Steven Lugerner is an American San Francisco-based jazz and classical musician.
Lugerner attended the New School in New York City.His debut solo album was the double-CD Narratives/These Are Words.
These Are Words is a set of compositions based on verses in The Torah, and is played by Lugerner with trumpeter Darren Johnston, pianist Myra Melford, and drummer Matt Wilson.
Narratives is played by a septet.
Lugerner has since gone on to release multiple albums - Live at The Bunker (2012), For We Have Heard (2013), Gravitations Vol 1 featuring Angelo Spagnolo (2013), and Gravitations Vol 2 featuring Fred Hersch (2015).
His Jacknife album used the compositions of Jackie McLean and was released in 2016.Lugerner is Manager of Education Programs at the Stanford Jazz Workshop.