Jazz Articles about Steve Khan

Steve Khan: Got My Mental

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 ...