Back in Steve’s early days – the 1980s – he studied with Wes Montgomery protege Ted Dunbar (another Indianapolis thumb player) at Rutgers / Livingston College, and while under his tutelage, got to jam on jazz standards & blues with the great Kenny Burrell.
Says Steve: “I’ll never forget Kenny’s encouraging words to me about my blues playing. I didn’t have the jazz vocabulary together yet, but he could hear that I was feeling every note I played and praised me in front of a class. He didn’t have to. That was invaluable to me as a young guitarist wanting to make a career for myself. It gave me the confidence to keep pushing ahead. Thank you Kenny!”
Check out Kenny’s duo album with John Coltrane and hear what an amazing player he is!!
