Jazz Articles about Steve Khan

About Steve Khan

Album Review

Steve Khan's been on the comeback trail with the fine The Green Field (Tone Center, 2006)--his first as a leader in nine years--and even more impressive Borrowed Time (Tone Center, 2007), so keeping up the momentum is a very good thing. While not a new recording, The Suitcase captures the guitarist in performance with one of his hottest trios ever--contrabassist Anthony Jackson and drummer Dennis Chambers. Recorded in Köln, Germany in 1994, the two-disc set represents a comprehensive ...

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Extended Analysis

Steve Khan: The Suitcase

by Mark F. Turner
February 26, 2008

Steve Khan The Suitcase Tone Center 2008 In the annals of rediscovered live jazz recordings, The Suitcase, by guitarist Steve Khan, ranks among the best in recent memory. Nothing is quite like the experience of live jazz, but this 1994 performance at the Stadtgarten Club in Koln, Germany, is the next best thing to having been there. The format is simple; as Khan modestly states, “It is an evening of ...

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Album Review

Steve Khan: Borrowed Time

Read "Borrowed Time" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
August 23, 2007

To say that Steve Khan has been around would be an understatement. He's got more than twenty CDs as a bandleader or co-leader. And he's appeared as a studio guest on numerous releases by other artists, including Maynard Ferguson and Steely Dan. For the latter, Khan performed the brilliant closing solo on “Glamour Profession, from Gaucho (MCA, 1980). He's also worked with Rob Mounsey, The Brecker Brothers and Joe Zawinul. Among his honors, Khan was named among ...

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Album Review

Steve Khan: Borrowed Time

Read "Borrowed Time" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
June 26, 2007

Time is elusive--passing slowly in a given moment or as fleeting as a precious memory. Between recordings, it had been almost ten years since guitarist Steve Khan released his acclaimed comeback CD The Green Field (Tone Center, 2006). Thankfully it didn't take another ten years to release Borrowed Time. From the cover art by Jean-Michel Folon to Khan's unmistakable style; in many ways, this release is about both remembrance and discovery. You'll either remember some of his ...

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In the Artist's Own Words

Steve Khan: Reflections on the Making of "Borrowed Time"

by Steve Khan
June 6, 2007

[Editor's Note: With the critical acclaim for Steve Khan's first album as a leader in ten years, The Green Field (Tone Center, 2006), hopes were high that another decade wouldn't have to pass before the guitarist moved forward with another project. With the release of Borrowed Time (Tone Center, 2007), Khan leverages on the successes of The Green Field with an album that's more ambitious in scope. Alongside the returning core trio featuring bassist John Patitucci and ...

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Album Review

Steve Khan: Borrowed Time

Read "Borrowed Time" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
May 29, 2007

Steve Khan's first record in nine years, The Green Field (Tone Center, 2006) was splendid, and represented an impressive combination of some of the guitarist's freest playing to date alongside the compelling Afro-Cuban grooves that have inspired him for years. Borrowed Time is even more ambitious, utilizing a larger cast and more expansive textures. From the opening moments of the Thelonious Monk/Coleman Hawkins classic “I Mean You," Khan's astute interpretive approach is crystal clear. Mixing 4/4 swing ...

Album Review

Steve Khan Trio: The Green Field

Read "The Green Field" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 3, 2006

Dopo nove anni, Steve Khan ripropone la formula del trio e richiama in formazione John Patitucci e Jack DeJohnette. The Green Field, più che degno successore di Got My Mental, vede anche una sezione ritmica latin con la presenza di un trio di percussionisti di tutto rispetto (Ralph Irizarry, Roberto Quintero e Manolo Badrena). Così, attraverso la riproposizione di un repertorio di rilievo - il chitarrista spazia tra le brillanti interpretazioni di “Congeniality" di Ornette Coleman e “Riot" di Harbie ...