Steve Haines and Friends

with
Janinah Burnett, voice
Thomas Heflin, trumpet
Ariel Pocock, piano
Zaren Saddler, drums

Steve Haines (double bass) gratefully returns to playing and teaching after the repair of a heart aneurysm in August, 2025. This concert is dedicated to the doctors at the Cleveland Clinic as well as his incredibly supportive family. He has played with Wycliffe Gordon, Jason Marsalis, Jimmy Cobb, Ralph Bowen, Fred Wesley, and the Joey Calderazzo Trio & Quartet. His latest recordings are Swing State with Thomas Heflin, to be released shortly; Thomas Heflin’s Morning Star (Blue Canoe), alongside Greg Tardy and Mavis Poole; and with legendary drummer Joe Chambers on Samba De Maracatu (Blue Note). Steve has also written for Becca Stevens and full orchestra, heard on Steve Haines and the Third Floor Orchestra (Justin Time) which Japan’s Jazz Life Magazine calls “a masterpiece”. He also orchestrated and arranged the longstanding musical Ella: The Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald. Steve’s primary teachers were Jeff Bradetich & Craig Butterfield in classical bass; and also Skip Beckwith & Lynn Seaton, who both studied extensively with Ray Brown. He and his wife Kim, who is the Dean of the Lloyd International Honors College, are the proud parents of three vivacious children, Ben, Violet, and Jimmy. Steve thanks God for his family, his health, and all the wonderful people around him.