Groove jazz

Poppa Steve Mutimer began his musical career at age eight with his first set of drums. He took lessons from Benny Goodman's noted big band drummer, Ray Mann, until age twelve. Over the next fifty years he has worked in various disciplines of music expanding his creative talents into film and video production plus digital music composition. At fifteen he formed his first band, The Rhythm Kings, in hometown, Rockford, IL in 1958, the group was the first rock 'n roll band in the city and became a huge local success for the next 3 years during high school.
While serving with the US Navy, Steve formed his second group, The Brother's Anthony, a folk singing trio in which Steve played standup bass and sang backup at clubs, colleges and theaters all over the Pacific and the US West Coast. The Daze & Knights was Steve's third group, a Rock, R&B and Pop group that played clubs, bars and private parties around Rockford. The band was one of the first "mixed" bands at the time with two white and two black members. The next 25 years, Steve owned his own advertising agency in Rockford and later San Diego where he wrote and produced hundreds of musical scores, client jingles, AV shows and television programs. With the advancement of digital music production and distribution, Steve's personal "hobby" turned serious and keeps him busier than when he was in the ad game, compiling sixteen CDs over the past few years including fourteen original works plus two compilations titled "The Good Stuff" and "Now Playing".

Steve draws heavily on his early Rock, R&B, Blues and Pop background, which he lovingly wraps together with contemporary, and fusion jazz grooves. As he developed his "sound" over the years, he found it difficult to categorize his work among the many, many recognized genres out there ! so he coined his own, calling his work Groove Jazz. Last work is this...... enjoy HERE ......zero