Steve Talaga

Steve Talaga

Welcome!

It's good to have you here in my little space on the web!

Click Here to go to my "Myspace" page and hear some of my music!

Mus 105 Students click here

Thanks for dropping by! Here you can learn about my recording projects, upcoming gigs, general thoughts on music, and other random stuff that comes to mind.

I'd love to hear from you. Send me a note: talagamail@comcast.net.

Please come back often. I update this page frequently (especially the gig calendar). And don't forget to click the Smitty link below for news about Mind's Eye and other stuff.

Smitty Music Company

Click here to audition/buy "The Shapeshifter."

Click here to audition/buy "Heartside Sketches"

Click here to audition/buy "Two Worlds"

Click here to audition/buy "Contemplating the Heavens"

Click here to listen to the audio from my 4/16/12 solo piano recital at Aquinas College.

Click here to watch my "Heartside Sketches" solo piano suite from Artprize 2011.

Click here for Grupo Aye'

Click here to check out the Evidence website

Click here to go to Linda Nemec Foster's website

Click here to go to the Mind's Eye Myspace page!

Click here to visit the West Michigan Jazz Society.

NEW CD!!!

"The Shapeshifter" is out! It sounds awesome, thanks to the heavy hitters I lured into the studio: Rob Smith, Tom Lockwood, Paul Keller, and Pete Siers! Engineered by John Stites for maximum ear-joyment. Click the link above to check it out. Thanks for your talent and hard work, guys!

And, "Deadman's Hill" from "The Shapeshifter" won third place in the International Songwriting Competition! For more info, surf over to: http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/winners

Scroll down to the jazz category, and there it is!

Also, "Heartside Sketches" won the WYCE-FM Jammy Award for Best Jazz Album of 2010! Thanks to everyone involved in this project! This award really belongs to all of you.

So, What Else is New?

Lot's of other great stuff to tell you about...read on!

Jazz comes to "Ottawa Tavern!" Come down and check out the newest jazz hang! "Ottawa Tavern," at the corner of Ottawa and Pearl in GR, has jazz Wednesday through Saturday every week!!!

And, dont' forget about the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra's regular gig: Founders Brewery in Grand Rapids the first and third Sundays of every month, 5:30pm - 7:30pm. For Other gigs, please click the "gigs" link on at the top left of this page. Look for the new GRJO CD, "Swingin' with Edye Evans-Hyde."

Also, the new Steve Hilger Band CD, "The River," is on the shelves. The disc sounds fantastic! Listen for it on WLAV and WYCE.

Please drop me a line and let me know what you're up to! Click the link below to send a note.

Click here to send me an email note!