A breath of fresh air and a deeply nostalgic look into the 1960’s aesthetic. Comparisons to espionage composers like John Barry or Lalo Schifrin. “A breath of fresh air and a deeply nostalgic look ...

The instrument hasn’t always been a central player in jazz, but the best guitarists have taken up the challenge of finding their own way. Fourteen musicians and writers share their favorites. Credit..

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 ...

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 & ...

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 ...

CHEYENNE — When words fail, music speaks. This sentiment doesn’t just tell the story of why local artist Ty Warner makes music, but also what draws him to the instrumentals behind the music. Get any ...

What do Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Neil Diamond have in common? Well, aside from being amongst the more important singer/songwriters of the past forty years, they've all recruited Michael Landau ...

This studio is led by Tim Wendel and includes BM, MM and DMA students. At all levels, students develop and maintain a solid foundation for all aspects of playing jazz guitar—including technique, ear ...

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 ...