Below, we asked 14 musicians and writers to name the tunes they would play to help a newcomer fall in love with the sound of jazz guitar. Read on, listen to the playlist with the article and don ...

He began performing professionally in his teens and studied music theory and piano at the ... entitled simply Jazz Guitar.

Bob Bakert, editor of Jazz Guitar Today, said, “A finer gentleman I’ve never met. John was a consummate gentleman and a gracious, truly caring guy. It was always about the music and ...

Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the-bandstand ...

Jesse Cook studied classical and jazz guitar at the Royal Conservatory of Music at York University in Canada and Berklee ...

Mickey Baker has a well deserved reputation as an influential guitar ... a good ear for music even though he had never had a moment of formal training in the field. With constant practice he developed ...

Susan Alcorn, the revered pedal steel guitarist who brought the instrument beyond its traditional role in country music, died ...

With a daring avant-garde approach, she pushed the frontiers of an instrument best known for speaking with a down-home accent.

world music, funk and classical repertoire according to each student’s interests. Attending as well as playing in live performances is also a key aspect of the jazz guitar studio! Many great ...

Ewan started with the bass guitar at the age of 12 and during his ... Ridout was an outstanding winner of the BBC Young Musician Jazz Award of 2016 and just keeps on growing as an artist.” ...