Steve Nieve became famous in the late seventies as keyboard player of Elvis Costello and the Attractions. The distinctive sound of the group is widely recognised as the work of Steve’s highly distinctive keyboard styling. The group recorded more than a dozen albums including ThisYear's Model (1978), Armed Forces (1979), Imperial Bedroom (1982) with orchestrations by Steve Nieve, Blood and Chocolate (1986) finally All This Useless Beauty (1996). The group was inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. Steve Nieve is an integral feature of Costello’s career, sharing the collaboration with artists of many different styles : The Brodsky Quartet, Paul McCartney, la mezzo soprano Anne-Sofie von Otter, Chet Baker, Robert Wyatt, Alain Toussaint, Yoko Ono Burt Bacharach and many others. 
 Steve Nieve has an ever growing catalogue of solo album releases. “Piano Day 2023” and singles like “Coronae Borealis” and “Nuts and Bolts”. In 2002 and 2004 at the occasion of the 45th and 47th Grammy Awards Ceremony, Steve Nieve as a member of Elvis Costello and the Imposters was nominated for a total of three Grammy awards. 
 In 2019 at the occasion of the 62nd Grammy Awards Ceremony, Steve Nieve was awarded a Grammy for his participation to Elvis Costello and the Imposter’s album Look Now 
 In 2023, the 65th Grammy Awards, Steve Nieve as a member of Elvis Costello and Imposters was nominated for a Grammy in the category “Best Rock Album” for the “Boy Named If”.