Steve Rice is a versatile composer, keyboardist and accordionist based in Seattle Washington. Steve records and writes with several outstanding ensembles including "Rouge" (French Cabaret), "Big Squeezy" (Zydeco), “Troy Kline” (Retro Vegas Lounge), and the Steve Rice Quintet (original Jazz). His compositional interests include jazz, classical, world, traditional ethnic, and electronic music, and FX. Steve has a Film Scoring degree from Berklee College of Music, where he received the prestigious Oscar Peterson Award. He tours part-time as pianist for the Harry James Orchestra.
To add authenticity to certain projects, Steve Rice is the go-to guy. The sound of an accordion can add instant cultural recognition and support to your TV, Film, or Documentary production. The quirky accordian has been out of the mainstream long enough that its creative use can add a surprisingly fresh twist to your soundtrack. Exoticism, eerieness, haunting beauty, and cultural reference can be your sonic fabric with the right accordion track
Partial credit list -- TV credits: Sons of Anarchy, 10 Things I Hate About You, Lost Years (CBC) Film: "108.1 FM Radio" “A Different Path” (SXSW 2010 Indie); Current Rutledge Films Advertising: Moods Condoms, Jose's
Session Credits: French in 10 Minutes a Day, Italian in 10 Minutes a Day, Team Fortress 2, Left for Dead (Valve), Disney Pirates of the Caribbean video game
Album Credits: Linda Severt Grinning Streak; Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, Daniel Barry-Walk All Ways; Ike Azose Ladino Reflections.
Songwriting credits: Dee Daniels (Inchworm); Duffy Bishop Band (As Life Goes On);Carla White (That’s It); Tony LaStella; Troy Kline, Dean Schmidt, Rouge.
Elegant cocktail jazz duo (real grand piano, upright bass) playing a variety of tempos and moods. Great source music for a swanky restaurant or nightclub. Quality background source music supports romance and plot development. Couples dancing, late night love and remorse. NO DRUMS. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Lounge Jazz
Elegant cocktail jazz duo (real grand piano, upright bass) playing a variety of tempos and moods. Great source music for a swanky restaurant or nightclub. Quality background source music supports romance and plot development. Couples dancing, late night love and remorse. NO DRUMS. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Swing Ensembles
A bubbly energetic Cajun style melody backed by a rockin' uptempo zydeco dance groove. Piano accordion lead. Washboard/Frattoir. Lots of party energy. Toe tapping music. Cajun cooking, Mardi Gras. New Orleans Nightclubs Bon Temps, Instrumental, Americana Music, Cajun Zydeco
A classic Jazz club bossa nova with flugelhorn and tenor sax lead. A lush, beautiful 2 horn melody. Light, sweet, sophisticated and colorful. A great choice for a project needing of jazz atmosphere, nightclub scene, lovers in the park, midlife romance. This version has a flugelhorn, then tenor solo. Instrumental, Latin Music, Bossa Nova Jazz
A classic Jazz club bossa nova with flugelhorn and tenor sax lead. A lush, beautiful 2 horn melody. Light, sweet, sophisticated and colorful. A great choice for a project needing of jazz atmosphere, nightclub scene, lovers in the park, midlife romance. This version has a flugelhorn, then tenor solo. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Latin Jazz
If you're looking for great authentic jazz atmosphere for your production you've come to the right place! Step down into a 52nd St nightclub for a set of Sizzling bebop, swing, a sultry ballad, blues and latin jazz. Source or underscore. A classic collection of 7 different tunes, 14 tracks. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Swing Ensembles
If you're looking for great authentic jazz atmosphere for your production you've come to the right place! Step down into a 52nd St nightclub for a set of Sizzling bebop, swing, a sultry ballad, blues and latin jazz. Source or underscore. A classic collection of 7 different tunes, 14 tracks. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Bebop
A beautiful jazz ballad that sounds like it's right of the 1940's. Elegant Tenor sax lead. A real smokey cocktail / nightclub sound. Nostalgic, evocative., classy. Great for a flashback sequence or period production. Great for a nightclub scene, elegant restaurant, cocktail party. Real Instruments, Instrumental, Jazz Music, Swing Ensembles
A beautiful jazz ballad that sounds like it's right of the 1940's. Elegant Tenor sax lead. A real smokey cocktail / nightclub sound. Nostalgic, evocative., classy. Great for a flashback sequence or period production. Great for a nightclub scene, elegant restaurant, cocktail party. Real Instruments, Instrumental, Jazz Music, Lounge Jazz
Light, ultra-hip 1960s retro mid-tempo Bossa Nova. Bubbly organ lead wi reverb. Ultimate elevator music! Slightly tongue-in-cheek. Evokes "Summer Samba" organist Walter Wanderley. International romance, hipsters, beach scenes, muzak, Napoleon Dynamite, nostalgia. Recently heard on "Sons of Anarchy" Instrumental, Jazz Music, Bossa Nova Jazz
