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Updated January 4, 2012:

NEW: Steve will bring his band back to Anthony's Ozone Lounge on January 5th for another evening of great music. Don't miss this encore performance from 6:30pm-9:30pm Thursday, January 5th at Anthony's Ozone Lounge at 72nd & F Streets, Omaha, Nebraska. See you then!

NEW: Videos of Steve and his band performing at the 2011 Jazz on the Green concert series are now available. Click here to go to the video page.

NEW:Steve is now selling tunes via VibeDeck.

Steve was nominated as Best Jazz Artist for 2011 from the Omaha Entertainment Arts and Awards. Congrats Steve!!

Turn back the years to Steve's band Auracle and Sno' Fun. Listen on YouTube.

Steve performed Thursday, August 4th at the Jazz on the Green at Midtown Crossing Concert Series. The concert at Turner park was well attended and featured two impeccable sets of music by Steve and his band.

The Omaha World Herald website promoted Steve's gig at the Jazz on the Green at Midtown Crossing Series. Read a .pdf of it here.

Omaha Performing Arts has a very favorable promotion of Steve's event.

NEW: Steve is on Facebook & Twitter: Become a fan of Steve on Facebook: Follow Steve on Twitter:

NEW:Steve has just released Bad Kat Karma (with horn section) as a new single & it is available for purchase and download on Itunes! Use your Itunes player to access it, or follow this link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bad-kat-karma-feat-stan-harper/id435530463?i=435530464&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

NEW:Steve is the Artist of The Month on the K & K Sound website. For more information you may visit: http://www.kksound.com/

Steve was one of the finalists for the 2010 USA Songwriting Competition in the Jazz Category. Steve wrote the song, Hummingbird, for which Doyle Tipler wrote the horn parts. For more information you may visit: http://www.songwriting.net/

Steve was nominated for Best Jazz Artist in the Omaha Arts and Entertainment Awards competition. He performed at the Omaha Entertainment and Awards Show Sunday, February 13th at 6pm at Harrah's Casino and Convention Center in Council Bluffs.

Steve is one of the featured artists in the November 2010 edition of "Smooth Jazz News". Read the feature here.

Steve is one of the featured artists this month on 'Music Up Close With Janie' on Skopemag.com. See a screencap of the review here.

Noted jazz journalist Scott Yanow has reviewed Steve's In The Driver's Seat. Read it here.

Steve was one of the many renowned artists on stage for this year's Omaha Riverfront Jazz and Blues Festival. See a screencap of the Saturday July 10th lineup. You may also see a screencap of an advertisement for the festival. Here is a composite of the festival program and a blurb about Steve.

See a screencap of a good review of Steve's work from JTCoffeshop.com

A screenshot of a Google search on "Steve Raybine" that yields many, many results..see it here.

Download and read Steve's updated bio.

A review of Steve's In The Driver's Seat was featured on the prestigious nosolosmoothjazz website based in Madrid, Spain. View a screencap of the page with article translation to English.

Steve's In The Driver's Seat appeared as a selection in the January edition of Jazziz magazine. View a screencap of the page here.

Steve was the subject of an article just published in The Reader which you may read here.

Steve is now a featured artist on RadioIndy.com. Visit their website here.

Steve has officially launched a new blog. Read it here.

Steve Raybine has officially released his new recording, In The Driver's Seat. You may purchase that new disc and his previous recordings at the new Buying CDs page!

Click here to download a .pdf of cover art for In The Driver's Seat

Read the Press Release

Read a review of the new recording by Elaine Miller

Read an new interview with Steve

VISIT STEVE'S NEW CD BUYING PAGE AND BUY THE NEW CD!

Listen to a radio interview with Steve from The Last Call/KIOS-FM

Read an article just published in the City Weekly Newspaper about Steve!

