Steve Uccello

Steve Uccello plays upright and electric bass, and is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound designer and engineer in the Monterey and Santa Cruz area. He started on drums at 10, and by 13 was studying guitar and tape manipulation, which led to his sound design work.

In 2007 he became the first Jazz Studies graduate of CSU Monterey Bay, where he studied with bassists Stan Poplin and Ray Drummond.

He has recorded and performed with singer-songwriter Dayan Kai (touring the U.S. and Canada), Nashville songwriter Keith Greeninger, the gospel group Voices of Joy (on a tour of Italy), and Latin jazz, theatre and mariachi groups in the Bay Area. He has played festivals including High Sierra, Telluride and the Mandolin Symposium in Santa Cruz.

He leads several projects: Clarified Birds, a group that plays music of the alchemists; Ash On Dust, with bassist and composer Jeff Schmidt; the duo sung, with Australian percussionist Nat Grant; and a project with Welsh guitarist David Cooper-Orton. He has licensed music to the Wondery podcasts Inside Psycho and Inside The Exorcist.

He plays with theatre and gospel groups around Monterey Bay, is bassist for the Monterey Bay Jazz Orchestra, and teaches bass at Cabrillo College, Hollister Music and the Pacific Grove high school orchestras.