Light, ultra-hip 1960s retro mid-tempo Bossa Nova. Bubbly organ lead wi reverb. Ultimate elevator music! Slightly tongue-in-cheek. Evokes "Summer Samba" organist Walter Wanderley. International romance, hipsters, beach scenes, muzak, Napoleon Dynamite, nostalgia. Recently heard on "Sons of Anarchy" Instrumental, Latin Music, Bossa Nova
An original mid tempo bossa-nova in the style of the famous Stan Getz / Astrid Gilberto 1960s recordings. Great for a late night bedroom scene or romantic summer beach vacation. Yearning for past romance, fantasy lover, making love, wishing, aimlessness. Real instruments. Guitar rhythm groove, no vo, Instrumental, Jazz Music, Bossa Nova Jazz
An original mid tempo bossa-nova in the style of the famous Stan Getz / Astrid Gilberto 1960s recordings. Great for a late night bedroom scene or romantic summer beach vacation. Yearning for past romance, fantasy lover, making love, wishing, aimlessness. Real instruments. Guitar rhythm groove, no vo, Instrumental, Latin Music, Bossa Nova
An exuberant solo stride piano piece. Flashy and loose, it fits right in with bootleggers, Chicago speakeasy gangsters, molls, Jazz clubs, prohibition era cathouses, after hours New York nightclubs. Erroll Garner, Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Oscar Peterson, uptempo cutting sessions. PD composition. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Swing | Stride
Here's a classic 2 horn frontline performing an original jazz/modal/ hard bop/post bop/ composition.
Trumpet and Tenor sax lead. Catchy and swinging with a progressive, crisp jazz club feel /energy. Real Instruments. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Hard Bop
Here's a classic 2 horn frontline performing an original jazz/modal/ hard bop/post bop/ composition.
Trumpet and Tenor sax lead. Catchy and swinging with a progressive, crisp jazz club feel /energy. Real Instruments. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Bebop
A french cafe' accordion waltz with a light swinging feel. A bustling continental mood and a playful accordion solo. Great for travel scenes, travel documentary, romantic comedy, chic cooking show, kitchen scene, France. A fast 3/4, light touch. Bass, piano, and drums (brushes). Bon vivant! Instrumental, Jazz Music, Jazz Waltz
A french cafe' accordion waltz with a light swinging feel. A bustling continental mood and a playful accordion solo. Great for travel scenes, travel documentary, romantic comedy, chic cooking show, kitchen scene, France. A fast 3/4, light touch. Bass, piano, and drums (brushes). Bon vivant! Instrumental, European Music, French Music
A snappy uptempo bebop blues with a unison tenor sax and trumpet lead. Jazz club atmosphere with a burning round of short solos. Jumping, jiving, hard-driving uptempo swing a la Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and other blues icons. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Swing Ensembles
A snappy uptempo bebop blues with a unison tenor sax and trumpet lead. Jazz club atmosphere with a burning round of short solos. Jumping, jiving, hard-driving uptempo swing a la Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and other blues icons. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Bebop
A solo Tejano/Tex-mex style polka accordion track - sounds like a musician playing casually in a cantina, street, restaurant or apartment, good for Mexican street atmosphere, neighborhood, family or home setting, Instrumental, Latin Music, Tejano & Tex-Mex
A variation on a sports or emergency buzzer. 2 buzzes in quick succession. Lots of Harmonic content. This will grab your attention! good for a game show, basketball game, gymnasium, high school, warning, video game, soundscape, disqualification sound, Electronic Sound Effects, Buzzers
A very swinging jazz piano trio interprets this traditional carol. Charlie Brown Peanuts Christmas. Happy music. In the style of: Vince Guaraldi, Red Garland, Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson, Gene Harris, Dave Brubeck. Holiday cheer. Real instruments. Oh Come All Ye Faithful, Instrumental, Jazz Music, Swing Ensembles
A good-natured solo piano stride piano piece. Light and cheerful. Great for a comedy, romantic comedy. Getting things done, moving ahead. Sentimental, smiling, good natured, happy, bustling. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Swing | Stride
This beautiful solo piano ballad is a great choice to add romance, elegance, sadness or introspection to your production. Excellent source music for elegant dining, jazz lounge, hotel lobby, Nordstroms. Good emotional underscore for tender moments as well as broken hearts! A memorable melodic theme. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Lounge Jazz
A great acoustic track with storytelling qualities, building motion and rural character. Good for an opening sequence or support of a specific character or storyline. Elements of Americana, Newgrass, Dawg, Country, Jazz, Folk and underscore. Violin, Piano and Fretless Bass. Real Instruments, Instrumental, Jazz Music, Lounge Jazz
