Steve Bernstein, the leader of the band Sex Mob and denizen of the New York “downtown scene” for 20 years, is one of the most exciting musicians on the planet. Funny, brilliant, about half scholarly and half profane, he is not afraid to say it as he sees it. Late this summer, he talked to me on a beautiful Sunday morning.
Who Wants to Be a “Jazz” Musician Anyway?
Though he plays the trumpet and his favorite musicians are Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, Bernstein didn’t want to be called a “jazz” musician. Bernstein did not see himself as part of that world.
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