGanon, Aaron Heick, Ira Siegel, Jay Leonhart, John Putnam, Danny Wilensky, The Uptown Horns, Robbie Ameen, Milton Cardona, Lee Musiker, Lew Solof, Buddy Williams, Dave Tofani, Jim Hynes, Tim Ries, Bill O'Connell, Jeff Pevar, Sid Ramin, Ben Monder, Patty Smythe, Janice Pendarvis, Vaneese Thomas, Elaine Caswell, The Four Tops, Terry Clarke, Dave Mann, Ned Mann, Shane Keister, Leon Redbone, Jay Anderson, Chip Jackson, Anton Fig, Jeff Williams, Doug Weiss, Joel Rosenblatt, Mark Whitfield, Gil Parris, David Finck, David Hazeltine, Patrick Zimmerli, Matt King, Tony Kadleck, Scott Kreitzer, Ralph Shuckett, John Siegler, Jodie Foster, Adam Guettel, Lauren Kinhan, Dr. John, Mark Ferber, Mike Clark, David Torn, and others...
RECORDINGS AS LEADER:
Steve Shapiro/Dave Anderson/Tyger MacNeal, Try the Veal, Solidtone
Steve Shapiro, Solomental, Solidtone Recordings
Steve Shapiro/Pat Bergeson, Backward Compatible, Apria Records
Steve Shapiro/Pat Bergeson, Low Standards, Sons of Sound
Steve Shapiro, Xylophobia, Curious/Sons of Sound
Steve Shapiro, Vibe Out, Solidtone Recordings
SELECTED RECORD CREDITS - SIDEMAN:
Steely Dan, Two Against Nature, Giant Records
SpyroGyra, Rites of Summer, MCA Records
Various Artists, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Walt Disney Records
Joe Pesci, Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings, Sony
Various Artists, Preacher's Wife Soundtrack, Walt Disney Records
Various Artists, Chicken Little Soundtrack, Walt Disney Records
Dave Samuels, Living Colors, MCA Records
Dave Valentin, MusicalPortraits, GRP Records
Regina Belle, Special Part of Me, CBS Records
Chris Walker, First Time, Pendulum/Elektra
Dave Valentin, Red Sun, GRP Records
Chris Walker, Sincerely Yours, Pendulum/Elektra
Kiku Collins, Here With Me, Innova
Mary Gatchell, Indigo Rose
Rebecca Sayre, New Girl
Marica Hiraga, Mona Lisa, 3D Japan
Pat Bergeson, Hippy Dance
DISNEY PROJECTS:
Inside Out, Pixar
Monsters University, Pixar
Aladdin on Broadway
Planes, DisneyToons Studios
Cars 2
Sorcerer's Apprentice
Toy Story 3 (various projects)
Princess & the Frog (live music direction)
Up (promotion)
High School Musical I, II, III - promos, tie-ins
Rapunzel (development)
Ballad of Nessie (development)
Pirates III - At World's End (promotion)
Meet the Robinsons (development)
Pirates II - Dead Man's Chest
Cars (promotion)
The Lion King on Broadway
Chicken Little (feature)
The Incredibles
Brother Bear
Finding Nemo
Pirates of the Caribbean
Piglet's Big Movie
Treasure Planet
JungleBook II
Lilo & Stitch
Monsters, Inc.
Atlantis
The Emperor's New Groove
102 Dalmations
Dinosaur
Tarzan
Toy Story 2
Hercules
Mulan
A Bug’s Life
101 Dalmations
The Tigger Movie
Toy Story
The Little Mermaid
Inspector Gadget
Pocahontas
Lady and The Tramp I & II
Oliver & Company
Disney Interactive CD-Rom titles:
Toy Story Animated Storybook
Toy Story Activity Center
Hercules Animated Storybook
TELEVISION SCORES:
America's Most Wanted, FOX (theme and scores - over 20 seasons)
Life the Series, Discovery Channel
Frozen Planet, Discovery Channel
Rock Center, NBC
Person-to-Person, CBS
Saturday Night Live, NBC
As The World Turns, CBS
Biography, A&E
Scorned, Discovery
Leah Remini - It’s All Relative, TLC
Duck Dynasty, A&E
Sheep in the Big City, Cartoon Network
XMA, Discovery Channel
Yu-Gi-Oh, WB Network
Inside the Secret Service, National Geographic Channel
First-48, A&E Network
Pokemon, FOX
Inside Grand Central, National Geographic Channel
Marine One, National Geographic
Mysteries of the Unknown, HBO
Escape from Alcatraz, FOX TV film
The Smoking Gun, TruTV
Justice for Jamie, FOX TV film
The Book of Pooh, Disney Channel
Business Tonight, CNBC
ABC Wide World of Sports - contributing composer
Guiding Light - contributing composer
Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous - contributing composer
TNT & FX Network - promos
Primer Impacto, Univision
ESPN Network
NBC Sports Network
INDEPENDENT FILM:
Rain - Fox Searchlab, dir. Charles Murray
Performance Pieces - short film (starring F. Murray Abraham, Cannes Festival winner)
Black Thursday - independent
The Orange Hill Gang - independent
OTHER:
Composer for many high-profile television commercials, trailers, and theatrical promos. TV spots include McDonald's, Burger King, Saab, BMW, Dodge, IBM, Sprint, Panasonic, MCI, and hundreds of others....
Audio-post supervision, Carole King- Making Music. Composer for OmniMusic and Manchester production libraries. Various Children's CD and DVD projects. Corporate projects for IBM, others.
Appearances at many NYC clubs, such as The Bitter End, The Jazz Standard, The 55-Bar, Club Bonafide, Smalls, Visiones, Mikell's, Zanzibar, Wilson's.
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