STEVE RAYBINE d/b/a SAR MUSIC, LLC 3329 Bridgeford Road Omaha, Nebraska 68124 (402) 390-0481 - business/fax (402) 960-1503 - cell sraybine@cox.net: email www.steveraybine.com: website Steve Raybine is a virtuoso vibraphonist; percussionist; composer/arranger; instructor and clinician. He received degrees from the prestigious Eastman School of Music, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Iowa. As the co-founder, co-musical director, and performer/composer of the critically-acclaimed progressive jazz ensemble AURACLE, he toured the United States and Europe and recorded two albums (Glider and City Slickers) on Chrysalis Records. During his eight-year tenure with Auracle, Raybine performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland,; Frankfurt Jazz Festival in Frankfurt, Germany; and the Sopot Jazz Festival in Sopot, Poland. He has played at prominent jazz venues including Dontes, the Baked Potato, the Lighthouse, the Other End, the Paradise, and the Roxy. As a Los Angeles studio musician in the mid-1970's, he played for episodic and commercial television soundtracks at MGM, Universal, and Paramount recording studios, and was affiliated with ATV Publishing Corporation. Raybine's freelance performance credits include Ed Shaughnessy, Dizzy Gillespie, Rick Braun, Ndugu Chancler, Michael Feinstein, Jack Jones, Roger Williams, Karrin Allyson, Dave Brubeck, as an opening act for Stanley Jordan, the Kansas City (MO) Jazz Conference, the Omaha Big Band, as well as local and regional orchestras. Raybine performs nationally at colleges and universities as a jazz artist and as a vibraphone soloist, recitalist and clinician He has appeared at Northern Illinois University, Marshall University; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Northeast Missouri State University; Florida State University; Nebraska Wesleyan University; University of South Dakota; the Grand Opera House in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay; Saint Mary's University of Minnesota-Winona campus, Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska, and Creighton University, and gave a clinic at the 2000 Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASICS) in Dallas, Texas, featuring his MIDI vibe innovations. Raybine has taught Jazz Studies and Percussion at Universities for over ten years with lectures and performances featured on Nebraska Public Radio and Nebraska Educational Television. He has presented research papers at the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) conferences, which were published in conference proceedings. Raybine has had numerous articles published in Percussive Notes and Sticks and Mallets publications. In 1997, he received the Jazz Educator of the year Award for the State of Nebraska from the National Band Association. He is Past-President of the Nebraska Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society and is a Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) composer. Raybine is an artist and clinician with Ludwig/Musser, endorses Mike Balter Mallets, and is the owner of SAR Music, LLC. Steve Raybine and his band perform his original contemporary jazz music which incorporates urban funk, rhythm and blues, pop and Latin music elements. His melodically-appealing music has been featured on numerous radio stations such as KIOS FM, KVNO FM, and KCTY AM, Omaha, NE; KWSJ, Wichita, Kansas; KWYK, Farmington, New Mexico; and Eastside Radio 89.7 FM, Sydney, Australia. In addition, his music has been showcased on the nation's #1 smoothjazz online radio station, www.smoothjazz.com. His first CD release was entitled Steve Raybine: Balance Act. His new CD, Bad Kat Karma, was released in July, 2005, on BAD KAT Records, LLC, and features guest performances by Rick Braun, Nelson Rangell and others. Steve and his band debuted at the 2003 Genuine Jazz Festival in Breckenridge, Colorado. His band has played local festivals and venues in Nebraska and Iowa, including Jazz on the Green, the West Omaha Jazz and Gospel Festival, and recently was reinvited to play at the 2005 Genuine Jazz Festival. For further information about Raybine's music. performing dates, and contact information please visit his website at www.steveraybine.com.