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Steve Khan/Rob Mounsey: You Are Here

Read "You Are Here" reviewed by Douglas Payne

by Douglas Payne
October 1, 1998

Guitarist Steve Khan and keyboardist Rob Mounsey first recorded together on Khan's 1979 LP, Arrows (Columbia), then collaborated in 1987 on Local Color (Denon). Individually, they logged in loads of studio time with Chaka Khan, Billy Joel, Carly Simon and Madonna and worked together again with Donald Fagen and on several Steely Dan records. Since then, Khan has developed into a strong improviser, turning out several worthwhile solo efforts like the recent Got My Mental (Evidence) and Mounsey, whose debut ...

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Steve Khan: Got My Mental

Read "Got My Mental" reviewed by Douglas Payne

by Douglas Payne
December 1, 1997

It's been 20 years and 11 albums since Tightrope, guitarist Steve Kahn's quite good fusion debut on Columbia / Tappan Zee Records. Since then, he's moonlighted as a session man, handling gigs with the Brecker Brothers, Bob James, Steely Dan, Chuck Mangione and Ashford & Simpson. As a session ace, Kahn is an excellent assimilator with a tad too little personality (though that's often part of the job on a session). But on his own, he's worked successfully to refine ...