Steve Khan

Steve Khan () er ein amerikansk jazzgitarist.

Khan var fødd i Los Angeles og vart kjend for arbeidet sitt med Steely Dan, Billy Joel, Michael Franks, Hubert Laws, Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, James Brown, Maynard Ferguson og Weather Report. I 1977 turnerte han med CBS Jazz All Stars i Japan, og leia eit band kalla Eyewitness med musikarar som Steve Jordan, Anthony Jackson og Manolo Badrena. Khan har skrive fem bøker om jazz: Pentatonic Khancepts, Contemporary Chord Khancepts, The Wes Montgomary Guitar Folio, Pat Martino - The Early Years og Guitar Workshop Series. Albumet Borrowed Time vart nominert til Grammyprisen i 2007 for beste latinjazz-album. 

I 1980- og 1990-åra var han medlem av gruppa Elements.

Diskografi
Tightrope (1977), Columbia
The Blue Man (1978), Columbia
Arrows (1979), Columbia
Evidence (1980), Arista/Novus - solo akustisk gitar
Eyewitness (1981), Trio Records - with Steve Jordan, Anthony Jackson and Manolo Badrena
Blades / Modern Times (1982), Live in Japan with Steve Jordan, Anthony Jackson and Manolo Badrena
Casa Loco (1983), Antilles/Polydor - with Steve Jordan, Anthony Jackson and Manolo Badrena

Helping Hand (1987), Polydor - with Steve Jordan, Anthony Jackson, Manolo Badrena, Bill Evans (saxophonist), Clifford Carter, Neil Jason, Christopher Parker & Cafe
Public Access (1989), GRP Records - with Dave Weckl, Anthony Jackson and Manolo Badrena
Let's Call This (1991), Bluemoon - trio album with Ron Carter and Al Foster
Headline (1992), Bluemoon - with Ron Carter and Al Foster; and Dennis Chambers, Anthony Jackson and Manolo Badrena
Crossings (1994), Verve/Forecast - with Dennis Chambers, Anthony Jackson, Manolo Badrena and Michael Brecker
Got My Mental (1996), Evidence - with John Patitucci, Jack DeJohnette, Don Alias, Bobby Allende, Marc Quiñones and Cafe
The Green Field, (2005), Tone Center Records - with John Patitucci, Jack DeJohnette, Manolo Badrena, Ralph Irizarry, Roberto Quintero
Borrowed Time, (2007), Tone Center Records
The Suitcase, (2007), ESC Records - Live 1994 Germany with Dennis Chambers, Anthony Jackson
Parting Shot, (2011), Tone Center Records (USA); 55 Records(Japan); and ESC Records (Germany/Europe) - with Anthony Jackson, Dennis Chambers, Manolo Badrena, Marc Quiñones, Bobby Allende, Rob Mounsey, Andrés Beeuwsaert (Aca Seca Trio), and Brazilian vocalist, Tatiana Parra
Subtext, (2014), Tone Center Records - with Dennis Chambers, Ruben Rodriguez, Marc Quinones, Bobby Allende, Rob Mounsey. With Guests: Randy Brecker (spor 1), Gil Goldstein (spor 7), Mariana Ingold (spor 7)

Som sidemann (utval)
Med Billy Cobham
Alivemutherforya (1978), Columbia
Med Patti Austin
End of a Rainbow (CTI, 1976)
Havana Candy (CTI, 1977)
Med George Benson
Benson & Farrell with Joe Farrell (CTI, 1976)
Med Billy Joel
The Stranger av Billy Joel (1977)
Med Rory Block
House of Hearts (MR 139, 1987)
Med Caribbean Jazz Project
With Horizons (2000), Concord Picante
Paraiso (2001), Concord Picante
med andre:
Sometime Other Than Now (1976) av Steve Marcus Count's Rock Band, Flying Dutchman [All songs written by Steve Khan]
Two For the Road (1977) av Larry Coryell og Steve Khan, Novus 

Local Color (1987), Denon Records - duett med Rob Mounsey
You Are Here (1997), Siam Records - duett med Rob Mounsey

Bakgrunnsstoff
Offisiell nettstad

Kategori:USA-amerikanske jazzgitaristar
Kategori:Musikarar frå Los Angeles
Kategori:Steely Dan-medlemmar