Biography

At a very young age, Steven took djembe lessons with the Senegalese percussionist Aly Ndiaye Rose. Soon he began expanding to other percussive instruments, including sabar, congas, bongos, timbales, timbal and others. He worked on his skills as a musician not only by taking many different classes, but also by traveling to countries with different musical styles, including Senegal, Guinea, Curacao, Maroc, Turkey, Cuba, Colombia and Brazil. This broadened Steven’s musical passion from African percussion to include Brazilian, Jazz and Latin music.

Currently, Steven is recording and touring with the band KOFFIE, but for the past years he has also performed with bands / artists like Banda Magda (USA), Ghost Note (USA), Bokante (USA), The Re:Freshed Orchestra (NL), Gallowstreet (NL), The Bill Laurance Group (UK), Fatoumata Diawara (Mali), Rodolfo Peruchin (Cuba), Osain del Monte (Cuba), Philip Lassiter (USA) and Grammy Award winning band Snarky Puppy (USA). Steven can be heard on the Snarky Puppy album ‘We like it here’ for which he recorded as a guest musician in Kytemans studio. This work with Snarky Puppy led to broad recognition, while the KOFFIE album Huntu gave way to performances at many music festivals, bringing Steven’s percussion sounds to a wider audience. Jazzism described Huntu as outstanding album.

These projects and collaborations made Steven into theversatile percussionist he is today. Steven values innovationand tries to mix different styles and rhythms throughout all his musical endeavors. In february 2019, Steven performed in Brasil – as the first and only Dutch artist –  at the legendary ‘Salvador da Bahia’. For seven days long he played together with the Brazilian artists Saulo, Denny Denan, Psirico and JAU the streets of Salvador.

At the moment

Steven is recording his own music. Steven released a Brazilian single ‘Gringo Barril’. And he releasedhis first fusion album which was recorded in Kytopia Utrecht. It is a mix of Afrobeat and Funk. He released 2 salsa singles ‘Esta Es Mi Rumba’ and ‘My Teachers’. Steven will release his salsa album ‘World Traveler’ August 2022 in New York. He signed a contract with New York label ‘Circle 9 Records’ from the Grammy winning trombonist / producer Doug Beavers.

Steven is releasing his Salsa album ‘World Traveler’ this year and after that his samba EP.

In September 2022 Steven will start as a percussion teacher at the Conservatory of Amsterdam (CvA). He will mainly teach Brazilian, Latin, African and all-round percussion. It’s part of the Global Groove Programme.

 

Brezet combines all the right ingredients, stunning rhythmic energy, timely invention and a whole lot of heart, to make World Traveler, one of the best salsa albums of the year.
Michael Ambrosino33third.org
Steven is wonderful personality and percussionist! One of the best player in his generation I’m scared to loose my gigs Lol
Keita Ogawa (Snarky Puppy, Banda Magda, Bokante)World Percussionist / Drummer
Steven Brezet as a percussionist was able to capture and translate his love, passion and creativity for music in general.
Little Johnny Rivero (La Sonora Ponceña, Eddie Palmieri)Percussionist, New York USA
Steven is a passionate and broadly oriented musician. He’s strongly motivated and, although relatively young, already very experienced, enterprising and ambitious in a positive and relaxed way. I think that Steven is a strong player with well-founded skills and knowledge of Cuban, Brazilian and African percussion. His abillity to intergrate all this into different musical settings, is following the new standard for the contemporary percussionist.
Lucas van Merwijk (Nueva Manteca, Cubop City Big Band, Drums United)Nederlandse Jazz en Latin-drummer
A great percussionist musician, with an excellent sound quality in his grooves, Steven is always researching new musical rhythms, especially those linked to African culture. Here in Brazil he has studied Axé, Samba Reggae, Samba and Pagode.
Roberto GuarigliaCEO Contemporanea
It’s been a total pleasure to work with Steven Brezet as he readies his release World Traveler for Circle 9 Records. Steven’s a driven, multi-talented artist who’s got what it takes to become a leading voice of his generation. World – take note
Doug Beavers (Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Eddie Palmieri, Circle 9)Grammy Award winning trombonist, composer, producer and arranger.
Meu primeiro contato com Steven foi em Salvador Bahia Brasil foi um encontro musical eu figuei assustado com ele tocando um músico com uma capacidade musical enorme uma pessoa humilde humana gente boa por de mais um coração que abraça todos ao seu redor eu sou muito fã dele de verdade ele é nosso gringo barril como rsrsrsrsrs irmão Deus abençoe sempre e caminhada te amo cara Jesus te ama mais ainda você toca muitooooooooo
Cara de Cobra (Ivete Sangalo, Carlinhos Brown, Vai quem Vem)Percussionist and producer, Salvador Da Bahia, Brazil
Steven es uno de los percusionista más completos y versátiles con los que he trabajado. Posee un gran conocimiento de ritmos africanos, brasileños, cubanos y de muchos otros lugares del mundo, lo cuál es impresionante ya que es una persona que respeta la cultura y ha estudiado todos estos ritmos desde la raíz. Y esto lo convierte además en un músico de mucha sensibilidad y gusto musical. Es todo un placer para mi tocar con él y tenerlo cómo amigo.
Rodney Barreto (Chucho Valdes, Omara Portuondo, Havana de Primera).Drummer, Havana Cuba
Mi nombre es Jose Mendoza y he sido el técnico de mezclas de la nueva producción de Steven Brezet. Recomiendo ampliamente esta nueva propuesta musical en la cual participan distintos músicos invitados con una amplia trayectoria y un gran nivel profesional. La producción y arreglos corren por parte de Oscar Cordero “ Chuky “ quien ha sabido interpretar la inquietud y la visión de Steven en esta nueva producción. Sin duda alguna, es una estupenda propuesta musical digna de los mejores reconocimientos.
Jose Mendoza (Issac Delgado, Tony Succar, Mercadonegro)Mixing Engineer
The artistic development of Steven -and his friends- is incredible and unparalleled in the Netherlands: from a Rotterdam street boy to a top percussionist and co-producer of the new Salsa sound: World Traveler is “quod est demonstrandum (the proof of it)”. Han Brezet – Em. Professor Design – TU Delft NL
Han BrezetEm. Professor Design – TU Delft NL
Steven Brezet, extraordinario percusionista por su versatilidad y conocimiento de estilos que lo convierte en una de las figuras jóvenes más importante en el mundo de la percusión.
Rodolfo Argudín Justiz “Peruchín” (NG La Banda, Peruchin Jazz & Tradition, Cubanismo, Orchestra Guayacán)Cuban, Latin Jazz, Jazz Pianist

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