Jazz & Guitar Articles
Girl from Ipanema
Jan 08, 2022
The Girl from Ipanema is a Brazilian bossa nova and jazz song. This is performed and recorded be me.
Read MoreThat New Guitar Smell
Dec 24, 2021
There is something about the smell of a new guitar. It’s like a new car only better. And when you get that new guitar, you need to show it off with a fresh recording of a song you always wanted to play. This is one of those times...
Read MorePent Up House
Jan 31, 2016
Quite some time ago I recorded this in a studio. I am bringing it back to life on here with simple some graphics. I hope you enjoy it!
Read MoreJazz Guitar Book Recommendations
Jan 31, 2016
I've wasted a lot of money over the years buying books that did nothing for my playing. I started this article to bring you the books that have actually changed my playing for the better. I would highly recommend each and every one of them.
Read MoreBlack & Blue - An Original
Jan 23, 2016
Some time ago I recorded a little number and posted it on You Tube just to see if I could. So I figured I also make it available here as well.
Read MoreThe Art of Playing Jazz Guitar - A True Preparation Primer Part 2
Jan 23, 2016
In part 1; we discussed various metronome techniques to advance our awareness, concentration, feeling, and broaden our minds while practicing. This article will go into what we should be practicing and, more importantly, thinking when using those techniques.
Read MoreThe Art of Playing Jazz Guitar - A True Preparation Primer Part 1
Jan 23, 2016
I’m not going to kid you; playing Jazz Guitar is extremely difficult at best and almost downright impossible at worst.
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Jazz Byte...
When I first heard music, I thought it should be very clean, very precise. Something that people could understand, something that was beautiful.
MITCHELL CROTHERS HEADED FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL ALL-STATE JAZZ BAND FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW
Jan 22, 2025, 12:53 AM
When Mitchell Crothers auditioned for the South Dakota Middle School All-State Jazz Band last year, there was a lot to take in. But he was confident in his abilities, and he soon passed the test and found himself and his alto saxophone among the dozens of students playing at the Mitchell Performing Arts Center.
BOB PERKINS, THE BELOVED PHILADELPHIA JAZZ DJ KNOWN AS ‘BP WITH THE GM,’ HAS DIED AT 91
Jan 21, 2025, 9:18 PM
Bob Perkins, 91, of Wyncote, the jazz DJ whose sonorous, deeply relaxing, and reassuring voice on the Philadelphia airwaves entertained and educated music lovers for more than half a century, died Sunday at Jefferson Abington Hospital.
LEGENDARY PA. JAZZ DJ DIES AT 91
Jan 21, 2025, 1:56 PM
Bob Perkins, long considered one of the most significant voices in jazz radio and a pillar in the Philadelphia-area jazz community, has died. He was 91.
THE FIESTA IS OVER BUT TUCSON JAZZ FEST HAS SEVERAL SHOWS LEFT
Jan 20, 2025, 10:30 PM
Tucson Jazz Fiesta wrapped up on Monday, organizers are hoping attendees or people who have never been will come back for some live music.
ETIENNE CHARLES EXPLORES THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH ‘EARTH TONES’ JAZZ PERFORMANCE
Jan 21, 2025, 2:57 AM
Etienne Charles performed Earth Tones to about 1,200 people at the Mendelssohn Theater on Friday and Saturday.
TERENCE BLANCHARD DOES IT ALL: JAZZ, OPERAS, OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM SCORES, AND THAT PEPSI COMMERCIAL WITH BEYONCE
Jan 21, 2025, 11:00 AM
A modern-day renaissance man, jazz trumpeter and opera composer Terence Blanchard is an 8-time Grammy Award-winner whose film scores have earned him two Oscar nominations. “I’m
CARIBBEAT: MONTY ALEXANDER ‘JAMAICA TO JAZZ’ CONCERT AT LINCOLN CENTER IS TRIBUTE TO ICON’S LONG CAREER
Jan 18, 2025, 4:00 PM
Encompassing decades of Caribbean music styles, jazz and classic tunes from the Great American Songbook, Jamaican American pianist Monty Alexander’s “A Living History: Jamaica to Jazz” concert