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Steve Trovato
Country / Blues / Jazz

Guitarist Extraordinaire



SOUTH PASADENA, California
United States

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Member Since7/24/2006
Band Websitehttp://cdbaby.com/cd/trovato
Band MembersGabe Witcher - violin; Michael Witcher - dobro; Skip Edwards - keyboards; Colin Cameron - bass guitar; Dean Taba - bass guitar; Josh Nelson - keyboards; Joe Bagg - keyboards; David Bernao - harmonica
InfluencesJeff Beck; Pat Martino; Eric Clapton; Chet Atkins; Albert Lee; Jimmy Page; Scotty Moore; Jimmy Bryant; George Benson; Jimi Hendrix
Sounds LikeDanny Gatton meets Albert Lee meets Jimmy Bryant!
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Steve Trovato maintains a full-time, Senior Lecturer position in the Studio Jazz Guitar Department at the University of Southern California and has an exciting career in several facets of the music industry. As a multi stylist, Steve is versatile and highly knowledgeable in all popular genres of guitar music. He has studied with Jazz greats Tal-Farlow, Chuck Wayne, and Pat Martino. With extensive recording experience he can be heard on countless television and motion picture scores. Mr. Trovatos credits include composing and producing music for First International Pictures. National Lampoon and guitar on a re-recording of the famous television western theme Bonanza for NBC. Steve Trovato was presented the Gibson award for outstanding musical achievement from the Musicians Institute in Hollywood California where he graduated with top honors. Other awards include induction into the Tune-up magazine hall of fame for his outstanding contributions to the promotion and performance of guitar music. He has authored Twenty-one instructional Books published with Warner Brothers and Hal Leonard. His three instructional videos include topics such as: Contemporary Country guitar soloing, Country guitar: getting the sounds and Country guitar tips with Albert Lee, Steve Morse, Jerry Donahue and himself. He is currently a regular contributor for five international music publications including: Guitar Player, Guitar One, Axe, Guitar Club, Guitar World and Chittare and Jam Trax. He has recently completed feature interviews for Three Italian Guitar Publications and The German Magazine: Guitarre and Basse as well as a feature interview in Just Jazz Guitar. Steve has toured extensively in North America, Asia, and Europe and supplements his touring schedule with clinics and master classes. His students have achieved major success and include Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale, and Norman Brown. Mr. Trovato has performed in concert with Robben Ford, Scott Henderson, Albert Lee, Albert Collins, Jerry Donahue, Norman Brown and Jeff Berlin. In 1996 he was a featured performer at Jazzfest in Sardinia, Italy. He rounds out his appearance schedule with clinics and master classes conducted around the world. In addition to his full time position at USC, Steve Trovato is an artist/clinician for and endorses Roland Corporation, Thomastik-Infeld strings, Groove Tubes, Larivee Guitars, Fender music amplifiers, G&L guitars and Carvin Guitars. He added five new instructional books to his repertoire in 2000. All are published by Hal Leonard Corporation. Titles include: Basic Blues guitar, Contemporary acoustic guitar, Rhythm guitar styles sampler, Country guitar licks and Country guitar solos. Steves music is featured on a promotional CD for Roland Corporation Demonstrating their VG-88 guitar modeling technology. In addition to himself, the CD features: Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Al Di Meola, Neal Shoen George Lynch, Paul Gilbert and Richard Smith.
album coverSTEVE TROVATO: About Time...

Virtuoso guitar playing at its best. Styles range from Blues to Country, Jazz, Rock and Classical.

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Reviews of Steve's CD About Time Review, January 02 Issue VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE "Yikes! Talk about your chops, Steve Trovato's got 'em. Known best on the West Coast as an instructor (Studio Jazz Guitar at USC) and for his work on movie and TV themes, Trovato can certainly play jazz But don't let the "J" word fool you; here he proves himself more than adept at pretty much anything you can think of. For instance, if you like wild boogie with nasty, elastic guitar in the style of Danny Gatton, look no further than "D.G.'s Boogie." It's a great instrumental opener? and it's only the beginning. "Knock, Knock, Knock" is a lightly swinging blues that lets Steve show how skillful he is at soloing around changes. The Django-esque "Dark Eyes" is next. "Squawkin'" is Tele heaven and covers a lot of ground, from typical country twang to a big fat, almost Gibson-esque, country sound, to some Travis-style picking, and ? for good measure ? some Jimmy Bryant-sounding soloing to wrap things up. It's the kind of tour de force you don't often hear anymore. There's much more good stuff here, but for the sake of brevity, we'll touch on a couple of covers. It's hard to make "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" a guitar piece in this day and age, and make it interesting. But Trovato does just that. A beautiful, almost two-minute solo chord intro leads into some gorgeous Larry Carlton-style soloing that rounds out a wonderful take on this classic. And I never thought I'd hear a guitarist tackle Billy Joel's "Root Beer Rag," but Steve does it, and in sparkling style. It's a single-line/fingerpicked masterpiece. Plain and simple, Trovato is a great guitarist." John Heidt GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE: Nov 2002 Steve Trovato CD: About Time The debut album by this amazing picker (who is also a USC guitar instructor and an acclaimed studio player) is a stylistically diverse work that shows Trovato's total command of everything from blues to high-octane country to Gypsy jazz. Affectionately known as the "Great Chameleon," Trovato backs up the title by demonstrating just how damn good he is at, well, just about everything. Trovato tips his hat to Danny Gatton on "D.G.s Boogie" and tears into the Jimmy Bryant lane on the country -jazz ripper, "Squawkin." He plays soulfully on the bluesy numbers: Knock, Knock, Knock" and "Drowning in My Own Tears," and goes deep into Django zone on the classic "Dark Eyes." Trovato's ability to play so sensitively one moment (as on "Some Where Over the Rainbow") and so furiously the next ("Root Beer Rag") is simply astonishing. What can you say? A new superpicker has arrived! -Art Thompson

