Mitch Stein (Keys) is one of
the West Coast's most in-demand keyboardists. He has played piano since
the age of 4, and has performed and/or recorded with such jazz, blues,
rock and funk greats as Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Paul
McCandless, Frank Morgan, Jaco Pastorius, Bob Weir, David Grisman, Narada Michael Walden, Norton Buffalo, Charles Neville, Jim Keltner,
Todd Rundgren, Derek Trucks, Peter Cetera, Gary Burton, Leland Sklar,
Scott Page, Betty Carter, Freddie Hubbard, Karl Denson, Jon Anderson, Steve Kujala, Luther Tucker, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Max Weinberg, The Greyboy Allstars,
Branford Marsalis, John Entwistle, John Lee Hooker, Little Jimmy Scott,
Buddy Rich, Les Claypool, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, Tootie Heath,
Zero, John Heard, Rob Wasserman, Dark Star Orchestra, Harvey Mandel, Al
Foster, Von and Chico Freeman, Steve Rodby, Papa John Creach, and many
others. One of Mitch's more memorable gigs was when he was hired to
perform solo jazz piano at Mick Jagger's daughter Karis' wedding, and
another was when his trio played at a private birthday party Mick threw
for Jerry Hall the following day. Mitch is the exclusive composer of
DeadRingers, classic Grateful Dead ringtones for cell phones.
Mitch is also
a veteran feature film producer (he goes by "Mitchell" in the film world), and has produced or been on the production team for projects for LucasArts, Commercial Pictures, Walt Disney Productions, New World Pictures, American Playhouse, (c)olossal Pictures, Nintendo, InterPlay, Electronic Arts, SunSoft, U.S. Gold, and others. Mitch produced two Sundance Film Festival Official Selections (Dream With the Fishes starring David Arquette and Cathy Moriarty, and Christmas in the Clouds starring Graham Greene and M. Emmet Walsh) that both received worldwide theatrical and home video distribution. Oprah Winfrey called Christmas in the Clouds her "must-see" holiday film. Mitch also co-produced The Earth Will Swallow You, a feature-length documentary/performance film about -- and starring -- the popular rock band Widespread Panic. He is currently in development on several feature films including a feature-length documentary about James Brown and his band. He is also producing a music-based reality television series, and recently secured The Berklee College Of Music, Motown Records and The Verve Music Group as partners in the venture.