Esteban

Stephen Paul (born ) is an American classical guitarist best known by the stage name Esteban. He is from the Pittsburgh area and has lived in Tempe, Arizona since 1976. He then attended Carnegie Mellon University, where he double-majored in music and English. At this time, he claims he was teaching approximately 150 students per week and playing in nightclubs. In 1999, Esteban came to the attention of Joy Mangano at Ingenious Designs, inventor of several products sold on the QVC home-shopping channel. She invited Esteban to play on QVC in November 1999. Esteban sold 132,000 CDs after two appearances on HSN in the summer of 2000, and two of his albums reached the top 54 entries in the Billboard 200. From 2001 to 2003, Esteban released over a dozen additional albums, four of which placed in the lower half of the Billboard 200. He has appeared in several infomercials advertising his guitars and instructional DVDs.

Discography Duende (1991) Songs From My Heart (1992) Spirits of the West (1993) What Child Is This? (1994) Flamenco Y Rosas (1995) 2-CD set Pasión (1997) Enter the Heart (1998) Heart of Gold (1999) All My Love (2000) At Home With Esteban (2000) 2-CD set Esteban Live! (2001) 2-CD set Flame, Flamenco & Romance, Vol. 1 (2001) 2-CD set Esteban By Request (2001) 4-CD set Holiday Trilogy (2001) 3-CD set includes A Classic Christmas, A Traditional Christmas, and A 21st Century Christmas Joy To The World (2001) Happy Holidays, With Love (2002) 2-CD set Flame, Flamenco & Romance, Vol. 2 (2002) 2-CD set Walk Beside Me: The Greatest Inspirational Songs Of All Time (2002) 2-CD set Eternal Love (2002) 2-CD set Celebrate the Memories (2002) Back 2 Back (2003) 2-CD set Magic Moments (2003) Live in Sedona (2003) 2-CD set Happy Holidays, With Love (Esteban's Favorite Holiday Treasures) (2003) Favorite Holiday Memories (2003) Classic Holiday Memories (2003) Father/Daughter (2004) 2-CD set The New Flamenco Y Rosas (2006) Best of Esteban (2006) Wear the Black (A Tribute to Johnny Cash) (2011) 2-CD set