A slow honky tonk solo piano blues in the style of the great tin pan alley era blues composers, Billie Holiday, Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington. Recorded on a natural sounding parlor piano (see below), Instrumental, Blues Music, Honky Tonk Blues
Here's a lively yet gentle stride solo piano piece reminiscent of the 30's and 40's. Great for period source or ritzy cocktail piano background. The Hamptons, Mad Men, Carlisle Hotel, Creates fun retro party energy. An mid-tempo interpretation of "Play It Again, Sam" Tin Pan Alley sensibilities. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Swing | Stride
Tenor sax blowing free jazz over a hypnotic rhythm section groove. Sheets of sound, multiphonics, call to mind John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, Pharoah Sanders, Eric Dolphy. Edgy but still melodic. Passion out of control, no boundaries, no limits, late night urban and sexy. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Free Jazz
A novelty boogie woogie solo piano piece with light comic feel. Manic fun energy, shifting keys, classic boogie bass rhythm make this a great choice for physical comedy, childrens programming, vaudeville, chicago gangsters, rent parties. This "parlor" piano version (see below) has a shuffle feel . Instrumental, Jazz Music, Swing | Stride
reflective, poignant, sad classical piano underscore that is a good choice for a romantic breakup, remembering the past, personal loss, Check grouping for longer cues. Instrumental, Classical Music, Classical Piano
A slow solo piano blues in the style of the great tin pan alley era blues composers, Billie Holiday, Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Lounge Jazz
A pretty, traditional sounding waltz played on violin and accordion. Has a regalness and formality to it. Good for a court dance, an Irish wedding, An early american barnyard dance. Instrumental, European Music, Irish Music
A pensive thoughtful and emotional solo piano piece. Staring out a window in the rain. Remembering past loves hurts and emotions. Reminiscing at a dusty wedding portrait of your grandparents. Sitting in an elegant quiet parlor. Reflecting on faded beauty. Sadness, regret, nostalgia, peace. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Jazz Waltz
A snappy Blue-note style hard-bop theme / fanfare along the lines of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Lee Morgan, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie or 1950s Miles Davis. This is the 30 second version. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Swing Ensembles
A pretty , melancholy "chamber new age" piece with violin, piano and bass. Good potential for emotional underscore. slw 3/4 time. Instrumental, Jazz Music, Jazz Waltz
Here's a snappy Rat-pack style song about "playing that love game" - the pickup game on the cocktail scene. Great for an upscale swanky pickup bar scene. 1950's 1960's style and swagger. Male Vocals, Jazz Music, Lounge Jazz Vocals
Elegant jazz piano trio playing easy mid-tempo swing. This is a Ray Brown style acoustic bass feature. Great source music for a jazz club. Jazz atmosphere, romance, candlelight. Real piano, upright bass and drums. New York 52nd Street, Blue Note, Instrumental, Jazz Music, Swing Ensembles
this small chamber ensemble piece calls forth a sense of homecoming, family, nostalgia, longing, holiday warmth, security. Would make a good recurrent theme for a returning prodigal son, a Christmas drama, spiritual quest, childhood romance flashback, parental love, reconciliation, learning moment. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Contemplative Music
This beautiful solo piano ballad is a great choice to add romance, elegance, sadness or introspection to your production. Excellent source music for elegant dining, jazz lounge, hotel lobby, Nordstroms. Good emotional underscore for tender moments as well as broken hearts! A memorable melodic theme. Instrumental, Jazz Music, New Age Jazz
A snappy Blue-note style hard-bop theme/ fanfare recalling Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers or Lee Morgan. This is the full 3 chorus version with a great tenor sax solo on the 2nd chorus and a piano break with a nod to Thelonious Monk. Evokes 1950s Miles Davis, Bird and Diz. Real Instruments, Instrumental, Jazz Music, Swing Ensembles
An Uptempo instrumental Zydeco tune with accordion melody, washboard (frattoir), a great guitar lead and a catchy accordion part. Instrumental, Americana Music, Cajun Zydeco
A pensive thoughtful and emotional solo piano piece. Staring out a window in the rain. Remembering past loves hurts and emotions. Reminiscing at a dusty wedding portrait of your grandparents. Sitting in an elegant quiet parlor. Reflecting on faded beauty. Sadness, regret, nostalgia, peace. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Contemplative Music
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