Sometimes you gotta stop and smell the roses - or in this case listen to live jazz guitar. Another Take 10 moment on our the Gazette Facebook news platform is going to take off on Friday in the noon ...
In France in the early-'30s there was a young gypsy guitarist who had burnt two fingers of his fretting hand to the state of useless (?) appendages, in a caravan fire; Django Reinhardt. Possibly still ...
Musician Nick Colionne has a fairly simple saying when it comes to his sound and the way he performs: “I let it do what it do.” “Although I am a serious musician,” he said, “I’m a guy that loves to ...
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 ...
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..