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1970's...
After
graduating from Eastman, Steve spent
three
years serving his country, playing drums
with the
U.S.
Army Stage Band.
1971: Steve meets Carol in a recording studio where she
was contracting musicians for sessions.
He
returned home and started a trio with Mike
Holmes and
Tony
Levin, this
was 1972 and shortly there after it was time
to go to
New York
. One of his first
major gigs was with
Mike
Maineri's White Elephant,
who's ensemble featured
artist's such as The
Brecker Brothers, John
Faddis, Warren
Bernhardt and
many others who all went on to becoming
the
cream of New Yorks first call studio musicians. |
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Steve Gadd; U.S.Army Stage Band |
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Chuck Mangione
Quartet Live at The Montreux Jazz Festival
in 1972 Photo by Lou
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Soon
after Steve started recording
for Creed
Taylors CTI label, artist's such as Hubert
Laws, Joe Farrell, George
Benson and Paul
Desmond
& Chet
Baker. By 1975 Steve's career
was in high gear, he would be doing three sessions
a day and then playing that night at Mikell's.
His first number one hit came that year with Van
McCoy's
The Hustle,
with many more to follow.
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Gadd 1972 Photo by Lou
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Steve
Gadd performing with Elliott
Randall, Tony
Levin
and Paul
Fleisher playing a Concert at East Hampton
College
in NY-Summer of 1973. |
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Gadd 1973 |
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Steve and Richard eventually
became like long lost brothers,
they
worked together all the time and their groove
was undenialable. Steve was
working all ther time, constantly
all over
the world, in
Japan
his
playing was worshiped
and it was there that
transcriptions first showed up.
THE OFFICIAL RICHARD TEE WEBSITE-
www.richardtee.com
"There isn't a day that goes by without
a thought of Tee, they bring smiles to my face,
joy to my heart and music to my soul.
I miss you my friend. 'Til we meet again,
-Steve Gadd
• Richard Tee (November 24th, 1943-July 21, 1993) |
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Gadd & Richard Tee |
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Gadd plays Montreux Jazz Fest with The
Chuck Mangione
Quartet and
records the Alive album
with the superb solo
on St.
Thomas. Moves to
New York and begins studio
career par excellence. Early 70's lot's of CTI recordings
and then onto Paul Simon, Chick
Corea's Leprechaun
and
the now infamous Nite Sprite.
From there on Herbie
Mann, George Benson, David
Sanborn,
The Brecker
Brothers, Bonnie
Raitt, Al DiMeola, Stanley
Clarke,
Bob James and the list goes
on and on. In 1975, Steve was also
playing drums on Saturday
Night Live besides his hectic
shedule on both
the East and West Coast. |
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Corea's The Leprechaun (1976) |
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Steve Gadd and Rick Marotta 1975 |
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Don Grolnick, Steve Khan, Steve
Gadd, Will Lee, and Michael Brecker in 1979 |
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He
was literally all over the music scene, Paul
Simon,
Weather
Reoprt, Barbra Streisand and countless other
recordings. 1976 saw the formation of the group Stuff,
Gordon
Edwards, Eric Gale, Cornell
Dupree,
Chris
Parker and Richard
Tee.
1976 the group Stuff was
formed what began to be known
as New York's finest
rhythm section recorded constantly
and toured
with Joe Cocker among others.
JAN 1,1977: at the Bottom Line in NYC...
STUFF - featuring: Gordon Edwards, Cornell Dupree,
Steve Gadd, Chris Parker, Richard Tee, Eric Gale
Also appearing GERRI GRIFFINS
Stuff:
Gale, Gadd, Parker, Tee, Edwards, and Dupree 1977 |
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APRIL 29 - MAY 1, 1977: at the Bottom Line in NYC...
STUFF featuring: Gordon Edwards, Cornell Dupree,
Steve Gadd, Chris Parker, Richard
Tee, Eric Gale
also appearing: RON DOUGLAS
1977's Steely
Dan's Aja was truly a breathtaking
performance solidly putting Steve's musicality
all
over the map. Besides all this work Steve was
in
demand in Japan and began his relationship
with
Yamaha drums and his influence was truly
worldwide.
Steely Dan "Aja" (1977) |
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Steve Gadd - Aja Drum Fills! |
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Stuff live: Richard Tee's "Groovin" (1976) |
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Read Steve Khan's notes about
playing with Steve Gadd
on Tightrope in 1977 here...
"Steve Gadd took this opportunity to utilize his famous
paradiddle interplay between the hi-hat and the snare to
construct an amazing drum groove for this complex meter.
For those of you, who don't follow 'drum history' too closely,
the first time Steve Gadd ever heard this 'lick' was during
a Japan tour we all did with Yoko Ono."
The Official Steve Khan Website:
www.jazzitalia.net/lezioni/stevekhan/sk_tightrope_eng.asp |
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Gadd with Steve Khan 1977 |
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"Every drummer wants to play like Gadd
because he plays perfect ... He has brought orchestral
and compositional thinking to the drum kit while at the
same time having a great imagination and
a great ability to swing."
-Chick Corea |
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Gadd 1978 |
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1979: Steve marries Carol! |
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Steve & Carol Gadd |
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Plastic Ono Super Band Japan Tour '74: |
Rick Marotta, Steve Khan, Randy Brecker, Steve Gadd, |
Michael Brecker, Don Grolnick, & Andy Muson |
*Photo from The Official Steve Khan website. |
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| Khan, Sanborn, Maineri,
Tee, Gadd, Jackson, Fukamachi, & Brecker Brothers 1978 |
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