Stjepko Gut (also known as Stepko, Steve Gut, born 15 December 1950 in Ruma) is a Serbian, Belgrade-based jazz musician.
Gut studied jazz trumpet at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern, Switzerland, and at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. As a conductor, he won first place in the first Austrian Big Band Competition. He is one of the most famous jazz brass players from Serbia, others being Duà ¡ko Gojkoviàand Milivoje MarkoviÃÂ. He was a member of the Lionel Hampton All Stars for two years, one of two white players at the time in that band. He made international tours, performances and recordings with Clark Terry, Wild Bill Davis, Curtis Fuller, Ed Thigpen, Benny Bailey, Horace Parlan, Mel Lewis, Johhny Griffin, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, Clifford Jordan, Ernie Willkins, Snooky Young, Joe Newman, Wallace Davenport, Jon Faddis, Nicholas Payton, Frank Wess, Alvin Queen, Sal Nistico, Vince Benedetti, Kenny Washington, Charlie Antolini and Dusko Gojkovic. He is a member of the faculty at the Graz Institut for Jazz since 1984 and a guest professor at the jazz department of Belgrade Music Academy.
-Workshops and masterclasses at numerous universities around the world: Royal Academy Den Haag, Rotterdam Conservatory, New School NYC, USA, University of Arkansas UAPB, Pine Bluff, UNH Durham University, New Hampshire, USA, Paris Conservatory, Amsterdam Jazz Academy, the Netherlands.
-Appeared as a member of the group Trumpet Jazz Summit - 1999 in Marsiac, France - with Clark Terry, Benny Bailey, Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, Terrell Stafford, Roy Hargrove and Nicholas Payton.
Clark Terry and Louie Bellson "Louie & Clark Expedition 2",-- Lionel Hampton "Live in Switzerland" Vol 1 and 2 - Amos RecordsâÂÂClark Terry and His Young Titans Of Jazz - Chiaroscuro RecordsâÂÂSteve Gut "Sketches Of Balkan" - Timeless Records Steve Gut "Mr.CT" - Timeless RecordsâÂÂSteve Gut "Steve Gut and RTB Big-Band" - Timeless RecordsâÂÂRTS Big-Band - "Afro Balkan Sketches" - PGP RTB RecordsâÂÂStjepko Gut "Quartets" - PGP RTB RecordsâÂÂAlvin Queen and Stepko Gut "Nishville" MoJoe Records -- "Something Special" Videorama RecordsâÂÂLouie Bellson -Clark Terry "Louie and Clark Expedition 2" - Percussion Power RecordsâÂÂFive LPôs with the Sextet Markovic-Gut for PGP RTB RecordsâÂÂSextet Markovic-Gut "Message from Belgrade" Timeless RecordsâÂÂMelissa Stott "Why Now" - Leo Records (2005) -- Melissa Stott "The Picture" Leo Records (2007) -- Charly Antolini Jazz Power "Wow"âÂÂMark Murphy Wem Records --