Steve Weingart

Steve Weingart, born March 1966 in Dayton, Ohio, is an acclaimed "Jazz/Funk" keyboard player [ [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=14256 Steve Weingart at All About Jazz ] ] based in Los Angeles, California, USA, who has recorded and performed internationally with an array of well known musical artists. [ [http://www.steveweingart.com Steve Weingart ] ]

Amongst many other well known musicians, Weingart has performed live and/or recorded with Chaka Khan, Steve Lukather [http://www.stevelukather.net/Interview.aspx?id=53 stevelukather.net - Interviews ] ] , Frank Gambale [ [http://www.frankgambale.com Frank Gambale ] ] , Robben Ford, Scott Henderson, Warren Hill, Simon Phillips, Tony MacAlpine, Virgil Donati, Marco Mendoza [ [http://www.marcomendoza.com Marco Mendoza - The Official Website ] ] , Dave Weckl, Eric Marienthal, Kenny Rankin, Jimmy Earl, Ernie Watts, Alain Caron, Michael Ruff, Marilyn Scott, Jimmy Haslip, Terry Lynn Carrington, Jason Scheff, Keith Howland, Tris Imboden, John Pattituci, Bunny Brunel, Tom Brechtlein [ [http://www.tombrechtlein.com Tom Brechtlein.com ] ] , Carlitos Del Puerto, Ray Parker Jr., Jeff Babko, Frank Briggs, Ric Fierabracci, Joey Heredia, Oskar Cartaya, Dave Hooper, Ronnie Guitterez, and Mike Miller.

In September 2007, Weingart [ [http://www.jazzreview.com/article/review-5740.html Steve Weingart at jazzreview.com ] ] announced a new jazz/funk band. The Steve Weingart Band features Steve Weingart, keyboards; Eric Valentine, drums; Jimmy Earl, bass; Kevin Levi, saxophone; Fred Clark, guitar. Weingart's new band performed their first show at La Ve Lee, Studio City, CA on Thursday, September 13, 2007. Weingart also frequently performs with Marco Mendoza and Joey Heredia, and with a diverse array of other artists.

Steve Weingart performed on Steve Lukather's latest release "Ever Changing Times" which was released in February 2008. During the early part of 2008, Weingart continued to perform locally in Studio City, CA and tour internationally with Warren Hill, as well as writing and recording with his wife Renee Jones (Bass, Vocals). Weingart toured with Victor Wooten in March 2008, and in Japan with Simon Phillips in April 2008. Steve Lukather then asked Weingart to put a touring band together, and Weingart selected Eric Valentine (Drums) and Carlitos Del Puerto (Bass). Ricky Z completed the line up, on rhythm guitar and vocals. The band toured extensively in Europe and across the States during the summer.

Keyboard virtuoso Steve Weingart will again be performing with Steve Lukather (Guitar, Vocals) at forthcoming shows in California and Japan during October 2008, in support of Lukather's "Ever Changing Times" CD. The "No Jazz Tour" also features material from each of Lukather's solo albums, and some rarely performed Toto songs. At this time, a further tour of Europe is being arranged for early 2009. Luke's son, Trev Lukather, will be supporting act at the forthcoming Calfornian shows.

Influences

Weingart's musical influences [ [http://www.kayboard.de/?Lifestyle:Biographien:Steve_Weingart www.kayboard.de - Steve Weingart ] ] include Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, McCoy Tyner, Weather Report Robert Lamm and Chicago (band). Weingart has since gone on to perform and/or record with "Chicago" members Tris Imboden, Keith Howland and Jason Scheff.

Discography

Weingart has released two solo albums, "Life Times" [ [http://www.abstractlogix.com/xcart/product.php?productid=21847&cat=0&page=1 AbstractLogix :: Piano-Keys-Synth :: Steve Weingart - Life Times. Features Robben Ford ] ] [2001] and "Dark Blue Dream" [ [http://cdbaby.com/cd/weingart2 CD Baby: STEVE WEINGART: Dark Blue Dream ] ] [2005] . Weingart also features on Steve Lukather's "El Grupo Live", [ [http://www.abstractlogix.com/xcart/product.php?productid=21846&cat=0&page=1 AbstractLogix :: Guitar :: El Grupo / Featuring Steve Lukather- El Grupo Live ] ] Dave Weckl's "Multiplicity" [ [http://www.abstractlogix.com/xcart/product.php?productid=20602&cat=0&page=1 AbstractLogix :: Drums and Percussion :: Dave Weckl - Multiplicity ] ] , Bunny Brunel's "Cafe Au Lait", Jeff Richman's "One Two", and The Howland/Imboden Project. Through 2006 and 2007 Steve Weingart's band, Nu Alliance, featured Tom Brechtlein, Frank Gambale & Carlitos Del Puerto. Weingart recently recorded with Jason Scheff, Jeff Babko and Tom Brechtlein for a fusion project with a working title "Life". Weingart has recently also recorded keyboards for Frank Briggs' most recent project.

Live performance

Having toured internationally with Steve Lukather's El Grupo, Dave Weckl, Virgil Donati, Simon Phillips and most recently the Steve Lukather Band, Steve Weingart has toured across the United States and Canada with Warren Hill [ [http://www.warrenhill.com Warren Hill ] ] . Weingart has also performed live frequently [ [http://www.lajazz.com LA Jazz - A Guide to Jazz Events, Musicians and Venues in Southern California ] ] at jazz festivals across the United States and at jazz clubs in Studio City, California with artists including Marco Mendoza, Joey Heredia, Mike Miller, Jimmy Earl, Simon Phillips, Eric Valentine, Victor Wooten, Derico Watson, Eric Marienthal, Frank Briggs, Ronnie Guitterez, Hussain Jiffry, Dave Hooper, Frank Gambale, Tommy Lockett, Tom Brechtlein and Carlitos Del Puerto. Steve Weingart's band, Nu Alliance was formed in December 2006, featuring Frank Gambale, Tom Brechtlein and Carlitos Del Puerto [ [http://www.myspace.com/willminting MySpace.com - Will Minting - www.myspace.com/willminting ] ] .

Personal

Weingart was born in Dayton, Ohio, and is a graduate of the College Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio. Weingart lives in Burbank, California and is married to Renee Jones.

External links

*http://www.steveweingart.com
*http://www.myspace.com/steveweingart
*http://www.myspace.com/steveweingartfriends
*http://www.clavia.se/misc/users/SteveWeingart.htm
*http://www.stevelukather.net

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