Steve has mentored many younger jazz musicians, most notably piano whizz Austin Johnson who just finished 8 years with the Jason Marsalis Quartet in 2017.

Hobbs has been featured on jazz radio across America, the Bob Parlocha Show, Music Choice Cable TV, Pandora, Spotify, itunes, Jazz After Hours with Jim Wilke, The David Sanborn Show, Downbeat Magazine, Jazziz Magazine, Jazz Times Magazine, Cadence Magazine, The London Observer, The New York Times, All About Jazz Magazine, and many more. journals, magazines and newspapers in France, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan  and more.

Hobbs has been in Downbeat’s critics and reader’s polls on several occasions dating from 1993 to the present time.