Stephen Anderson

Background

About Stephen Anderson

Full Bio at: https://StephenAndersonMusic.com/about Described as “a true piano monster” (All About Jazz) and as “a bright star on the jazz horizon” (Musical Memoirs), STEPHEN ANDERSON is a critically acclaimed and award-winning composer and pianist whose music has been published on twenty compact discs through Summit, Albany, Nagel Heyer Records, and other labels. Many of Anderson’s recordings have appeared on the Grammy® Awards (53rd, 56th, 58th, 59th, 64th) and Latin Grammy® Awards (17th and 23rd) ballots representing Summit Records. For his work as composer, pianist, and band leader for the Dominican Jazz Project, his recordings have been praised as “vibrant, passionate music” (JAZZIZ) and “more sizzling than fried peppers and onions” (Jazz Weekly). The Dominican Jazz Project Desde Lejos CD received two awards in the Premios Indie Dominicano 3ra edición in the categories of Best Jazz Album and Best Jazz Song (for Anderson’s composition, Fuera de la Oscuridad)(January 2023). Anderson was formally recognized and distinguished by the Minister of Culture, Señora Milagros Germán, of the Dominican Republic government for “his research and contributions to the national musical heritage” have “generated pieces and compositions whose contents are based on the roots of native Dominican music that “have traveled with our seal of identity"(May 2022). The Dominican Jazz Project was invited to the Palacio Nacional for the "condecoración" ceremony of bandmate, Guillo Carias, by President Luis Rodolfo Abinader, President of the Dominican Republic. The DJP appeared on MúsicaPress TV (March 2021), and several articles have been published about the group in Santo Domingo newspapers (REPORTEEXTRA, Areito, Vivir.Alegria). His work with the Dominican Jazz Project and Marimjazzia Latin jazz ensembles have led him to perform at multiple festivals in the Caribbean, as well as in Central and South America since 2014.