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..

In a rare interview, Wes Montgomery revealed the insecurities that forced his retreat from jazz, even as he was celebrated as ...

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 ...

Justin Vellucci Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 10:01 a.m. | Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 10:01 a.m. Shawn Purcell doesn’t remember the precise moment he decided to become a professional musician. He does know that it ...

Bachman met Lenny Breau when they were teens in Winnipeg and continues to honor the late guitarist's legacy with a deep ...

Over the last 30 years, jazz guitarist John Abercrombie has made nearly 50 recordings for the adventurous ECM label, playing a lead role in many of them. On his new CD, The Third Quartet, Abercrombie ...

Back in the early 1980s, Alex Skolnick was pretty much like any other teenager. He loved electric guitar players like Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and George Lynch. “I was caught up in the whole ...

The ii-V-I has been referred to as a chord progression, a turnaround, and a cadence depending on the circumstances it is used. It is most known as the jazz progression as it is the backbone of many ...

MIDDLETOWN — The Shoreline Jazz Quintet will be appearing at the Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. The band includes Mike Bimonte on drums, Deepak Cyril D’Souza on saxophone, ...

New Haven’s jazz scene entered the new year Thursday night in modal, spacey, vegan style, as trumpeter Nick Di Maria and his band lit up The Cannon. Eneji Alungbe warms up. Twenty people in The Cannon ...