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Underrated electric guitar hero Danny Gatton is set to be honored with Danny Gatton and Funhouse Live at the Holiday Inn 1987 ...
The instrument hasn’t always been a central player in jazz, but the best guitarists have taken up the challenge of finding their own way. Fourteen musicians and writers share their favorites.
All About Jazz member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite living jazz guitarists. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's living guitarists poll was conducted ...
The guitar occasionally served as a solo instrument or melodic player, but it rarely took over the chordal foundation completely. Similar to the straight-ahead jazz world in the 1940s - the 1960s, ...
Prior to the advent of electrical amplification, the role of the guitar in jazz was strictly that of a chorded rhythm instrument. But as soon as guitarists could plug into an amplifier, the ...
Jimmy Page learned to play ambitious guitar taking lessons with a legendary jazz guitarist who taught him 'a hell of a lot' beyond chords.
Jazz Guitarist Dave Stryker Announces Upcoming 2023-24 Shows Prime is Dave's most recent recording and features his working trio of Jared Gold on organ and McClenty Hunter on drums.
The Ark welcomed jazz group The Great Guitars to the stage Tuesday night to deliver a two-hour performance. Founded in the 1970s, the group currently includes guitarists Martin Taylor, Ulf Wakenius ...
Remembering Russell Malone, a Jazz Guitar Great With a Larger-Than-Life Personality Malone was a standard-bearer for musicians of his generation in many ways. He inspired players to look beyond the ...
Zimbabwean jazz guitarist Louis Mhlanga explains how the music of Jimi Hendrix inspired him to create his own brand of jazz music.
The John Mayer and D'Angelo collaborator discusses his budding friendship with the jazz legend, and how he ended up acquiring ...