Larry's accomplishments include two award-winning, world jazz releases First Move and View From Afar (LarrySteen.com) - solo projects which feature Ernie Watts, Dave Weckl, Robben Ford and Russell Ferrante.  He has also recorded on a plethora of other artists' albums, as well as for film, TV and radio, including the nationally syndicated, radio show Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor.  In addition, he has performed with world-renown performers Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, Mel Torme, Ella Fitzgerald, Barry Manilow, Melissa Manchester and Jimmy Buffet, among others, and currently co-leads Sip of Soul (sipofsoul.com), a soul-R&B project with his wife, vocalist Nikki Steen.  Larry’s formal education includes a Master of Fine Arts from California Institute of the Arts (CALARTS), as well as a Bachelor of Music from the University of Miami after attending the Berklee College of Music.  He is a first place winner of the esteemed International Society of Bassists’ Jazz Competition.