Steve Khan – Wikipedia
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American jazz guitarist
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| Birth name | Steven Harris Cahn |
| Born | April 28, 1947 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, jazz fusion |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, producer |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Labels | Columbia, Novus, Antilles, Denon, GRP, Mesa/Bluemoon, Verve, Evidence, Tone Center |
| Website | stevekhan |
Musical artist
Steve Khan (born Steven Harris Cahn;
April 28, 1947)[1] is an American jazz guitarist.
Steven Harris Cahn was born in Los Angeles.[1] His father, lyricist Sammy Cahn, “loved to hear any and all versions of his songs”.[2] He took piano lessons as a child and played drums for the surf rock band the Chantays.[2] The band’s guitarist exposed him to the albums Tough Talk by The Crusaders and Movin’ Wes by Wes Montgomery. In his late teens he quit the drums and started playing guitar.[2] He was a member of the R&B band Friends of Distinction, recorded with keyboardist Phil Moore, then played on the album Bullitt by Wilton Felder (“one of my heroes”). Despite his father’s advice to avoid a career in the music business, he graduated from UCLA with a degree in music composition and theory.[2]
In the early 1970s, he performed in an acoustic guitar duo with Larry Coryell and was a member of the Brecker Brothers band.[2] As a session musician, he appeared on albums by Ashford & Simpson, Rupert Holmes, Billy Joel, and Steely Dan.[3] He was signed to Columbia Records through the efforts of Bobby Colomby and Bob James. On his first three albums Tightrope (1977), The Blue Man (1978), and Arrows (1979), he was trying “to single-handledly keep alive the sound of the original Brecker Brothers band.”[2] His next album was Evidence (1980), which contained an eighteen-minute medley of songs by Thelonious Monk.[4]
He has also produced recordings for fellow guitarists Larry Coryell, Mike Stern, Biréli Lagrène, and Bill Connors, as well as pianist Eliane Elias.[5]
Awards and honors[edit]
- Grammy Award nomination, Local Color (1987)
- Grammy Award nomination, Borrowed Time (2007)
- Named to list of “22 All-Time Greatest Jazz Guitarists”, Jazz Life magazine (1998)[5]
Discography[edit]
As leader[edit]
| Release date | Title | Label | Musicians |
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| 1977 | Two for the Road | Arista | Acoustic guitar duo with Larry Coryell |
| 1977 | Tightrope | Tappan Zee | With the Brecker Brothers, Steve Gadd, Don Grolnick, Will Lee, Jeff Mironov, Ralph MacDonald. |
| 1978 | The Blue Man | CBS | line-up similar to 1977 |
| 1979 | Arrows | Columbia | similar to 1977, Rick Marotta, Gadd, Mounsey, Errol “Crusher” Bennett. David Sanborn on two tracks. |
| 1980 | Evidence | Arista Novus | Solo guitar with compositions by Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Thelonious Monk. |
| 1981 | Eyewitness | Antilles | Eyewitness quartet with Anthony Jackson, Steve Jordan, Manolo Badrena. |
| 1985 | Modern Times | Polydor | Eyewitness quartet. Recorded live in Tokyo, Japan. |
| 1984 | Casa Loco | Antilles | Eyewitness quartet. |
| 1987 | Helping Hand | Polydor | Eyewitness quartet plus Bill Evans, Clifford Carter, Neil Jason, Christopher Parker, Café, Japan only release. |
| 1987 | Local Color | Passport | Duo with Rob Mounsey. |
| 1989 | Public Access | GRP | Eyewitness quartet as Khan, Anthony Jackson, Manolo Badrena, Dave Weckl. |
| 1991 | Let’s Call This | Blue Moon | Trio with Ron Carter and Al Foster. |
| 1992 | Headline | Blue Moon | Trio with Carter and Foster. |
| 1994 | Crossings | PolyGram | Eyewitness quartet |
| 1994 | The Collection | Columbia | Best Of from the Columbia years 1977-79 |
| 1997 | Got My Mental | Evidence | Trio with John Patitucci and Jack DeJohnette plus four percussionists: Café, Bobby Allende, Don Alias, Marc Quiñones. |
| 1998 | You Are Here | SIAM Records | Duo with Rob Mounsey featuring Marc Quiñones. |
| 1999 | New Horizons | Concord Picante Records | Co-Leader with Dave Samuels and Dave Valentin. |
| 2000 | Paraíso | Concord Picante Records | Co-Leader with Dave Samuels and Dave Valentin. |
| 2005 | The Green Field | Tone Center | Quartet with Patitucci, DeJohnette, Badrena, plus Roberto Quintero and Ralph Irizarry. |
| 2007 | Borrowed Time | Tone Center | Sextet with Patitucci, DeJohnette, Badrena, Quintero, Irizarry. |
| 2008 | The Suitcase: Live in Köln ’94 | Tone Center | Eyewitness trio with Dennis Chambers and Anthony Jackson. |
| 2011 | Parting Shot | Tone Center | Eyewitness quartet plus Allende, Quiñones. |
| 2014 | Subtext | Tone Center | Quintet with Chambers, Allende, Quiñones, Rubén Rodriguez. |
| 2015 | Tightrope-The Blue Man-Arrows | BGO Records(UK) | The Columbia Years 1977-79. |
| 2016 | Eyewitness-Modern Times-Casa Loco | BGO Records(UK) | Eyewitness from 1981-83 w/ Anthony Jackson, Steve Jordan & Manolo Badrena |
| 2017 | Backlog | Tone Center | Featuring Allende, Quiñones, Rodriguez, Mark Walker, Mounsey, Randy Brecker, Mintzer, Mainieri, Tatiana Parra. |
| 2018 | Public Access-Headline-Crossings | BGO Records(UK) | Eyewitness from 1989-94. |
| 2019 | Patchwork | Tone Center | Featuring Allende, Quiñones, Rodriguez, Chambers, Mounsey, Randy Brecker, Mintzer, Tatiana Parra, Jorge Estrada. |
| 2022 | Island Letter | Blue Canoe | Featuring: Mark Kibble, Rob Mounsey, Rubén Rodríguez and Marc Quiñones. |
As sideman[edit]
- Pentatonic Khancepts (Alfred Music, 2002)
- Contemporary Chord Khancepts (Alfred Music, 1996)
- Wes Montgomery Guitar Folio (Jamey Aebersold, 1973)
- Pat Martino: The Early Years (Alfred Music, 1991)
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