Jeremy Steig (September 23, 1942 – April 13, 2016) was an American jazz flutist.

Biography

Steig was born in Manhattan, the son of Jewish New Yorker cartoonist William Steig and Elizabeth (Mead) Steig, head of the fine arts department at Lesley College. Steig was a maternal nephew of Margaret Mead and Leo Rosten, and was also the cousin of Mary Catherine Bateson. Steig also composed the music for animated film adaptations of his father's books for Weston Woods, including The Amazing Bone, Brave Irene and Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. His song "Howlin' For Judy", from his 1970 album Legwork, was sampled in the Beastie Boys' 1994 single "Sure Shot", providing the main instrumental part of the song. Steig performed the role of "The Pied Piper", exclusively on flute, in the film Shrek Forever After, based on the character created by his father. He lived in Japan with his wife Asako. He died in Yokohama from cancer on April 13, 2016. Four years after his death, Byroad Press published his memoir, Get Me Out of Here, fulfilling his final wish. The book is illustrated with Jeremy's ink drawings and, at his request, contains three final chapters and an epilogue by Asako.

Discography

As leader

Compilations and other appearances

As sideman

With Walter Bishop, Jr. Trio With Tommy Bolin With Hank Crawford With Art Farmer With Urbie Green With Mike Mainieri With Idris Muhammad With Lalo Schifrin With Peter Walker With Johnny Winter With Paul Winter Sextet With Montreal