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 ...

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 ...

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 player primarily through ... Surprisingly enough, he found that he had a good ear for music even though he had never had a moment ...

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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.” ...

Sam began teaching himself jazz guitar at the age of 11 by using YouTube tutorials and listening to the family record collection. At 14 he gained a bursary to study at Chetham’s School of Music ...

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

Over the course of his decorated career, jazz guitar legend Mike Stern has worked ... I was in town playing with Billy Cobham ...

If we took an Em-A7-D (II-V-I) progression and decided to jazz it up with 7ths and extensions, we might well start with this Em9 chord. The F# (9th) is our highest note. I mention this because the ...

Facebook was burgeoning with recommendations for the Bob Dylan biopic, “A Complete Unknown.” I ignored them until musician ...

Michael Tucker found that a performance by the Norwegian saxman's band with David Torn, Eberhard Weber and Michael DiPasqua ...