Sting, Steve Gadd, The Beatles, Quincy Jones, Duke Ellington, Nelson Riddle, Peter Erskine, John Mayer, Gary Novak, Bob Berg, Herbie Hancock, Max Roach, Dave Weckl, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Louie Bellson, Outkast, Dr. Dre, Neal Peart, The Meters, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, James Taylor, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Michael Brecker, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Bill Withers, Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Michael McDonald, Arthur Koestler, Frank Sinatra, Matt Catingub, Mozart, Faure, Ravel, Bach, Aretha Franklin, Booker T., James Brown, Train, Vertical Horizon, Otis Redding.........YOU GET THE PICTURE!
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The latest news on me and The Swear posted on the Pearl Drums website!!! Tallied from over 500,000 entries, The Swear (Steve Moretti) was nominated for two Just Plain Folks Music Awards. "Hotel Rooms and Heart Attacks" was nominated for Best Hard Rock Album and "Vampire" was nominated for Best Hard Rock Song. The awards show took place August 29th at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, TN. Although we didn't win, it was still an honor to be nominated in such talented company!
JAZZ BABY (Origin Records) IS AVAILABLE INTERNATIONALLY AND IS PLAYING ON THE RADIO NATIONWIDE!
JAZZ BABY:
Doug Beavers Rovira, Arranger, Producer, Solo Trombone
Steve Moretti, Co-Producer, Drums
You can listen to my playing on these releases on Concord Records
This is a DVD (also on Concord Records) of an NBC Special I played on featuring Michael Feinstein and Darlene Love along with Scott Hamilton and other top ice skaters skating along to live music.
Here are other recordings on various labels I am on as well
KDBand Slowdown Columbia The Orchard Revive The Soul Slivertunes In Tune Campfire DLucca DLucca DLucca Old Friend Hideaway Hideaway Hideaway Arundo Macar
Steve Moretti performs extensively throughout the country and is among the most sought after young drummers of his generation. Recognized for his high energy and versatility, he has been lauded for his "authoritative command," and hailed as "a driving force," “sparkling,” “explosive” and “impressively sensitive.” Steve has toured with Rosemary Clooney, Toni Tennille of Captain & Tennille, Matt Catingub, Lorna Luft, Michael Feinstein, and has performed with many diverse artists such as Michael McDonald, Darlene Love, Karrin Allyson, Arturo Sandoval, to The Diamonds, The Coasters and The Pointer Sisters. He was fortunate to have performed and recorded with legendary and beloved Rosemary Clooney, touring frequently with her for six years as the drummer for Big Kahuna & The Copa Cat Pack, led by Matt Catingub.
Steve can be heard on five CD releases on the Concord Jazz label: two with Big Kahuna & The Copa Cat Pack (Hawaiian Swing and Shake Those Hula Hips), three with Rosemary Clooney (Grammy® Nominated Sentimental Journey, Grammy® Nominated The Last Concert and Best Of The Concord Years). Television appearances include The NBC Today Show, Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Artbeat, The View, A & E Biography, and the Rosie O'Donnell Show as well as Rosie O'Donnell's Christmas TV Special and CD. He taped a special for PBS, “Swing It” with Rosemary Clooney, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Lionel Hampton in Stuttgart, Germany. He also taped a special for NBC, “An Evening with Scott Hamilton and Friends” featuring Michael Feinstein and Darlene Love in Loveland, Colorado (available on DVD, Concord Records).
One of Steve's latest endeavors is internationally released Jazz Baby (Origin Records), a collection of popular children’s songs set in a swinging big band style with original arrangements by Doug Beavers Rovira. Steve plays drums and is co-producer of this innovative concept featuring singers Matt Catingub and Linda Harmon. He can also be heard on The Ken DeRouchie Band's latest CD, Live At Jimmy Mak's (KDBand), Amelia’s A Long Lovely List Of Repairs (Slowdown Records) and John Kelly's The Stage (Hideway).
