Steve Talaga

Originally from Bay City, Ml, Steve received a B.S. degree in Broadcast and Cinematic arts from Central Michigan University in 1986, and was a producer and `on-air personality' at Central's WCMU-FM until 1989. In 1992 he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies from Western Michigan University, and then in 1994 with a Master's degree. in composition, also from Western. In 1993 he won a Downbeat Magazine "db" award for composition, and taught at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp for 5 years. Currently, Steve is an adjunct professor or instructor of music at Aquinas College and Grace Bible College in Grand Rapids, Grand Valley State University, and Hope College in Holland (MI).

	Steve Talaga Trio SCT 001 "Mirage"  Recorded 11/4/99 Steve Talaga, solo piano
"...an intriguing example of the deep-rooted emotion that can be projected by a solo artist."   -Frank Rubolino, Cadence magazine, August 2000
	Steve Talaga SCT 002 "Basement Alchemy" Recorded 1/24/99 and 1/16/00 Steve Talaga, electric piano Rob Smith, trumpet and tenor sax Keith Kaminski, tenor sax Tom Lockwood, acoustic bass Randy Marsh, drums
"The ambitious suite that corners the majorityof the disc's first half is an achievement both in terms of sustained individual creativity and compositional acuity." -Derek Taylor, Cadence magazine,       March 2002
	Steve Talaga Trio SMC 003 "Yin-yang" Recorded 1995-7 Tom Lockwood, acoustic bass Quincy Davis, drums Randy Marsh, drums Shawn Sommer, acoustic bass Keith Hall, drums