Steve Rodby


Steve Rodby is an American jazz bassist and producer known for his time with the Pat Metheny Group.
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Biography

Rodby was born in Joliet, Illinois, into a musical family. His father was a music teacher who bought him an acoustic bass, electric bass, and amp when he was 12. He heard classical music from a young age and was educated in classical until high school when he learned jazz. During high school summers, he went to jazz camps, where he met Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, and Danny Gottlieb, three of the four members of The Pat Metheny Group.
Rodby played acoustic bass until he graduated from Northwestern University in 1977, when he taught himself how to play electric. He performed in the house band at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, with local and visiting musicians such as Milt Jackson, Joe Henderson, and Art Farmer. He joined the Pat Metheny Group in 1981, starting on electric bass before spending most of his time on acoustic. He spent the next thirty years at Metheny's side, touring, recording, and producing, in Group projects and in Metheny's other projects. With Metheny he earned multiple Grammy awards and nominations, and admiration from critics, magazines, and reader polls.
Rodby collaborated with Fred Simon and Paul McCandless on two albums: Since Forever and Remember the River. In 2011 he collaborated with Paul Wertico, a former drummer for the Metheny Group, and with Israeli musicians Danny Markovitch and Dani Rabin on Marbin's album Breaking the Cycle.
Since 2018, Rodby has held a position as artist of residence in the faculty of Jazz Studies at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Discography

With Ross TrautGreat Lawn
  • ''The Duo Life''

As sideman

With Pat Metheny GroupOfframp – bassistTravels – bassistFirst Circle – bassistThe Falcon and the Snowman – bassist, conductorStill Life (Talking) – bassist, co-producerLetter from Home – bassist, co-producerThe Road to You – bassist, co-producerWe Live Here – bassist, co-producerQuartet – bassist, co-producerImaginary Day – bassist, co-producerSpeaking of Now – bassist, co-producerThe Way Up – bassist, co-producer
With Pat MethenySecret Story – bassist, co-producerA Map of the World – bassist, co-producerTrio 99 → 00 – co-producerTrio → Live – co-producerDay Trip – co-producerTokyo Day Trip – co-producerOrchestrion – co-producerUnity Band – co-producerThe Orchestrion Project – co-producerKIN (←→) – co-producerThe Unity Sessions – co-producerFrom This Place − co-producer
With Simon & Bard GroupMusaic – bassistTear It Up – bassistThe Enormous Radio – bassist
With Michael BreckerNearness of You: The Ballad Book – co-producerPilgrimage – co-producer
With Eliane EliasDreamer – co-producerSomething for You: Eliane Elias Sings & Plays Bill Evans – co-producerBossa Nova Stories – co-producerLight My Fire – co-producerI Thought About You – co-producerMade In Brazil – co-producer, recordedDance of Time – co-producerLove Stories – co-producerMirror Mirror – co-producerQuietude – co-producerTime and Again – co-producer
With Lyle MaysStreet Dreams – bassist, co-producer, conductorFictionary – co-producerSolo – co-producerEberhard – bassist, co-producer
With Pat CoilSchemes And Dreams – bassist, co-producerGold – bassist
With Fred SimonUsually/Always – bassist, producer, editingOpen Book – bassist, co-producerRemember the River by – bassistSince Forever – bassist, producer, editing
With Steve ColeSpin – bassistTrue – bassist
With Paul McCandlessHeresay – bassistPremonition – bassist, producerNavigator – bassist
With others

Grammy Awards

With Pat Metheny Group: