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ARC Trio and the John Daversa Big Band: ARCeology: The Music of MSM Schmidt
by Jim Worsley
What would happen if fusion, already a hybrid of musical genres, was compounded with the sound of big-band? Further, that both genres were stretched well outside the box? An ensemble of bright musical minds came together on just such a project. The results could have been the disastrous soup of too many cooks in the kitchen or, perhaps, something special and creative. Fortunately, they served up an entree which is very much the latter. It starts with quality ...
Continue ReadingGergo Borlai, Simon Phillips, Steve Khan, Vital Information, Scott Jones
by Len Davis
Hungarian drummer Gergo Borlai, Simon Phillips Protocol V, Steve Khan, Vital Information and Scott Jones plus Petite Blonde Live in Germany featuring Bill Evans -Saxophone and Dennis Chambers. Playlist Gergo Borlai “Keith" from The Missing Song (Blue Canoe) 00:00 Simon Phillips “When The Cats Away" from Protocol V (Phantom) 06:59 Steve Khan"Dr Slump" from Eyewitness (Antilles) 13:47 Vital Information “Come On In" from Come On In (Tone Centre) 20:46 Gerald Gradwohl “Positive Grid" from Episode 6 (Self Produced ...
Continue ReadingMauricio Farfan, Steve Khan, Alex Garcia, Erik Escobar, John Escreet
by Len Davis
Latin infused fusion from Mauricio Farfan, Steve Khan, Erik Escobar and Alex Garcia's AfroMantra. Plus John Escreet, Lost Tribe and Gene Lake. Playlist Mauricio Farfan “Simbiosis" from Travesia (M F Latin Music) 00:00 Steve Khan “Heard" from Subtext (Tone Centre) 12:05 Alex Garcia's AfroMantra “Coltranesque" from This Side of Mestizaje (Afro Mantra) 17:59 Erik Escobar “Casa Forte" from New Samba Jazz (Altrusioni) 24:06 John Escreet “Global Citizen" from Learn to Live (Blue Room) 30:00 Lost Tribe “Concentrics" from ...
Continue ReadingSteve Khan: A Rich Discography and A Priceless Left Hand
by Jim Worsley
The life and times of guitarist extraordinaire Steve Khan stretch through a high volume of evolving chapters that fuse together like the passages of a finely crafted arrangement. An expansive conversation with Khan touched on a variety of memories. Still, this is perhaps the Reader's Digest version of the seventy-three years old musician and composer's remarkable journey. The fusion turned Latin guitarist has recorded over twenty studio albums and appears on nearly one hundred more records with other ...
Continue ReadingSteve Khan: Patchwork
by John Kelman
Amongst the many myths out there about music-making—especially in jazz, where the improvisation quotient is often so high—is that composing may, indeed, be work, but doesn't require the kind of relentless attention to detail that far more truthfully defines how many artists write and arrange their music. These days, one need only look to music by artists including Pat Metheny, Antonio Sanchez and Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah to find music conceived with intimate and painstaking detail while, at the same ...
Continue ReadingSteve Khan: Public Access / Headline / Crossings
by John Kelman
It's been a great couple of years for Steve Khan fans who are (relatively) new to the guitarist's work, especially his early releases, thanks to UK-based BGO Records. First, his '70s-era trio of fusion-centric LPs on Columbia Records, 1977's Tightrope, 1978's The Blue Man and 1979's Arrows, were remastered and reissued in a 2015 two-CD set, Tightrope / The Blue Man / Arrows. As fine as those records are, however, BGO's 2016 reissue of Khan's early '80s triptych, which has ...
Continue ReadingSteve Khan: Backlog
by Mark Sullivan
Latin jazz has rarely featured the guitar, but that hasn't stopped Steve Khan. Backlog continues in the vein of previous albums including Parting Shot (Tone Center, 2011) and Subtext (Tone Center, 2014): creative Latin arrangements of Great American Songbook standards and modern jazz tunes that are rarely played in Latin style (or in any style, in the case of the more obscure choices). The two previous installments included a number of Khan originals, but Backlog is entirely devoted to covers. ...
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