Steve Turre September 15, 2011

Steve Turre is considered “one of the world’s preeminent jazz innovators”. The trombonist, who also plays seashells proficiently, is currently seen weekly on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”. Turre has performed with a long list of Jazz giants including Ray Charles, Woody Shaw, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Tito Puente, Pharoah Sanders, Chucho Valdes, and multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk. It was Kirk who first introduced him to the seashell as an instrument. He has since won numerous awards from Downbeat, JazzTimes and Jazziz magazines for Best Trombone and Best Miscellaneous Instrument (shells).