Originally from Milwaukee, WI, pianist Steve Einerson has been calling New York City home for almost 25 years. Steve brings a deeply personal harmonic sensibility shaped by formative years of study with David Hazeltine and an encyclopedic command of the modern jazz piano tradition — from Bill Evans's crystalline voicings to McCoy Tyner's rhythmic force — yet his playing is unmistakably his own, marked by a romantic depth and a hard-swinging drive that has earned him a spot as a finalist in the American Pianists Association's national competition.