Artist: Steve Oliver
Genre(s):
Jazz
Discography:
3D
Year: 2004
Tracks: 12
Positive Energy
Year: 2002
Tracks: 12
Playing sideman to Rick Braun, Larry Carlton, Gato Barbieri, the Neville Brothers, and many others introduced guitarist/vocalist Steve Oliver to smooth jazz fans, only it was with Steve Reid's circle that Oliver constitute a following. It was 1996 when Reid contacted Oliver at the last hour to fill in for a canceled opening behave. Oliver pip the stage as a solo work and Reid was impressed with the guitarist's vocalese skills and summery sound (Joseph Oliver is a California native and a reliable follower of the laid-back modus vivendi). Oliver had come to vocalese not through King Pleasure or Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, only through Bobby McFerrin and Pat Metheny's process with Richard Bona and David Blamires, wHO sang along with guitar solos. Being a fan of the gross Metheny well-grounded, Reid hired Oliver later on the gig and featured him in his touring band. Reid's Mysteries and Cacoethes in Paradise albums featured Oliver non only as guitar player merely songster as well.
Oliver struck out on his have in 1999 with his debut, Number 1 View, released by Night Vision. The record album spawned trey hit singles on bland nothingness radio and earned the guitarist a Debut Artist of the Year prize from Smooth Jazz News. Duties in Reid's band unbroken Oliver interfering until 2002, when he released Positive Energy on Native Language. Spyro Gyra keyboardist Tom Schuman was in the producer's chairwoman for Oliver's third base album, 3D, released by Koch in 2004.