From smoothjazz.com: a favorable review of Steve's In The Driver's Seat:

That “Bad” vibes “Kat” is back, with his best album yet! Steve Raybine’s created a killer set with IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT, giving jazz vibes fans (And I’m totally there!) something really impressive to sink their musical teeth into. Make no mistake about it, this is World-class jazz - from contemporary to straight-ahead, from solo ballads to funk ala T.O.P., complete with horn section. Steve also includes some compelling excursions into blues and Latin bags, creating even more excitement and depth to this project. Hey, would we expect anything less from Mr. Raybine? To quote Sandy Shore from four years ago, “When we refer to Steve Raybine as an accomplished musician, it's an understatement. Steve is not only a virtuoso vibraphonist, percussionist, and composer/arranger, he is also an instructor and clinician." Bottom line here is this… Steve Raybine’s IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT is a must-have for your music library! - SCOTT O'BRIEN

Buy In The Driver's Seat on CD Baby!(this link takes you to their site)

See a screenshot of Steve Quirk's page. Quirk is from the radio show Fusion Flavours in the United Kingdom on www.jazzfm.com. He said of Steve's new disc:"...Plus a great new version of Bobby Caldwell's What You Won't Do for Love from vibe player STEVE RAYBINE."

See a collage of album artwork as featured on allthatjazzinc.com that includes Steve's In The Driver's Seat CD cover artwork.

See Steve's CD as advertised on the Musser Facebook Fan page

Read about Steve's CD as discussed on the Smooth Jazz Blog

View a plug of Steve's CD & CD release party from the Midwest Smooth Jazz Society Website

Steve's "You've Got It All" has received wide airplay:

Monitored airplay:
WGRV/Melbourne, FL
WEIB/Springfield, MA

Billboard Indicator: #2 Most Added!
WVSU/Birmingham, AL
KUAP/Little Rock, AR (also added "What You Won't Do For Love")

Smoothjazz.com: Most Added List!
see link: http://www.smoothjazz.com/charts/recap.php

Smoothindiestar.com: # 36
see link: http://smoothindiestar.com/chart/

KTSU/Houston, TX
WUKS/Fayetteville, NC
WFSS/Fayetteville, NC
WQQQ/Sharon, CT
WMWM/Salem, MA
WJAB/Huntsville, AL
WONB/Lima, OH
Smoothjazz.com/Internet
BoomerRadio.com/Internet

DMX Cable Radio/"Jazz Vocal Blend" Channel
KCCK/Cedar Rapids, IA
KOKY/Little Rock, AR
KPVU/Houtson, TX
KPVL/Postville, IA
KXPT/Las Vegas, NV (Sunday jazz show on Classic Hits station)
Music Choice/Cable and Satellite TV
Radioio.com/Internet
WTCC/Springfield, MA --airplay information courtesy All That Jazz

Two Quicktime videos are available now of Steve Raybine performing LIVE at Cotter High School, in Winona, Minnesota. The links below will take you to individual pages for each video.

View Night and Day or view Sugar

Steve Raybine was nominated for the third year in a row for the best jazz artist in Omaha for the Omaha Arts and Entertainment Awards 2008.

Listen to two testimonials from Steve on behalf of KIOS
for their successfully completed Fall 2008 fund drive:

Testimonial #1

Testimonial #2

Read a column that featured Steve's insights into finding gigs that was featured in International Musician.

Read a description of Bad Kat Karma from latinamusica.

Read a mention of Steve from Wikipedia.

Steve's music was mentioned on an internet article in Poland.

Read a review of Steve's Balancing Act from The Minidisc Trading Post.

Steve's music was mentioned in a blog from Japan.

Conn-Selmer featured one of Steve's Suggestions in its Artist & Repertoire Review in March 2008.

Conn-Selmer featured one of Steve's Suggestions in its Artist & Repertoire Review in February 2008.

Fusion Flavors features Steve in a list of artists it has featued on its London-based radio station. Look for Steve's name 2/3 down the list. In 2005 Steve's Bad Kat Karma was voted as one of the top 50 CD's on www.fusionflavoursmusic.com.

Steve was nominated as Outstanding Jazz Artist in the 2007 Omaha Entertainment Awards! Read the formal annoucement. Good luck Steve!!

Marq Manner of The Omaha City Weekly gave a very favorable review for Steve's performance at the recent Omaha Entertainment Awards Block Party. Read the review.

