Mike Steinel
Mike Steinel is a jazz trumpeter, pianist, composer, arranger, and novelist. An internationally
recognized jazz educator, he is the author of Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble (Book I and
II), Building a Jazz Vocabulary, Running the Changes, and Saving Charlie Parker (a work of
fiction). Mike has performed throughout the US, Canada and in Europe and Asia. He has
appeared as a soloist at the MENC, IAJE, AFofM, and JEN international conventions; and at the
Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic. He has recorded with the Rosewood Trio, the Frank
Mantooth Orchestra, the Chicago Jazz Quintet and is a featured soloist on recent releases by
the Mike Waldrop Big Band. The Mike Steinel Quintet featuring Rosana Eckert has recorded two
albums: "Song and Dance," (Origin Records 2018) and "Saving Charlie Parker" (Rosewood Audio
2022). The later, is a companion piece for the novel of the same name.
Mike has performed with Ella Fitzgerald, Clark Terry, Don Ellis, Bill Evans, Zoot Sims, Jerry
Bergonzi, and others. In 2019 he retired from teaching after serving for 32 as Professor of Jazz
Studies at the University of North Texas. He was the founder and director of the UNT Jazz
Combo Workshop, the UNT Jazz Trumpet Workshop, and the UNT Jazz Winds Workshop. Mr.
Steinel has served as Co-Chair of the Jazz Advisory Panel for the National Endowment for the
Arts and holds a BME degree from Emporia State University and an MME degree from the
University of North Texas.
