Origins & ApproachOriginally from northeast Ohio, Steve has been making music and art his whole life. He has thirty years of experience playing guitar, including performing regularly for fifteen years in the Asheville, North Carolina region as lead guitarist and organizer for the Hot Club of Asheville. His passion is for practicing the high level of skill of the gypsy jazz genre, while also expressively exploring its bounds.Formally trained in visual fine arts, he approaches his playing much like a painting or sculpture, with attention to layers, colors and textures of sound, within the natural tension, rhythm and harmony of a composition in space.He has also been learning the craftsmanship of building and repairing guitars, and enjoys exploring customizations to suit the sound and needs of a contemporary gypsy jazz musician.
