The six-string legend is signing off with a live album that chronicles one of the greatest shows of his stellar career, but his journey with guitar is far from over ...

For jazz guitar master Larry Coryell, if one guitar makes beautiful music, five guitars can do it five times more beautifully. That’s why, for his debut performance at the Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest ...

The 29th annual Jazz Guitar Festival presented by Denison University's Department of Music will take place Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 ...

Dr. Wayne Goins’ story began with homemade “guitars” crafted from cardboard, plastic or anything else he could get his hands ...

In 1939, Charlie Christian auditioned for Benny Goodman, who heard the future and hired the electric jazz guitar pioneer on the spot, forever changing the sound of jazz. Still, as forward thinking as ...

More than any other instrument, guitars remain the weapon of choice for exhibitionists, extroverts and showboats. With their fretboards facing outward toward the audience, guitar players are those ...

Please note the title of this collection. It does not include symphony orchestras playing jazz compositions. Nor does it feature what is known as "third stream" music, which is the combination of jazz ...

Like many kids his age, John Scofield picked up a guitar because it was the cool thing to do. It was 1963, and the Beatles were popular. Though the guitar didn't actually make him a hit in Wilton, ...

A rounded and slightly trebly tone framed by a halo of overtones, along with other sounds—fuzzy-edged or transparent, elongated or truncated, tender or piercing—trace fragments of melody. They form ...

Jim Hall, a jazz guitarist whose quiet mastery made him one of the most influential and admired musicians of his generation, died Dec. 10 at his home in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. He ...