Steve has had the opportunity to work with such major jazz artists as Michael Brecker, Mike Stern, Joe Henderson, Pete Christleib, Bill Watrous, Bob Mintzer, Bobby Shew, Conrad Herwig, John Clayton, Louie Bellson, and has formed his own jazz trio, the Steve Moretti Trio with Clay Giberson (piano) and Kevin Deitz (bass). Not exclusively a jazz drummer, Steve is proficient in many styles of music including rock, pop, funk, Brazilian, Latin, and classical music, playing timpani and percussion in the Redlands Symphony for three years and currently appearing on drum set and percussion with symphonies and orchestras around the country. Some of his appearances have included performances with the Atlanta, Cincinnati, New Jersey, and Oregon symphony orchestras. He also is currently touring with popular cabaret entertainers, Amy Armstrong and Freddy Allen and is a member of The Swear, one of Atlanta, Georgia's well-known bands.
Being an active producer, Steve created Morettiman Music™, a production company geared to offer new, creative and artistic insight to the production of recorded music as well as contributing to music education by teaching innovative programs, masterclasses, and clinics to prospective students of music at the middle school, high school, and college levels. Steve is also co-founder of SymPop Productions™, a unique company that produces new and innovative symphonic pops programs for symphony orchestras across the country. He formed the Moretti Duo with his wife Amy Schwartz Moretti (former concertmaster of the Oregon Symphony and The Florida Orchestra, and now director of the Robert McDuffie Center For Strings at Mercer University), exploring the unique possibilities of a violin and percussion ensemble that showcases the marimba and violin. In June of 2009, Steve was elected to a two year term as a member of the Board of Governors for the Atlanta Recording Academy Chapter, the group behind The Grammy's®.
His Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance is from the University of Redlands and his Master of Arts in Music Performance is from California State University at Hayward. Honors include Outstanding Musician Awards at the International Association of Jazz Educators Conferences (IAJE), and top individual awards at several jazz festivals including Best Overall Rhythm Section Player at the Reno Jazz Festival. A two-time Grammy® nominee, Steve is endorsed by Pearl Drums, Paiste Cymbals, Aquarian Drum Heads, Audix Microphones, and Vic Firth Sticks.
Thank you for finding me on MySpace. Great music and playing. Attached is an audio player that includes some of my more cross-over music (In the Fire of Conflict, This is my Body, Mystical Visitation, among others). Take care and stay in touch.
Thanks Steve. So sorry I missed you; it would have been great to hook up. I suppose you were playing for SXSW. Hope you had a nice time even though it was way too quick.
I hope U and your friends will check out the video for my song "RINGO" up on Youtube. It was done as a labor of love and with the utmost respect for the Fabs. I hope U enjoy it.
Congratulations to all three of you! You've been blessed with a beautiful child and the baby has been equally blessed to have chosen you two as parents. Now a lifetime of love begins (joys and tears included).
HEY YOU!!!!YOU BETTER CALL ME OR KEEP ME POSTED ON MY NEW LITTLE COUSIN THAT SHOULD BE HERE SOON!!! TELL AMY HOPE SHE IS FEELING GOOD AND THAT I CAN'T WAIT.HOPE ALL IS WELL FOR YOU GUYS AND YOU BETTER KEEP IN TOUCH!!!!! TALK TO YOU SOON.
Hey Steve! Thanks so much for checking out my page and adding me. Let me know when you're back in the ATL and we'll grab some lunch. Hope to see ya soon! Kent
Steve-o, How have u been? I see you and I have the same Gretsch kit..same color and everything,...and both are using Paiste..lol great minds I guess..Keep in touch!
KDBand
Slowdown
Columbia
The Orchard
Revive The Soul
Slivertunes
In Tune
Campfire
DLucca
DLucca
DLucca
Old Friend
Hideaway
Hideaway
Hideaway
Arundo
Macar
