Stephen Anderson is a recording artist for Summit Records, and his trio CD "Forget Not" was released in March 2008. Previously Anderson performed and recorded with the Lynn Seaton Trio (“Puttin’ On the Ritz” – Nagel Heyer Records, 2005), and played and recorded with the One O’clock Lab Band (Lab 2001), served as house pianist in the International Trombone Festival (2002), and was keyboardist for a short time with (country-western) gold-recording artist, Kevin Sharp (1996-1997). From 2003 to 2005, Anderson served as Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano at Western Illinois University and performed in the faculty jazz sextet. He studied jazz piano with Dan Haerle and Stephan Karlson at UNT, Dan Waldis at BYU, Gary Freeman at Eastfield College, and Wilson Brown at Ricks College.
As a composer, his works have been commissioned and/or performed by a variety of artists and ensembles: The West Point Military Academy Band, The North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra, The UNC Wind Ensemble, Lynn Seaton and the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, the Crested Butte Chamber Orchestra, the One O' Clock Lab Band, Two O’clock Lab band, North Carolina Central University Percussion Ensemble, UNC Charlotte Percussion Ensemble, Christopher Deane, Brian Bowman, Jason Ham, the Lynn Seaton Trio, and a film score broadcast nationally on PBS. He studied composition with Cindy McTee, Joseph Klein, Tom Clark, Joseph Butch Rovan, Phil Winsor, and Paris Rutherford at UNT, and Stephen Jones, David Sargent, Michael Hicks, and Murray Boren at BYU.
hello Stephen, I enjoyed listening to the tracks you offer here. Beautiful playing as always. I look forward to the next gigs down the road whenever they might happen. I am in NY in September to October. best regards, Drori
Forget Not - Stephen Anderson Trio
Puttin' on the Ritz - Lynn Seaton Trio
Saturn Return - Joel Fountain
Ballads 2006 - Nagel Heyer Records
