American piano player Steve Klink has recorded with Gregory Hutchinson ('Blue Suit' - ACT Music), performed with Jeff Hamilton and Dick Oates and has sold over 20, 000 CDs worldwide. After studying at the New England Conservatory in Boston with Fred Hersch, Kenny Werner, Jimmy Guiffre, George Russell, Stanley Cowell, Jim McNeely and Dave Holland, Steve had his first successful tours in Europe (Neuburg Birdland, Schloss Elmau, Quasimodo Berlin, Fabrik Hamburg, Radio + TV recording WDR, NDR, BR, “Wir Jazz-Wunderkinder! ”) when his CD “Feels Like Home” (minor music) became one of the most popular sold jazz CDs in Germany.
After moving to Ljubljana to work with Tadej Tomšic (Adam Nussbaum, Peter Erskine, Clark Terry, conductor European Jazz Orchestra 2010) and writing over 20 big band arrangements for Big Band RTV Slovenia, Steve is starting to tour again around Europe with his new trio consisting of bass player Volker Heinze (Kenny Wheeler, Wolfgang Engstfeld, Lew Soloff, Gunter Hampel, Charlie Mariano) and drummer Marcus Rieck (Benjamin Schaefer Trio, John Marshall, Johannes Enders, Silvia Droste, Lyambiko, Ulita Knaus).
The Steve Klink Trio was one of six acoustic piano trios chosen Europe-wide to compete in the BMW World Jazz Award: 'The Art of Trio'. Watch new videos from this event here
Steve is currently working on a new big band CD (“Love You Madly” feat. singer Mia nidaric and Tadej Tomšic) to be released in October 2010; and a new trio CD to be released in 2011. His most recent trio CD: Searching the Blue has been re-released with a new design and live bonus tracks. See it here
Steve wrote the music and arrangements for horns and strings on celebrated jazz singer Mia nidaric's last CD: 'Nevidni orkester - Invisible Orchestra', two songs of which have been released on the German record label Meyer Records': 'Various Artists - Meyer Records Volume 2' both as a CD and vinyl LP.
Steve had the opportunity to write 8 new compositions and big band arrangements for Big Band RTV Slovenia. The music was broadcast Europe-wide on the national radios of Norway, Sweden, Finland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Croatia, Austria, Spain, Latvia, Greece and Slovenia.
