The term “standard” seems antithetical to something as freeform and limitless as jazz. But, time has proven that these songs are not rigid at all. The only strict parameter is the lyrics, and yet ...

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 expanded ...

Looking back over the hundreds of jazz albums that have crossed my desk this year, it's clear that many things stay the same. That's not a bad thing: Jazz is rooted in deep traditions that have ...

Greg favors the use of his thumb to produce the rich sound he achieves... The music swings compulsively at all times with the leader’s exotic sound and constantly inventive lines, the mainstream ...

Pianist and composer Roger Kellaway exists in that critical interface between little-known but respected session musician and known but unjustly little-recognized master. His recent recordings for IPO ...

It’s fitting that Nels Cline, the polymath guitar wizard who’s tackled everything from country-rock with Wilco to a full remake of John Coltrane’s late improvisational masterwork Interstellar Space, ...

Jazz guitar…. There is no other pairing of words that strike fear into the hearts of guitar players more than those two. The world of jazz guitar is vast. When we think of the leading players from all ...

Prior to the advent of electrical amplification, the role of the guitar in jazz was strictly that of a chorded rhythm instrument, chugging along with the bass and drums and helping to propel whatever ...