Dave Steinmeyer
Dave
Steinmeyer is one of the music world's most sought after jazz trombonists.
Stumpy, as he is known to his associates, is truly a musician's musician.
Among Dave's credits are twenty-eight years as a musician in the United States
Air Force, with 24 or those years playing lead trombone with the world famous
Airmen of Note and the last ten years of his tenure as the Note's director.
During his days with the Note the band played a weekly live radio show in
Washington, D.C. and traveled to Los Angeles three times a year to record
albums with many famous musical stars, including Sarah Vaughn, Joe Williams,
Rosemary Clooney, Frank Sinatra, Patrick Williams, J.J. Johnson, Lou Rawls
and Diane Schuur. Dave has produced ten big band jazz albums with the Airmen
of Note and is a featured jazz soloist on the album Legacy, recorded after
his retirement.
Dave currently lives in Maryland and works in the local area as a full-time trombonist. He has performed at the Wolf Trap Filene Center, the Kennedy Center, and various other concert halls with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Tony Bennett, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mathis, Christina Aguilera, Jewel, Marc Anthony, and Jessica Simpson. Dave has performed at the White House for seven Presidents, and most recently for the inauguration of President George W. Bush. He has been involved in many television productions such as Christmas in Washington, CBS Salute to the Troops, Victor Borge's 80th Birthday Celebration, and four Presidential Inaugural television galas.
In addition to these local events, Dave is a world-renowned clinician, making guest appearances as far away as Sydney, Australia, where he was a guest soloist at the Sydney Opera House. In the United States he appears frequently in high schools, colleges, conventions, and many jazz festivals. His clinics cover subjects including upper register, club-dating, ensemble playing, military music as a career, and alcohol/drug-free lifestyle. Dave is known for his high-range ballad style of playing and his love of working with young musicians. (Martin)