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Steve Knight: For Years Gone
by Kyle Simpler
Chicago-based jazz man Steve Knight started playing guitar when he was 12 years old, and as he puts it, traded his skateboard for an inexpensive guitar, which “was quite righteous-sounding playing 'Smoke on the Water.'" He has come a long way since then, and For Years Gone offers plenty of evidence to prove this. Knight's self-produced 2022 debut Persistence (Self Produced) struck a chord with jazz guitar fans, and his sophomore release shows him developing his ...
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by Thierry De Clemensat
If you have a fondness for albums imbued with a nostalgic air, this one should resonate with you. Writing for All About Jazz, Jack Bowers described the previous album, Persistence (Self Produced, 2022), as: “captivating on every level--harmonic, melodic, rhythmic... This entire production works beautifully, regardless of one's particular taste in guitar heroes." Here, the art of crafting an acoustic trio takes center stage. Steve Knight never seeks to dazzle the listener with ostentatious virtuosity, though he possesses ...
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