Steve Nichols has been playing for 45 years, drawing from musical sources as diverse as rock, classical, jazz, Latin-jazz, blues, and country. Steve has performed professionally on stage and worked as a studio musician in the recording industry throughout the western states. Currently Steve plays, records and teaches private guitar lessons in San Diego. Influenced by an array of famous guitarists including Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass,Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, ,and the one and only “Django Reinhardt” Steve now has a Jazz Solo Style of playing .Steve’s sound can be Chord-melody only and/or,utilizing backing track accompaniment in a mix of genre styles traditional Jazz ,Smooth Jazz , Swing ,BosaNova,Samba,Jazz Ballads and Jazz Rock