The son of a pianist and an RCA record company representative, Steve Grossman
was born in New York on January 18, 1951, and learned alto saxophone at the age
of eight, followed by soprano and tenor in his teens. Influenced by the
technique of Sonny Rollins, he moved into hard bop playing before replacing
Wayne Shorter in Miles Davis's fusion band at the end of 1969. For a year, the
saxophonist took part in the sessions for A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1970) and
the later Big Fun and Get Up with It, as well as the albums for the Fillmore and
Live-Evil concerts (1970). After this enr...