Steve Laury, like Wes Montgomery, is a guitar player’s guitarist, getting all there is out of his instrument. In a single song, Steve will play octaves, single lines, straight comping, upfront empresario work, and finesse it with a guitar question and answer period.
As a composer, producer, and performer, Laury operates in that rarefied air where composition, execution and spontaneity interact to produce truly satisfying music. He also has a rare ability to keep his diverse musical gifts in their proper perspective. Says Laury, “My whole approach to music is that it should be like a painting. The guitar sound and guitar soloing are always the focal point of that painting, but all the other things that go around it–the arrangement, bass line and everything else–must fit into that picture and embellish the focal point.”
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