This jazz guitar essential has long been my favorite of the artist’s many releases. How important is this album? Well, for starters it is listed in the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry ...

Just under a century ago, it wasn’t totally clear yet what was jazz and what was blues, or what was becoming R&B and what would soon turn into rock ’n’ roll. And the guitar was near the ...

Denison certainly knew of Howe’s affection for jazz guitars and decided to use his Guild as leverage to meet his hero, bringing his friend along to assist with any stubborn impediments.

“A friend of mine worked at a guitar shop that carried rare archtop jazz guitars, and there was a Guild George Barnes acoustic-electric.” Barnes was a renowned swing jazz guitarist, typically ...

Bob Bakert, editor of Jazz Guitar Today, said, “A finer gentleman I’ve never met. John was a consummate gentleman and a gracious, truly caring guy. It was always about the music and ...

Harmony Guitars has brought a classic – and in many cases sought after – archtop back from the dead in the shape ... Total Guitar and Guitar World. He uses Jazz III nylon picks, 10s during the week, ...

But are you confused between Violin and Guitar ... nylon or steel strings. A few guitars are made of polycarbonate materials as well. The classic guitar, steel-string acoustic guitar, and archtop ...

Open Jazz-Jam Hang at La Dulce Vida coffee featuring the Doug Roche Trio 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Finale Concert featuring the New West Guitar Group 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. (in Olde Town Arvada, location TBA) The ...

(Steel strings respond well to a pick and are louder than gut or nylon strings when played ... was a bridge between the horn-based jazz tradition and the rock-guitar émigrés who make up much ...

The death of jazz guitar legend Bucky Pizzarelli on April 1 from Covid-19 was a gut punch to the music world. In his honor, D’Angelico Guitars is auctioning a signed Excel EXL-1 model guitar ...