Steven Bernstein's Millenial territory orchestra West

Present, immersive, visionary — trumpet player and composer Steven Bernstein has been taking creative risks for more than three decades. His love for the music — and the kinetic act of composing in real time — vitalizes every set. Bernstein’s interpretations of a collection of songs inspired by Bernstein’s work with Henry Butler and Levon Helm, along with arrangements from the likes of Charles Mingus, Bessie Smith, The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, Duke Ellington, and Nino Rota.

ABOUT STEVEN BERNSTEIN
A master of the previously obscure slide trumpet, Berkeley-born Steven Bernstein is a fearless improviser, composer and arranger whose résumé includes collaboration with Bill Frisell, Levon Helm, Lou Reed, Linda Ronstadt, Henry Butler, and Allen Toussaint. He leads the cinematically inspired band Sex Mob, the Millennial Territory Orchestra – an ensemble rooted in the territory bands of the 1920s and 30s, and the Butler-Bernstein Hot 9 devoted to the early jazz of Fats Waller and Jelly Roll Morton.