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Steve Herberman Trio. Action:-Reaction. Reach Music RM7120, 2006.
Guitarist and composer Steve Herberman's approach to his instrument is unusual in at least two ways: first, he plays a seven-string guitar, which is not exactly unheard of (it was introduced to the jazz world by George Van Eps in the 1930s), but still very much a minority interest; second, he plays fingerstyle rather than with a plectrum. This is not a unique approach, but it is an unusual one among jazz players, and in combination with the extended bass range of his instrument it gives him a sometimes startling degree of fluidity and flexibility. His writing style is quite personal as well, a bracingly intellectual but generally ...