Steve Colson

ADEGOKE STEVE COLSON, pianist and composer, actor has performed internationally as a leader of jazz ensembles ranging from trios to orchestras. Recent acting credits include his appearance as Sal Finestra's piano player on the latest HBO hit show, Vinyl, produced by Mick Jagger and Directed by Martin Scorsese. Born in Newark and raised in East Orange, NJ, he received his degree from Northwestern University School of Music and lived in Chicago for a decade before returning to the East Coast where he now resides. November 13, 1989 was proclaimed Adegoke Steve Colson Day by the City of Newark in honor of the premiere of his multi-media work, Greens, Rice, and a Rope, at Newark Symphony Hall during the national celebration of New Music America. A critically acclaimed figure in modern jazz, Steve's compositions are finding their way into the "jazz standard" repertoire and are being performed and recorded by some of today's jazz greats as well as by his own group. He became a member of The