I don't think I know anybody that came up playing jazz guitar (for a span of roughly 30 years) in New Orleans that didn't study with him. Ensuring the continuity of the lessons and traditions from one ...

Jazz Guitar for the Absolute Beginner, the debut instructional tome from New York City-based musician Amanda Monaco, is a well-thought out, step-by-step guide for the jazz guitar novice. Monaco starts ...

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 ...

Several teachers helped make Page the ace guitarist he was in Led Zeppelin. Yet in terms of technical skills, Page said jazz guitar legend John McLaughlin taught him as much as anyone (via Light & ...

Grant Geissman, a California-based contemporary jazz guitarist and Emmy-nominated composer, teams up Sunday for a Topeka Jazz Workshop Inc. Concert Series show with one of his musical influences, ...

Californian Howard Alden is one of the greatest jazz guitarists working today. He learned his craft under the legendary Howard Roberts, and his jaw-dropping fretwork has graced everything from ...

BIGFORK -- Lee Ritenour, a Grammy-winning jazz guitar legend, and Robert Montgomery, a former mid-level manager for FedEx, met for the first time Tuesday morning along the shores of Flathead Lake.

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 ...