Steve Grossman (January 18, 1951 – August 13, 2020) was an American jazz fusion and hard bop saxophonist.
Grossman was Wayne Shorter's replacement in Miles Davis' jazz-fusion band. Then, from 1971 to 1973, he was in Elvin Jones' band.
In the late 1970s, he was part of the Stone Alliance trio with Don Alias and Gene Perla. The group released four albums during this period, including one featuring Brazilian trumpeter Márcio Montarroyos. The albums also feature an array of other musicians. They went on to release three live reunion albums during the 2000s.
Grossman was born in Brooklyn on January 18, 1951 to Rosalind, an amateur pianist, and Irving, an RCA salesman and later president of KLH Research and Development Corporation. He died in Glen Cove, New York on August 13, 2020, at the age of 69
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