Jazz guitar has always been a dynamic art form, adapting to new styles while staying rooted in tradition. From the early swing and bebop pioneers to today’s fusion innovators, guitarists have ...

Kurt’s distinctive sound has earned him recognition as one of the leading voices in contemporary jazz guitar. Julian Lage is a jazz guitarist renowned for his ability to merge folk, rock ...

Willie Nelson might be one of the most prominent figures in country music history, but when he bought his iconic guitar, Trigger, he was trying to emulate a jazz icon known for his swinging ...

The second annual Central Coast Jazz Guitar Festival took place in California's Santa Ynez Valley, presented by Rich Severson and his family. Severson, his son Wes and his wife Gayle, along with ...

This jazz guitar essential has long been my favorite of the artist’s many releases. How important is this album? Well, for starters it is listed in the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry ...

“What you see on guitars at your local music shop,” he notes, “where you’re seeing highly figured tiger-flame or quilted or spalted maple ... classical or gypsy jazz or electric.” ...

Just under a century ago, it wasn’t totally clear yet what was jazz and what was blues, or what was becoming R&B and what would soon turn into rock ’n’ roll. And the guitar was near the ...

Up to the moment of his death a few days ago, Russell Malone was my favorite living guitarist. As I say, with jazz guitarists of the relatively recent era, the big discussion is whether they play ...

From the blues to jazz to rock to folk to country, the guitar is probably the most pivotal ... Specs: Alder body, 25.5 scale length, maple neck with 635JM fretboard shape, trio of 635JM single ...

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 ...

The album’s title—and the fact that it’s produced by Joe Henry (Rhiannon Giddens, Loudon Wainwright III, and Allen Toussaint, among many credits)—might make you wonder if jazz-guitar ...