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Mr. Steve

Steve Purcell



Nov 9 2009 6:58 AM

Aloha,

Just popin' in to show you some LOVE...

 Rock On,

 Steve
Alex Longo

Alex Longo



Nov 7 2009 11:46 PM

grazie x l'add!!!
Harry Navisson Band

Harry Navisson Band



Nov 5 2009 8:06 PM

Thanks
Lui Costa

Lui Costa



Nov 4 2009 9:33 PM

Hi Steve,
Thank you very much for the add. I´m very happy about that.

I´ll visit your space next time again.

Best wishes from an Italian in Germany

Lui Costa
 


 
Big Jerks

Big Jerks



Nov 4 2009 8:02 PM

Hey Steve, thanks for the add! It was great jammin with you @ the Crest Oct. 22, 09. There is video and you are on Youtube!   All the best to you!!

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Nov 4 2009 5:53 PM

Love your playing.  Saw you a few years ago at the guitar institute in London.  Fab x
Beautiful Monster

Beautiful Monster



Nov 4 2009 3:57 PM

Thanx for the friendship Steve!!
MONSTER HUGS!!

 

Aston Jepson

Aston Jepson



Nov 3 2009 4:12 PM

Stopping by to say hello. Hope you're having a great autumn.


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Gianluigi Giorgino

Gianluigi Giorgino



Oct 20 2009 6:55 PM

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP!! ROCK ON!!! 

Tad Hillin

Tad Hillin



Sep 29 2009 10:09 AM

Steve,
Thanks for your support and friendship!
Your still tearin' it up!
TAD

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Sep 28 2009 4:46 PM

we think we are lucky to live these lives we lead. to be a part of the cultural, political and scientific conversation of our time, while able to work one's way through life basically supporting oneself through their art. amazing! frustrating sometimes? yes. unfair sometimes...what isn't? know we are blessed. that is why it is imperative that we speak up. it is our responsibility for being so blessed.

- dj monkey

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Jennifer Robin

Jennifer Robin



Sep 7 2009 1:35 PM

Hi Steve,
I hope you are very well. My new CD "Lemonade" is out and you can hear samples on my myspace page. First one in 10 years! It was a joy to record, we did it as a trio, live in a circle, without headphones. Also, I moved to New Mexico last month and love being in all the beauty and slower pace. I'm sorry I didn't get to say goodbye before I left LA. But I will be back to visit!
Take care,
Jennifer 
John

John



Sep 1 2009 3:29 PM

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-John
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Aug 28 2009 4:33 PM

Remember Mike Theory Steve?  Check out this rendition of the Beatles "Because".
Uncle Paul should hear this one.  Talk soon.

Jim





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Aug 17 2009 4:08 PM

Hey Steve, thanks for the add !
I very enjoy your songs, hope to see you in france one day
Jimmy

Jimmy Anderson



Aug 8 2009 4:22 AM

Hi Steve! I just had to come by and listen to your pickers roundup again. I love that thing and I guess it's because I can relate to all of the names you were mimicing. Thanks for your contribution to guitar playing, you are still one of the best.
-Jimmy
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Aug 6 2009 7:14 PM

Thought you should see this Steve.



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Aug 3 2009 8:23 PM

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Renzo Marrocu

Renzo Marrocu



Aug 1 2009 10:12 PM

non dimentico mai quando suonasti a villacidro in sardegna! bravo!!!
Mr. Steve

Steve Purcell



Jul 31 2009 2:48 AM

Mr. Steve,

Hope all's well..
Just popin' by to say hey..

take care,

Steve
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Jul 24 2009 3:50 PM

Have a great weekend. May the party never end!!!
jim (Gray Eagle)

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