STEVE THORNBURG
QUARTET
jazz
When you talk about The Steve Thornburg Quartet, you’re talking about a team. Saxophonist Steve Thornburg and drummer Mary O'Keefe have been playing music together since they met at a jr. high school for Omaha’s All City Band back in the late ‘70s. This musical marriage eventually brought about an actual marriage and two musician children, singer Noelle and drummer Chase. The year 2002 launched Soldiers of Soul; a soul, funk and r&b group which is regularly featured at Omaha’s Summer Arts Festival, Santa Lucia Festival, clubs and universities throughout the MidWest.
Steve and Mary never let go of their jazz roots though, and The Steve Thornburg Quartet has been playing steadily since 1984. The STQ has appeared as back up group for Grammy nominated jazz singer Karrin Allyson, and were featured in 2005's Joslyn Jazz on the Green playing with Memphis Hammond organ great Charlie Wood.
The Steve Thornburg Quartet plays jazz, soul & pop instrumentals with passion and superb musicianship. STQ's style is saxophone-driven be-bop, a edgy sound in the tradition of legendary alto players Arthur Blythe, Johnny Hodges and Sonny Fortune. Mary's influences include Tony Williams, Elvin Jones and Philly Joe Jones.
Steve and Mary have enjoyed musical associations with the finest musicians in the area; from piano prodigy Mahesh Balysooria, to Lincoln Nebraska's bass master Andy Hall, to the legendary saxophonists Joe Genovesi and the late Preston Love.
PARTIAL SONG LIST:
ALL BLUES-- MILES DAVIS
ALL OF ME-- SIMONS/MARKS
ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE-- HAMMERSTEIN
AUTUMN LEAVES-- OSCAR PETERSON
A CHILD IS BORN-- THAD JONES
A FINE ROMANCE-- JEROME KERN
A FOGGY DAY-- GERSHWIN
A NIGHT IN TUNISIA-- DIZZY GILLESPIE
ANGEL EYES-- DENNIS/BRENT
AS TIME GOES BY-- CASABLANCA
BLUE MONK-- THELONIUS MONK
BLUE BOSSA-- KENNY DORHAM
BYE BYE BLACKBIRD-- ELLA FITZGERALD
BODY AND SOUL-- ERROLL GARNER
BLUESETTE-- TOOTS THIELSMANS
BILL BAILEY-- PEARL BAILEY
COME RAIN OR COME SHINE-- MERCER
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS
DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE-- DUKE ELLINGTON
DOXY-- SONNY ROLLINS
CARAVAN-- DUKE ELLINGTON
BUT BEAUTIFUL-- BILL HOLIDAY
THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES-- ART FARMER
FOOTPRINTS-- WAYNE SHORTER
FOUR-- MILES DAVIS
FREDDIE THE FREELOADER-- MILES DAVIS
GENTLE RAIN
GIRL FROM IPANEMA-- STAN GETZ
FLY ME TO THE MOON-- SINATRA
GEORGIA-- RAY CHARLES
GREEN DOLPHIN STREET-- SONNY ROLLINS
GROOVIN' HIGH-- DIZZY GILLESPIE
HERE'S THAT RAINY DAY-- STAN GETZ
HOW HIGH THE MOON-- CHARLIE PARKER
I CAN'T GET STARTED-- CHARLIE PARKER
I MEAN YOU-- THELONIUS MONK
IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD-- DUKE ELLINGTON
ISN'T IT ROMANTIC-- RODGERS/HART
IT DON'T MEAN A THING-- DUKE ELLINGTON
JORDU-- CLIFFORD BROWN
JOY SPRING-- CLIFFORD BROWN
LULLABY OF BIRDLAND-- GEORGE SHEARING
MISTY-- ERROL GARNER
MR. PC-- COLTRANE
MY FAVORITE THINGS-- RODGERS
MY FOOLISH HEART-- BILL EVANS
MY FUNNY VALENTINE-- RODGERS/HART
MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE
MY ROMANCE-- RODGERS/HART
IT HAD TO BE YOU
MASQUERADE-- GEORGE BENSON
MY LITTLE SUEDE SHOES-- CHARLIE PARKER
OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY-- GERSHWIN
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
ROUTE 66-- NAT KING COLE
SATIN DOLL-- DUKE ELLINGTON
SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME-- SNOW WHITE
ST. THOMAS-- SONNY ROLLINS
STORMY WEATHER
SUGAR
SUMMERTIME-- GERSHWIN
TAKE THE A' TRAIN-- DUKE ELLINGTON
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU
THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE
UNFORGETTABLE-- NAT KING COLE
SONG FOR MY FATHER-- HORACE SILVER
SOUL EYES
SWEET GEORGIA BROW
THING AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE-- DUKE ELLINGTON
THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT-- SINATRA
YOU'D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO-- ERROL GARNER
ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
NIGHT AND DAY-- COLE PORTER
PENT UP HOUSE-- SONNY ROLLINS
SOMETIME AGO-- ART FARMER
STELLA BY STARLIGHT-- MILES DAVIS
UP JUMPED SPRING-- FREDDIE HUBBARD
WELL YOU NEEDN'T-- MONK
WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE-- COLE PORTER
WHEN I FALL IN LOVE
WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE
YESTERDAYS-- KERN
