Jeremy Steig

Jeremy Steig (September 23, 1942 – April 13, 2016) was an American jazz flutist.

Biography
Steig was born in Manhattan, the son of Jewish New Yorker cartoonist William Steig and Elizabeth (Mead) Steig, head of the fine arts department at Lesley College. Steig was a maternal nephew of Margaret Mead and Leo Rosten, and was also the cousin of Mary Catherine Bateson.

Steig also composed the music for animated film adaptations of his father's books for Weston Woods, including The Amazing Bone, Brave Irene and Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.

His song "Howlin' For Judy", from his 1970 album Legwork, was sampled in the Beastie Boys' 1994 single "Sure Shot", providing the main instrumental part of the song.

Steig performed the role of "The Pied Piper", exclusively on flute, in the film Shrek Forever After, based on the character created by his father.

He lived in Japan with his wife Asako. He died in Yokohama from cancer on April 13, 2016. Four years after his death, Byroad Press published his memoir, Get Me Out of Here, fulfilling his final wish. The book is illustrated with Jeremy's ink drawings and, at his request, contains three final chapters and an epilogue by Asako.

As leader

 * 1963: Flute Fever (Columbia) Quartet with Denny Zeitlin
 * 1968: Jeremy & The Satyrs (Reprise)
 * 1969: What’s New (Verve) with Bill Evans Trio
 * 1969: This Is Jeremy Steig (Solid State)
 * 1970: Legwork (Solid State)
 * 1970: Wayfaring Stranger (Blue Note)
 * 1970: Energy (Capitol)
 * 1971: An Open Heart - Warriors Of The Rainbow (Akashic Records) with Fantazzi & Friends; a limited edition-private pressing release.
 * 1974: Monium (Columbia) with Eddie Gómez
 * 1975: Temple of Birth (Columbia) with Richard Beirach and Johnny Winter
 * 1976: Leaving (Trio [Japan] Records; reissued on Storyville in 1988) with Richard Beirach
 * 1976: Outlaws [live] (Enja) with Eddie Gómez
 * 1977: Firefly (CTI)
 * 1978: Lend Me Your Ears (Creative Music Productions/CMP) with Eddie Gómez and Joe Chambers
 * 1979: Music for Flute & Double-Bass (CMP) with Eddie Gómez
 * 1980: Rain Forest (CMP) with Eddie Gómez
 * 1992: Jigsaw (Triloka)
 * 2002: What's New at F (Tokuma [Japan] Records) with Eddie Gómez Quartet
 * 2003: Jam (Steig-Gomez Records) with Eddie Gómez
 * 2004: Improvised (Moonbeams Records)
 * 2005: Flute On The Edge (Steig Music Company)
 * 2007: Pterodactyl (Steig Music Company)
 * 2021: Liberty (Steig Music Company)

Compilations and other appearances

 * 1969: Jazz Wave, Ltd. - On Tour [live] (Blue Note) 2LP set; various artists
 * 1971: Portrait (United Artists) 2LP compilation of the albums: This Is Jeremy Steig, Legwork and Wayfaring Stranger.
 * 1972: Fusion (Groove Merchant) 2LP set; reissue of Energy, with a second album (=7 tracks) of previously unreleased material.
 * 1973: Mama Kuku [live] (MPS/BASF Records) with Association P.C.
 * 1974: Flute Summit - Jamming At Donaueschingen Music Festival (Atlantic) with James Moody, Sahib Shihab, Chris Hinze
 * 2008: Howlin' For Judy (Blue Note's "Rare Grooves" series) CD compilation of the albums: Legwork and Wayfaring Stranger.

As sideman
With Walter Bishop, Jr. Trio With Tommy Bolin With Hank Crawford With Art Farmer With Urbie Green With Mike Mainieri With Idris Muhammad With Lalo Schifrin With Peter Walker With Johnny Winter With Paul Winter Sextet With Montreal
 * Illumination (Denon [Japan] Records, 1977)
 * From The Archives - Vol. 1 (Rhino Records, 1996) a collection of "grade-A" previously unreleased "rock-jazz-fusion" material.
 * From The Archives - Volume 2 (Zebra Records, 1998) another collection of previously unreleased material; even better than the first volume.
 * Hank Crawford's Back (Kudu, 1976)
 * Tico Rico (Kudu/CTI, 1977)
 * Crawl Space (CTI, 1977)
 * The Fox (CTI, 1976)
 * Journey Thru an Electric Tube (Solid State, 1968)
 * Turn This Mutha Out (Kudu/CTI, 1977)
 * Boogie To The Top (Kudu/CTI, 1978)
 * Towering Toccata (CTI, 1976)
 * Rainy Day Raga (Vanguard, 1966)
 * Still Alive and Well (Columbia, 1973)
 * Saints & Sinners (Columbia, 1974) note: Jeremy plays on "Dirty", a previously unreleased instrumental track recorded for but left-off the original album release; it is included on the CD reissue.
 * Jazz Meets The Folk Song (Columbia, 1964)
 * A Summer's Night (Stormy Forest, 1970)