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 ...

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 & ...

Guitarist Joe Beck said he thought of the guitar as a six-piece band. Music reviewer Tom Moon says that's exactly how Beck's music sounds: layers of overlapping ideas. He reviews Beck's posthumous ...

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 ...

Sonoma Valley Jazz Society president Lina Perlas was in attendance and just before Stowell began his first set, she mentioned that “Jazz in the back room” at the Plaza Bistro on Friday nights has been ...

This article was originally published on www.audiophix.com as 11 best new jazz albums of 2025 should be heard by every music lover.

This is FRESH AIR. When guitarist Jeff Parker lived in Chicago, he played all kinds of big and small shows with all kinds of creative musicians. Parker now lives and works in Southern California, but ...

There are 1,001 stories worth telling about George Freeman—guitarist, raconteur, raucous traffic cop at the five corners of jazz, blues, and funk—but I think two do a lot of the heavy lifting. George ...

Unlike the structured precision of a piano-driven quartet, saxophone-guitar albums thrive on spontaneity. Imagine a smoky jazz club where the deep, soulful wail of a saxophone weaves effortlessly with ...

All applicants must apply to the University of Colorado Boulder and complete a College of Music admission application. Auditions will not be scheduled until both applications have been received.

Pizzarelli, who died April 1 of COVID-19, played with Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Rosemary Clooney, among others. He spoke to Fresh Air in '92 and again, with his son John, in '06.