Growing up near Seattle, saxophonist and composer Steve Treseler began playing the clarinet in school band at age ten and picked up the tenor saxophone in middle school. Steve got serious about playing jazz in high school, and he immersed himself in the classic recordings of Lester Young, Clifford Brown, John Coltrane, and Thelonious Monk. He began to compose original music and joined a youth Dixieland band that performed in festivals up and down the west coast. In 1999, Steve won the high school tenor saxophone solo competitions at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and the Washington State Solo Contest.

Steve continued his education on scholarship at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he studied with jazz legends Jerry Bergonzi, Bob Brookmeyer, George Garzone and Steve Lacy. In 2003, Steve graduated with a distinction in performance and was named “Outstanding Soloist” in the college division by Down Beat magazine.

Steve returned to Seattle to perform, teach, and work on original projects. In 2008, he released his debut album Resonance, which has received critical acclaim and international radio airplay. The University of Idaho and Central Washington University are currently using Treseler’s new textbook The Living Jazz Tradition: A Creative Guide to Improvisation and Harmony. Steve is a member of the Jim Knapp Orchestra and Wayne Horvitz's WACO, and he leads the Steve Treseler Group.