Steve Laury is a contemporary jazz guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

, arranger

Arranger

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, composer

Composer

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, producer and national recording artist. He primarily recorded in the Contemporary Jazz format and produced five very successful solo albums.

Laury has been playing guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

 since boyhood, and after moving to California

California

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 formed the Jazz group Fattburger

Fattburger

Fattburger is a jazz group, best categorized in the jazz-funk, contemporary jazz, or jazz fusion subgenres. The band was formed by saxophonist Hollis Gentry, keyboardist Carl Evans Jr., bassist Mark Hunter, drummer Kevin Koch, and guitarist Steve Laury in San Diego during the early 1980s...

. After releasing five albums as a member of Fattburger, Laury began his solo career. His single "In My Dreams" from the Passion CD was a mainstay on the New Adult Contemporary/contemporary jazz playlists in the early 1990s and served to launch his solo career. To date he has sold over half a million albums.

From 1991 through 1996, Laury was one of the more popular Jazz guitar

Jazz guitar

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ists around, and then he quietly quit recording. Steve had a 10-year lapse in his recording output from 1996 to 2006.

Discography

With Fattburger:

• One of a Kind - 1986
• Good News - 1987
• Living in Paridise - 1989
• Time Will Tell - 1989
• Come and Get It - 1990
• Best of Fattburger -1992

Solo Releases:

• Stepping Out - 1990
• Passion - 1991
• Keeping the Faith - 1993
• Vineland Dreams - 1995
• New Music - 2006 (iTunes only)

External links

• Steve Laury's Official site
• http://www.myspace.com/stevelaury