Steven Feifke - Kinetic (2021) [Hi-Res]

While Kinetic is his formal label debut, Boston-native Feifke has been a ubiquitous presence on the scene in a plethora of musical arenas. A two-time semi-finalist in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Piano Competition, Feifke has written commissioned work for such notable institutions as the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra featuring jazz trumpet greats Sean Jones and Jon Faddis, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra with Ken Peplowski, the Malmo Big Band with Katie Thiroux, and the New Generation Festival Orchestra featuring Dominick Farinacci. Additionally, Feifke works as musical director for musical theater luminary and Tony Award Winning actor and singer Santino Fontanato. In the realm of television music, Feifke’s compositions and orchestrations have been prominently featured on such hit shows as Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Netflix), Impractical Jokers (TruTV), and Animaniacs (Hulu).

Feifke is also a respected educator; he is currently on faculty at The New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music where he teaches composing and arranging. He has served as a guest educator at Moravian College, Yale University, Williams College among others, and was the 2018 recipient of the “Pros Meet Pupils” grant from Arts Mid-Hudson after developing a comprehensive curriculum about the history of civil rights in America and its relation to jazz pedagogy and performance.