American drummer. He started his career in NYC and at 17 Steve joined the Al Cohn/Zoot Sims Quintet. At 20 Steve joined Sarah Vaughn for 2 1/2 years. He also worked with jazz greats Joe Henderson, Eddie Daniels, Monty Alexander, Bob Sheppard, Pete Christlieb, and Mike Maineri among others. Later he took the drum chair with A Chorus Line in Los Angeles and then was discovered and became a prominent recording musician in Hollywood.