Steve Tyrell

Steve Tyrell
Background information
Born	Houston,Texas, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1970 - present
Labels	New Design
Website	[[1]]

Steve Tyrell is an American jazz musician. Steve Tyrell is an American jazz musician. Grammy Award-winning vocalist extraordinaire Steve Tyrell is truly a renaissance man. In his 4 decades in the music business, he has achieved great success as an artist, producer, songwriter, music supervisor, performer and is a two time Emmy nominee. With his breakthrough performances in “Father of the Bride” and “Father of the Bride II,” Steve Tyrell reinvented and re-popularized classic pop standards for a modern-day audience. With the grit and soul of a lifetime, producing hits for artists ranging from Dionne Warwick to Grammy-winner Rod Stewart (“Stardust…Vol. 3” and "Thanks for the Memory... Vol. 4"), Steve himself has sold hundreds of thousands of albums and gained a passionate following all over the world. His hits “The Way You Look Tonight,” “A Kiss To Build A Dream On,” and “The Sunny Side of The Street,” have launched thousands of weddings and millions of romances. He’s held top positions at Standards, Swing, and Big Band outlets with a devoted following at key Adult Contemporary Radio. With sold out shows across America and raves from around the globe as a result of his recent sold-out world tour, his following increases day by day. Steve recently made his first appearance with the famed Boston Pops and at the request of the Sinatra family, Steve was the featured performer at the Hollywood Bowl season opening concert at which Frank Sinatra was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. It was a signature event and a major success. With the encouragement of music legend Quincy Jones and the Sinatra family, plans were hatched for an album of Frank’s material. This is one of the few times the Sinatra family has reached into the vault of original Sinatra arrangements to share with another artist. With some of the greatest musicians in the world playing some of the greatest songs of all time on this recording, “Songs of Sinatra” will be an album that audiences will want to hear again and again and again. His work in the studio has included collaborations with such diverse and legendary artists as:

Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Ray Charles, Linda Ronstadt, Aaron Neville, LL Cool J, Blood Sweat and Tears, Chris Botti, Dave Koz, Dolly Parton, Bonnie Raitt, Burt Bacharach, Bette Midler and Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, and Martina McBride just to name a few.

As an artist, all 5 of his American Standards albums have achieved top 5 status on Billboard’s Jazz charts and his first album “A New Standard” was amongst the best selling jazz albums for over 5 years. He followed those with an album in tribute to Frank Sinatra entitled "Songs of Sinatra" as well as a collection of Disney Standards featuring songs from their animated classics. His latest album, "Back to Bacharach" was released in June of 2008. His songs have been recorded by such revered artists as Ray Charles, Diana Ross, LL Cool J and Elvis Presley and his song “How Do You Talk To An Angel,” written and produced for Aaron Spelling’s Fox television series “The Heights,” was a No. 1 pop hit in 1992 and earned Tyrell one of his two Emmy nominations. As a music supervisor and music producer for film and TV, Tyrell has work with such distinguished directors as Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Nancy Meyers, Betty Thomas and Charles Shyer.

Tyrell has covered popular standards including I've Got a Crush on You, Georgia On My Mind and You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To. Tyrell delivers his own interpretation of many of these tracks: “We don't think it's right if we can't bring something fresh to these wonderful songs that some of the greatest artists of all time have already done definitive versions of”.

Personal life

Tyrell was married to the late Stephanie Tyrell, a long-time partner.

External links

• Official site
• Steve Tyrell at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography at All Music Guide
• Performance photographs