About Steve Nixon

Steve’s performance credits include such greats as: * Four time Grammy Award Winner Buddy Guy * Two Time Grammy Award Winner Koko Taylor * Blues Music Hall of Fame Member and Grammy Nominee Lonnie Brooks * Grammy Nominated Shemekia Copeland * Tab Benoit ..and many more! He has also amazed audiences while sharing the stage with musical giants such as B.B. King, Wyclef Jean, Taj Mahal, Bernard Allison, and John Lee Hooker Jr. Steve has performed with Ronnie Baker Brooks, Kenny Neal, Floyd Taylor, Jellybean Johnson (Morris Day and the Time & Janet Jackson), Cyrille Neville, Frieda Lee, Coco Montoya, and the international touring Chicago Children’s Choir. Steve is also an accomplished keyboard session musician and has worked at RaxTrax, Super Buddha Studios, Moonlight Label, and Piper Toonz.

Posts by Steve Nixon:

Three Quick Lessons from Three Classic Sax Licks

This guest post is from world touring keyboard player Steve Nixon. He is the owner of the jazz education website www.freejazzlessons.com. Ok, saxophone players. I have a confession to make right off the bat. Even though I’m a piano player I’ve always had a secret connection to the saxophone. The first time I heard Sonny [read more…]