Steve Jenkins is an electric bass player based in New York City. As a sideman, some of the musicians he has recorded, toured, or performed with include: Vernon Reid, Ingrid Michaelson, Thomas Pridgen (The Mars Volta), Wayne Krantz, Gene Lake, Kenwood Dennard, Corey Glover, Keith Carlock, John Scofield, John Medeski, Daniel Sadownick, The Roots, Grand Puba, Graham Haynes, Screaming Headless Torsos, Terri Lynn Carrington, David Fiuczynski's KIF, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Dean Bowman, Cindy Blackman, DJ Logic, Stephanie McKay (astralwerks recording artist), Sam Kininger, Adam Deitch, Steve Hunt, Eric Krasno(Soulive), Hiromi, Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter, John Blackwell, Sean Rickman, Federico Gonzalez Pena, and many others.
As a bandleader, he released the critically acclaimed "mad science" in late 2004.
As an educator, he has taught at Berklee College of Music's BassLines Summer Program for the past 7 years. He also was part of the first group of faculty to teach at the Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music in Southeast India in the Summer/Fall of 2010. He has also taught masterclasses and clinics all over the world. .
Steve proudly endorses DR strings, Aguilar Amplification, Mono Cases, Brubaker Basses, First Act Basses, GodLyke Power Supplies, Source Audio Pedals and Chunk Systems effect pedals.