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For nearly 35 years, Steve Howe has been at the forefront of guitarists in popular music. Actually, simply referring to Howe as a just a guitarist is limiting. In addition to being a songwriter, he plays more instruments than just the guitar. If it has strings and a fretboard, Howe has mastered it and recorded with it at some point on one of countless albums he's been a part of as a group member, solo artist and special guest.

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Steve Howe Trio: Travelling

Read "Travelling" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


The boundary between progressive rock and jazz is a fluid one--indeed, it's increasingly unrecognizable, as some of the finest musicians around move effortlessly between and within the genres. Thus Robert Fripp, one of prog's most influential players, can be found in the company of jazz musician Theo Travis, who is himself a member of Soft Machine Legacy and Gong. Steve Howe, another prog rock guitar great, is equally adept at moving across the genres. But while Fripp and Travis inhabit ...

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Steve Howe: Great Guitars and Great Guitarists

Read "Steve Howe: Great Guitars and Great Guitarists" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Steve Howe has been a major figure in contemporary music for over 40 years. He first came to international prominence with Yes; he's a key figure in rock supergroup Asia; and his distinctive guitar style makes him one of the most recognizable players on the scene. His love of jazz is less well-known but it has been a crucial part of his life since he was a teenager. His work with the Steve Howe Trio now gives him a chance ...

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Live Review

Steve Howe Trio at Norwich Arts Centre, UK

Read "Steve Howe Trio at Norwich Arts Centre, UK" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Steve Howe Trio Norwich Arts Centre Norwich, UK March 15, 2010 In the world of rock and progressive music--where technology is too often used just because it's there,and where stadium tours offer the only opportunities to hear the genre's giants--a chance to listen to a genuinely influential guitarist in an intimate trio session is a rare event. So when rock guitar great Steve Howe came to Norwich with his trio, ...

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Steve Howe/Martin Taylor: Masterpiece Guitars

Read "Masterpiece Guitars" reviewed by Robert R. Calder


The so-called Great Guitars was a touring trio of jazz masters: Herb Ellis, Charlie Byrd, and Barney Kessel. Ellis jokingly called their title “modest," but it was accurate, and it remained so when Martin Taylor, a naturalised Scotsman a generation younger, filled in after Kessel was incapacitated.

Taylor's here, but the title's especially precise because it refers to the instruments that he and Steve Howe play. Howe's background might be partly in rock, but it's wholly in an obsession with ...

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Steve Howe & Martin Taylor: Masterpiece Guitars

Read "Masterpiece Guitars" reviewed by Ken Hohman


Truly a guitarist's guitar recording, Masterpiece Guitars is a showcase for the vintage guitar collection of curator and collector Scott Chinery, brought to life by the duo of formidable British acoustic guitarist Martin Taylor and Yes lead guitarist Steve Howe.

While you might be expecting to hear an acoustic version of “Roundabout" or “Starship Trooper" more than any jazz songs, Masterpiece Guitars offers just shades of the former and quite a few of the latter. Throughout an eclectic program, a ...

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Steve Howe "Anthology" Available March 10 From Rhino

Steve Howe "Anthology" Available March 10 From Rhino

Source: Michael Ricci

STEVE HOWE CURATES NEW SOLO ANTHOLOGY Two-Disc Collection Spotlights The Acclaimed Guitarist's Solo Career With 33 Tracks And Will Be Available March 10 From Rhino Howe Will Launch The “Anthology Tour" In April LOS ANGELES - Guitarist Steve Howe played an integral role in shaping the sound of Yes and Asia, two of the world's most beloved and successful progressive rock bands. The gifted guitarist has also enjoyed a long and prolific career as a solo artist with more than ...

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Interview

Guitarist Steve Howe Interviewed at AAJ

Guitarist Steve Howe Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz

Steve Howe has been a major figure in contemporary music for over 40 years. He first came to international prominence with Yes; he's a key figure in rock supergroup Asia; and his distinctive guitar style makes him one of the most recognizable players on the scene. His love of jazz is less well-known but it has been a crucial part of his life since he was a teenager. His work with the Steve Howe Trio now gives him a chance ...

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Steve Howe Doing Double-Duty with Yes, Asia

Steve Howe Doing Double-Duty with Yes, Asia

Source: Billboard Magazine

Steve Howe expects to be making some new music with both Yes and Asia after the two bands complete a joint U.S. tour this summer. Though the guitarist insists specific plans are “hypothetical" at the moment, he tells Billboard.com that Asia is “hot on the trail of another record" after a “pleasant" experience making “Phoenix" -- the original quartet's first set of new material 26 years -- and tends to be “more prepared and jumps at things more quickly." Yes, ...

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Steve Howe at Barrymore's Music Hall in Ottawa

Steve Howe at Barrymore's Music Hall in Ottawa

Source: All About Jazz

Steve Howe--best known as the legendary guitarist for Yes, Asia, and GTR, and who almost singlehandedly is responsible for elevating Rock Guitar to an art form--will perform in Ottawa on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at Barrymore's Music Hall - 323 Bank St. This tour coincides with the release “The Haunted Melody" and represents a new creative high for the guitarist. Howe's Progrock roots and the Hard Bop playing of his much younger band mates (his son, Dylan Howe on drums, ...

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