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Now he’s more likely to play his Gibson ES-335 with a warm yet pungent tone
in the more traditional “acoustic jazz” manner of Pat Martino, George Benson or
Wes Montgomery,
the three guitarists who affected him most in his formative years.
“At a certain point I made a decision for my career as a sideman and as a leader
that I really wanted to focus on playing acoustic jazz because it was probably
the most satisfying to me, although I do play all these other different kinds of music,
and I love doing all of them.”