Jeremy Steig (1942 - 2016)

Born 23 Sep 1942 in New York, New York, United States

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Died 13 Apr 2016 at age 73 in Yokohama, Japan

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Biography

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Jeremy Steig was a jazz flutist.

Jeremy was born in New York, New York on 23 September 1942. He was the son of William Steig and Elizabeth Mead.^[1][2]

He began playing recorder at age 6, and at age 11, he began studying flute with Paige Brook of the New York Philharmonic.^[3]

He began performing professionally while he was attending the High School of Music and Art in New York City.^[4]

When he was 19 years old, he was injured in a motorcycle accident in Bermuda, and one side of his face was paralyzed. Six months later, after having surgery, he began playing the flute again with the assistance of a cardboard mouthpiece. Eventually he rebuilt his facial muscles and no longer needed the mouthpiece.^[5]

When he was 21 years old, he recorded his first album, Flute Fever.^[6] He appeared on more than 40 recordings.^[7]

He did the cover art for many of his albums.^[8]

He married Asako^[9][10] on 1 April 2003.^[11]

He died of cancer on 13 April 2016 in Yokohama, Japan.^[12][13]

Sources

1. ↑ Jeremy Steig. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 29 Nov 2016. [1]
2. ↑ Keepnews, Peter. "Jeremy Steig, Flutist Who Bridged Jazz and Rock, Dies at 73." New York Times, 2 June 2016. [2]
3. ↑ Keepnews, Peter. "Jeremy Steig, Flutist Who Bridged Jazz and Rock, Dies at 73." New York Times, 2 June 2016. [3]
4. ↑ Keepnews, Peter. "Jeremy Steig, Flutist Who Bridged Jazz and Rock, Dies at 73." New York Times, 2 June 2016. [4]
5. ↑ Westbrook, Peter. "Jeremy Steig: New York Satyr." In The Flute in Jazz: Window on World Music. 2nd ed. Harmonia Books, 2011. [5]
6. ↑ Keepnews, Peter. "Jeremy Steig, Flutist Who Bridged Jazz and Rock, Dies at 73." New York Times, 2 June 2016. [6]
7. ↑ Westbrook, Peter. "Jeremy Steig: New York Satyr." In The Flute in Jazz: Window on World Music. 2nd ed. Harmonia Books, 2011. [7]
8. ↑ Keepnews, Peter. "Jeremy Steig, Flutist Who Bridged Jazz and Rock, Dies at 73." New York Times, 2 June 2016. [8]
9. ↑ Jeremy Steig. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 29 Nov 2016. [9]
10. ↑ Keepnews, Peter. "Jeremy Steig, Flutist Who Bridged Jazz and Rock, Dies at 73." New York Times, 2 June 2016. [10]
11. ↑ Steig, Jeremy. Blog post, April 2016. [11]
12. ↑ Jeremy Steig. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 29 Nov 2016. [12]
13. ↑ Keepnews, Peter. "Jeremy Steig, Flutist Who Bridged Jazz and Rock, Dies at 73." New York Times, 2 June 2016. [13]

• Jeremy Steig. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 29 Nov 2016. [14]
• Keepnews, Peter. "Jeremy Steig, Flutist Who Bridged Jazz and Rock, Dies at 73." New York Times, 2 June 2016. [15]
• Steig, Jeremy. Blog post, April 2016. [16]
• Westbrook, Peter. "Jeremy Steig: New York Satyr." In The Flute in Jazz: Window on World Music. 2nd ed. Harmonia Books, 2011. [17]

See Also

• Jeremy Steig discography - Discogs [18]