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Steve Nieve (born Steven Nason, 19 February 1958, London, England), English keyboardist, known for his work with Elvis Costello . Steve Nieve is one of the most respected and versatile keyboard players performing today. Originally part of the attractions, with Elvis Costello, Snow became a staple of increasingly ambitious post-attractions Costello music. In between touring and recording commitments with the low, snow has also released two full-length solo album in 1983 “Keyboard Jungle” and 1987′s “Playboy”, and no session work with other fellow new ranges, including Nick Lowe, Kirsty MacColl, Madness, the damned, Tim Finn, Nick Heyward, hothouse flowers, Graham Parker, and accordion (Snow, who hired their tour keyboardist in the early 90′s). Steve Nieve tickets continues to tour in the millennium, including the well-known series of duets with Costello and Sting, as well as the composition of two classical operas, “parasite” and “Welcome to the voice.” The former was written in collaboration with the French operator Muriel Téodori and premiered in Paris, and the second was held in 2000, Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival in New York, Featuring Costello and the Quartet Brodsky. In 2004, Steve Nieve event released his fifth solo disc, “Windows”, inspired by the sounds he encountered during the tour.