| Steve Raleigh,
guitarist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator, makes his home in New
York’s Hudson Valley where he teaches music as an adjunct music
professor at Orange County Community College, is on staff at the National
Guitar Workshop, and as senior music instructor
at Imperial Guitar &
Soundworks in Newburgh, NY. He is also owner and operator of LWR
Productions Recording Studio. Throughout his career he has worked and toured
with many groups including the Steve Raleigh trio, his quintet Inner Door,
Judi Silvano, October Project, Evelyn Blakey, Nick Brignola, Darmond Meader (New York Voices),
Clint Holmes,
and Tony Martin, as well as opening for Chuck Mangione, and Tommy James to
name a few. Steve has been credited as assistant producer on two CD releases
on the Evidence record label which featured Pharaoh Sanders and Sam Rivers,
and produced numerous records including 2 Charles Lyonhart CD's on his own
LWR Productions label. Steve has also had one of his solo guitar arrangements published
in Just Jazz
Guitar Magazine (Feb 2001), released his third solo CD Collage in
2001, released his 4th with his Jazz Quartet "inner Door",
a collection of 7 original compositions, and is current working on a live CD
with his current band The
Llama Dollies.
Of his first release The Steve Raleigh Band, Recording Magazine’s
Michael Laskow wrote "This track is great......Loved it". In the national
publication Guitar World Magazine his guitar playing was described by
columnist Mike Varney as "...a more fusiony Jeff Beck....brilliant sense of
melody." George Fletcher of the Poughkeepsie Journal wrote
"...Steve’s use of melodies and clean, classy rhythms ...is the stuff of the
big boys and just plain on the mark.....fiery guitaring...terrific.." His
playing has been described as "...reminiscent of George Benson or Wes
Montgomery....an exciting soloist...rock solid..."; Michael Ralff,
Kingston Daily Freeman. His music has "...exciting emotional
depth...soulful and scintillating..."; Stephen Israel, Times Herald
Record.
His experience also includes studying under John Scofield, Bill Connors,
Arthur Rhames, Jack Wilkins, and Barry Galbraith; and also attending the
Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, N.Y., in 1980. He graduated Magna Cum
Laude with a B.A. in Music Performance from SUNY New Paltz in 1981.
Steve has worked and taught extensively in the New York tri-state area,
and has performed in such places as Eisenhower Hall at West Point, the first
Storm King Art Center Jazz Festival, and some of New York's legendary clubs
like the Rainbow Room, Glen Island Casino, and the Joyous Lake, as well as
many other jazz clubs, nightspots, college and radio appearances.
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