Steve's performance at Jazz on the Green, Southwest Florida's Premier Jazz Event, on October 26-28th was very well received. For your examination, some images of the event, including a ID badge, two pages from the official 2007 Concert Program, and a newspaper clipping.
See photo #1 See Photo #2 See Photo #3 See Photo #4

Read a brief testimonial about Steve's performances and clinics at Jazz on the Green in Florida

Steve Raybine was selected in 2006 to be in the Independent Artist Registry, which is a prestigious acknowledgment. Interestingly, thousands of bands and performers applied from all over the Midwest U.S., but only 44 were chosen and Steve was one of them.

From the I.A.R. Website:The Independent Artist Registry is a talent scouting service for over 100 of the nation's top record labels. Its goal is to find and promote the US's top independent artists to a quarter million music industry professionals, including A&R reps. The I.A.R. evaluates artists in four categories and only selects the best artists for induction into the Registry. Read the letter of inclusion from the I.A.R..
The Independent Artist Registry is affiliated with the Music Phone Book, which is a national publication.

Steve Raybine was nominated for Best Live Music in the jazz category for the 2006 Omaha Entertainment Awards.

Steve is a Musser Vibes Artist.
See a composite screenshot of a Ludwig/Musser website page featuring Steve.

Steve's CD, Bad Kat Karma is available on itunes. You can download the entire CD or individual cuts. Visit the itunes site for more information.

Urban Jazz News has released an extensive interview (in a word .doc)with Steve.

Note: If you use I.E. as your browser the files below may compress after they are loaded into your browser. For full resolution, run over with your cursor the orange expander button on the lower right hand corner of the image.

Download an extract of the September 2007 Artist and Repertoire Review featuring one of Steve's Suggestions.

Steve's performance at the Sotos Syndrome Support Assocation gathering was phenomenal.
Read the testominal from G. Bradley Schaefer, M.D. of the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
See photo #1 See Photo #2 See Photo #3 See Photo #4

See an article about the 2006 Omaha Riverfront Jazz and Blues Festival featuring Steve.

Steve is also featured in another article about the 2006 Omaha Riverfront Jazz and Blues Festival.

Steve's recording has gained nationwide attention recently. Here are snapshots of articles and publications featuring Bad Kat Karma.

View an April 2007 screenshot of Steve's Sunny as seen on Pulse Music Baord

See a screenshot of thegroove.org(4/8/2007)listing Steve's Sunny(emphasis added)

Steve is included in a list of the World's best vibraphonists as published on startkabel.nl

View an April 2007 screenshot of Bad Kat Karma as seen on Smooth Jazz Excursion

See a screenshot of DMX Music featuring Steve's Sunny(emphasis added)

View a screenshot of Cool Jazz Cafe Internet Radio featuring Steve's Sunny (empahis added)

See a March 2007 screenshot of Bad Kat Karma as seen on smoothjazz.com

Read a February 2007 Radio and Records column where Steve's rendition of Sunny is mentioned.

See an Independent Online Radio Station Network lineup of stations playing music from Steve( as of August 30th, 2006(emphasis added)).

The Source-DJ Music Supply has included one of Steve's songs on its latest smooth jazz CD(emphasis added).

Read a WSVU program log extract featuring Bad Kat Karma on August 15, 2006(emphasis added).

See a Shoutcast roundup of stations featuring Bad Kat Karma in May, 2006(emphasis added).

Read a brief article on Steve's guest interview on WAPL 105.7
(Listen to the interview from the sound file on this page!)

Read reviews of Bad Kat Karma from Amazon.com.

Read a Radio and Records column where Bad Kat Karma is mentioned.

Read another Radio and Records column where Bad Kat Karma is mentioned.

See a screenshot of Jazzlynx Cafe Jazz Radio Canada where Steve's record was featured.

See a column from indicesiete.com where Steve's record is presented.

Read a XM Satellite Radio web page chart with airplay info about Bad Kat Karma.

See a large ad for Bad Kat Karma.

See an ad for Bad Kat Karma published in Radio and Records.

See another advertisement for Bad Kat Karma.

From the archives..an article on Steve.

Listen to Steve's interview on KIOS-FM, Omaha(2006).

Listen to Steve's interview on WAPL 105.7(2006).

Visit Steve on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/Steve-Raybine
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