In a recent study at Johns Hopkins, jazz musicians improvised with each other while sitting in MRI machines. No doubt many of them were used to playing in tight spaces, but this was, all the same, odd ...

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 ...

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 ...

WHO: Mary Halvorson’s guitar playing can be challenging and at times even confrontational, but it is never conventional. A fixture in avant-garde and improvisational music circles, the 35-year-old New ...

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 ...

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 & ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Calvin's Coffee House hosted a phone free jazz jam on Feb. 25, allowing students the chance to unwind during midterms or ...

Bernie Williams played 16 years for the Yankees and won four World Series titles He has a passion of playing the jazz guitar Music took a back seat when the Yankees offered him a contract at 17 Bernie ...