Jazz Guitar News Archive

• 1March 2, 2010

  2010 Portland Jazz Festival Sells Out Seven Of Eight Featured Concerts

  2010 Portland Jazz Festival Sells Out Seven Of Eight Featured Concerts Including Pharoah Sanders, Mingus Big Band, Luciana Souza, Dave...
• 0August 25, 2009

  Pat Martino Unstrung DVD Review

  Pat Martino Unstrung documents the physical and psychological struggles faced by the legendary jazz guitarist before and after undergoing brain...
• 0August 20, 2009

  Classic Jazz Guitar Solo Recordings

  When I first became interested in solo jazz guitar in the early ’80s there was one name that stood out...
• 0April 6, 2009

  Introduction to Jazz Guitar Music: A Jazz Guitar Primer

  Friday night. You worked all day and look forward to hitting the pillow, but a good night’s sleep will have...
• 0October 24, 2007

  CD Review: School Of The Arts – T Lavitz

  From the review by Rich Murray: School Of The Arts (Magnatude Records) is the latest album from keyboardist T Lavitz...
• 0October 11, 2007

  Mike Varney Talks about the Shrapnel and Tone Center Labels

  Mike Varney has a vinyl fetish. The founder and head of the Shrapnel Label Group started collecting records at the...
• 0October 4, 2007

  Guitarist Larry Coryell Talks about his Autobiography

  Larry Coryell has been, and continues to be, an innovative force of jazz guitar and is credited by many with...
• 0September 17, 2007

  CD Review: Inner Constellation – Bruce Eisenbeil Sextet

  From the review by Tom Watson: “Inner Constellation, Volume One (Nemu Records) is the latest album from guitarist and composer...
• 0September 4, 2007

  DVD Review: Wes Montgomery Live in ‘65

  Today marks the official release of a DVD from Reelin’ in the Years Productions consisting of three 1965 television studio...
• 0August 5, 2007

  CD Review: ‘Improvision’ – Machacek, Sipe, Garrison

  From the review by Rich Murray: Improvision (Abstract Logix Records) is a collaboration between three of the heaviest musicians on...
• 0July 27, 2007

  Rich Murray Reviews ‘Truth’ by Robben Ford

  by Rich Murray Truth Jazz/blues guitar legend Robben Ford’s latest album Truth (Concord Records) features a set of sophisticated blues songs that...
• 0July 27, 2007

  Gretsch Introduces New Guitars at 2007 Summer NAMM

  by Staff Building on its almost 125 years of history and tradition, Gretsch will introduce two forward looking models at the...
• 0July 27, 2007

  Larry Carlton Gives Guitar Master Class in Gibson Guitar Studio, London

  Press release Source: Gibson Guitar Larry Carlton Gibson Guitar, the world’s premiere musical instrument manufacturer and Gibson’s distributor Rosetti hosted a special Larry...
• 0July 16, 2007

  Guitar Innovator Jay Azzolina Speaks Volumes in Upcoming Release “Local Dialect”

  Press release Source: DL Media Like every outstanding instrumentalist and jazz composer, Jay Azzolina is not the type to coast on the...
• 0June 11, 2007

  CD Review: 75th Birthday Bash Live! – Kenny Burrell

  by Ignacio Gonzalez 75th Birthday Bash Live! It’s not very often someone gets invited to a legendary jazz guitarist’s birthday party. Imagine...
• 0June 7, 2007

  CD Review: Collection – Scott Henderson

  by Rich Murray Collection – Scott Henderson Collection contains an assortment of songs from the Tone Center Records catalog that feature fusion...
• 0May 28, 2007

  CD Review: Borrowed Time – Jazz Guitarist Steve Khan

  by Tom Watson Borrowed Time (U.S. and Canada cover) June 5, 2007, marks the United States and Europe release of Borrowed Time...
• 0May 26, 2007

  Jimmy Bruno Launches Jazz Guitar Instruction Site

  Jazz guitar great Jimmy Bruno recently launched an online jazz guitar video instruction site, the Jimmy Bruno Guitar Institute, geared...
• 0May 9, 2007

  Guitarist NELS KLINE to Release CD on Cryptogramophone June 26

  Press release Source: DL Media The NELS CLINE Singers – Draw Breath On June 26, 2007, Cryptogramophone Records will release Draw Breath by...
• 0May 5, 2007

  Guitarist Mike Keneally Albums Re-mastered and Re-released

  Press release Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations hat. Mike Keneally’s 1992 debut release, hat., is now available in a remastered Special Edition. And...