Steven Lugerner


Steven Lugerner is an American San Francisco-based jazz and classical musician. Lugerner attended the New School in New York City.
His debut solo album was the double-CD Narratives/These Are Words. These Are Words is a set of compositions based on verses in The Torah, and is played by Lugerner with trumpeter Darren Johnston, pianist Myra Melford, and drummer Matt Wilson. Narratives is played by a septet. Lugerner has since gone on to release multiple albums - Live at The Bunker, For We Have Heard, Gravitations Vol 1 featuring Angelo Spagnolo, and Gravitations Vol 2 featuring Fred Hersch. His Jacknife album used the compositions of Jackie McLean and was released in 2016.
Lugerner is Manager of Education Programs at the Stanford Jazz Workshop.