Occupation(s) Musician, composer Instruments Upright bass | Name Ike Sturm Role Composer | |
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Associated acts Ted Poor QuartetJostein Gulbrandsen Trio Similar People Alan Ferber, Alexis Cole, Don Braden, Christian Howes, John Menegon | ||
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Ike Sturm (born 29 June 1978 in Wisconsin) is a bassist, composer, and bandleader in New York. He serves as Music Director for the Jazz Ministry at Saint Peter's Church in Manhattan.
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- Net tv portraits of faith ike sturm and the jazz church 11 06 2014
- Hot jazz with ike sturm
- Biography
- Solo albums
- Collaborations
- References
Hot jazz with ike sturm
Biography
Raised in a musical home in Wisconsin, Sturm learned from his father, composer and arranger Fred Sturm. He received degrees from the Eastman School of Music and has performed with Gene Bertoncini, Donny McCaslin, Bobby McFerrin, Ben Monder, Ingrid Jensen, Steve Lehman, Maria Schneider, Kenny Wheeler and many others. He has played on four Down Beat award-winning recordings as well as Steve Reich's albums for Cantaloupe Music and Nonesuch Records. He has appeared with the International Contemporary Ensemble, Signal and Alarm Will Sound.
Commissioned by Saint Peter's Church, he composed Jazz Mass as a large-scale work featuring choir, string orchestra, and saxophonist Donny McCaslin. The recording received 4 1/2 stars rating and was named among the Best of 2010 in Down Beat magazine. Jazz Mass premiered in Europe in 2011 at the Gedächtniskirche in Berlin.