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A MODERN DAY MASTER of the Telecaster, Jim Campilongo is often lumped into Americana or roots rock, but his modus operandi is just a bit more twisted and way more […]

THE ONSTAGE BACKDROP for Al Di Meola's Electric Years Tour is a huge collage of 17 of his most recognizable album covers. Noticeably absent from the bunch is his groundbreaking [...]

GROWING UPAS a die-hard blues-rocker in 1970s South Florida, Scott Henderson fell in love with the sounds of that era's big-name rock guitarists. 'Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck... I [...]

HIS NAME IS like that of a Marvel superhero or the title character in a new vigilante series airing on Netflix. But Max Light plays guitar with the gift of [...]

WHILE SOME GUITARISTS are adept at tweaking their tones through a variety of effects from song to song, Israel-born fusion maverick Oz Noy is like a virtuoso tap dancer on [...]

THERE WAS NO denying Dan Wilson's talents, nor the diversity of his repertoire, when he released Vessel of Wood and Earth in 2021. They shone through on every track. The [...]

It was just before the pandemic hit in 2020 that I happened upon a YouTube video by an Italian funk-fusion trio named the Snips. The initial hook for me was [...]

GROWING UP THE son of Bucky Pizzarelli, John Pizzarelli had quite an advantage over the other kids in his Paterson, New Jersey, neighborhood who wanted to pick up the instrument [...]

TWO LANDMARK GUITAR releases, both solo debuts, came along within a few months of each other in 1968 to open my youthful ears and blow my 14-year-old mind. And yet, [...]

When the Beatles made their American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964, it inspired a generation of Boomers to pick up the guitar. But it was [...]

THROUGH THE COURSE of five evocative ECM albums, Danish guitarist Jakob Bro has forged a distinctive musical identity with a deft fingerstyle approach to his instrument, along with a penchant [...]

IN 2015, I had the honor of being on a panel of judges for the First Annual Wes Montgomery International Guitar Competition, sponsored by George Klabin of Resonance Records and [...]

IN AN INCREDIBLE career that spans nearly 50 years, John Scofield long ago established himself as one of the Big Three of modern jazz guitar, along with his colleagues Pat [...]

The article present an interview with guitarist Jim Campilongo. Topics discussed include Campilongo's unique approach to the Telecaster guitar and his new album, "She Loved the Coney Island Freak Show;" his influences and stylistic nods to guitar legends like Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton; his use of unconventional techniques such as behind-the-nut bending and tone knob swells; and his experiences living in New York, U.S., and returning to the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

IFIRST WITNESSED Mike Stern onstage 31 years ago in his sideman role with Miles Davis at New York's Avery Fisher Hall back in 1981. This was Miles' eagerly awaited 'comeback' [...]

An interview with guitarist, Al Di Meola is presented.

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BILL FRISELL HAS played with musical artists across the gamut of styles. But whether he's jamming with John Zorn, recording with drummer Matt Chamberlain in the group Floratone, or performing [...]

An interview with Harvey Mandel, american guiotarists is presented who overlooked instrumental solo debut album, "Cristo Redentor," released in 1968, which showcased his innovative guitar work and fusion of rock, jazz, blues, and soul genres.

AMERICAN GUITAR AFICIONADOS have known about Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel for nearly 30 years, going back to his two-year tenure in Gary Burton's band during the early '90s and his [...]

An interview with guitarist Bill Frisell is presented on topics including his 2019 music album "Valentine," his attitude about approaching tunes and his work with bassist Kermit Driscoll and drummer Joey Baron.

An interview with John Scofield, a jazz guitarist, is presented. Topics discussed include his solo album that he recorded at home with the help of Tyler McDermott, a sound engineer and Manfred Eicher, producer and the founder of ECM records; his extended solo intros to tunes on the gigs; and pedal-point looping on "Trance De Jour," song using pedal-E.

The article discusses the work and life of Mike Stern, an American jazz guitarist and after playing with Blood, Sweat & Tears, and he worked with drummer Billy Cobham, then with trumpeter Miles Davis from 1981 to 1983 and again in 1985.

They are that rare item in the music business--a married couple that has stayed together. Given the daily pressures of a harsh economic climate along with the usual gender politics, […]

In 1955, Barney Kessel posed the musical question: To Swing Or Not To Swing. It was his third date for Contemporary Records and an important landmark in the annals of […]

AFTER 20 YEARS ON THE NEW YORK JAZZ SCENE developing his reputation as an in-demand sideman, guitarist Pete McCann has come into his own as a bandleader-composer and recording artist. […]

AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL JAZZ guitarists of his generation, Kurt Rosenwinkel's playing has been dissected, transcribed, and imitated by hordes of aspiring young guitar players at music schools […]

The article presents an interview with musician Lionel Loueke on his tribute album "HH" to his mentor Herbie Hancock in which he shares his relationship with his mentor, information on piano playing, and details on compositions.

The article presents an interview with Kurt Rosenwinkel about the latest album "Angels Around." Topics include talking about the own connection for playing standards when coming up in Philadelphia; having a pianist approach to the fretboard with regard to chording and playing bass lines and single-note lines; and type of guitar use throughout Angels Around.

High-Impact Bills Put The Kick In Careers At Every Stage In the beginning, jazz was a black-sheep musical form relegated to the brothels of New Orleans' Storyville district. It gradually […]

A DIRECT DISCIPLE OF THE CHARLIE Christian school, Herb Ellis' driving, swinging, 6-string style was imbued with an inherent bluesiness that spoke of his Texas roots. A member of Oscar [...]

In 1970 a 27-year-old Larry Coryell and his 23-year-old producer Danny Weiss made musical history with Spaces, a pivotal album that predated not only Coryell's early-'70s fusion band the Eleventh […]

Though it doesn't have the hightech sets and glitzy costumes of mega-buck productions like Miss Saigon or Phantom of the Opera, the hugely popular Tony Award-Winning musical Rent has one […]

'It's funny--we have kind of similar musical backgrounds, only 50 years apart,' says 38-year-old Howard Alden of his 83-year-old partner, George Van Eps. 'We both started off as banjo players. […]

After reshaping the jazz guitar trio on such Enja albums as Long To Be Loose and the recent 2 Drink Minimum, Wayne Krantz will be putting a new threesome on […]

For years he sat ensconced in the ivory towers of academia like some mythic Buddha figure, a bebop guitar guru who rarely recorded and seldom strayed beyond Hollywood's Guitar Institute […]

dave Tronzo come to town like a gunslinger looking to carve a few more notches on his holster. He oozed macho arrogance, confident that he could cut any challenger, and […]

He's a link in a chain of New Orleans pianists that includes Professor Longhair, Huey 'Piano' Smith, Allen Toussaint, and James Booker. But Mac 'Dr. John' Rebennack started out as […]

Russell Malone's fingers fly with the speed and fluidity of his heroes Wes Montgomery, George Benson, and Pat Martino. Then he turns around and oozes soul a la Kenny Burrell, […]

Fifteen years ago, New Yorkers were buzzing about this freaky cat who was touted as a harmolodic Taj Mahal. A disciple of Ornette Coleman, James Blood Ulmer was decidedly 'out […]