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'''Steven M. Berlin''' (born September 14, 1955, in [[Philadelphia]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[saxophonist]], [[keyboardist]] and [[record producer]], best known as a member of the [[rock music|rock]] [[musical ensemble|group]] [[Los Lobos]] and, before that, [[Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs|Top Jimmy & the Rhythm Pigs]], the [[The Blasters|Blasters]], and [[the Flesh Eaters]].<ref>Chris Morris Los Lobos: Dream in Blue 2015 - Page 57 1477308520 "At many of these early gigs, Los Lobos were augmented by another musician who started showing up at their shows, instrument in hand, just for the love of it: the Blasters' saxophonist Steve Berlin. Born in Philadelphia, John Coltrane's longtime home base, in 1955, Berlin was a hard-blowing, R&B- and jazz-savvy saxophonist..."</ref> Berlin is married and lives with his wife and children in [[Portland, Oregon]]. Berlin joined the band [[Tuatara (band)|Tuatara]] as a side project in 1998 on their second [[album]], ''Trading with the Enemy''.

As either a [[session musician]] or producer, Berlin has worked with the [[Crash Test Dummies]], [[Backyard Tire Fire]], [[The Beat Farmers]], [[John Lee Hooker]], the [[The Paladins|Paladins]], [[Faith No More]], [[Dave Alvin]], [[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]], the [[The Go-Go's|Go-Go's]], the [[The Smithereens|Smithereens]], the [[The Replacements (band)|Replacements]], [[Leo Kottke]], [[Sheryl Crow]], the [[The Act (band)|Act]], [[Los Super Seven]], [[Rickie Lee Jones]], [[Leftover Salmon]], [[String Cheese Incident]], [[Alec Ounsworth]] ([[Clap Your Hands Say Yeah]]), [[Raul Malo]], [[Rick Trevino]], [[Jackie Greene]], the [[The Tragically Hip|Tragically Hip]], [[Great Big Sea]], the [[The Bridge (band)|Bridge]], [[Nathan Wiley]], the [[The Dandy Warhols|Dandy Warhols]], [[Making Movies (band)|Making Movies]], [[No Te Va Gustar]], [[Brownout (band)|Brownout]], and [[Deer Tick (band)|Deer Tick]] and [[John Wesley Harding (singer)|John Wesley Harding]].<ref>Timothy Finn [http://backtorockville.typepad.com/back_to_rockville/2012/12/making-movies-an-amazing-special-band.html "Making Movies: 'An Amazing Special Band'".] Kansas City Star, December 14, 2012</ref>

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[[Category:21st-century American saxophonists]]