The instrument hasn’t always been a central player in jazz, but the best guitarists have taken up the challenge of finding ...

The best guitar riffs in rock have become part ... There have been plenty of wonderful jazz guitar riffs by artists such as Django Reinhardt and Wes Montgomery, but Green’s dreamlike, mellow ...

Pat Metheny was born in Kansas City on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was working regularly with ...

To be totally honest, it’s nigh on impossible to select the best electric guitar. Guitars come in such a variety of styles and configurations that finding a single instrument in such a crowded ...

Here are some of the best bass options out there. A classic for a reason, today’s Precision can trace its lineage back to a bass guitar marketed ... by 1960s Fender Jazz models, this Squier ...

Choosing the best acoustic guitar for your personal needs is a tough one. With so many options on offer these days it’s not surprising that many find themselves faced with option paralysis when ...

It’s widely hailed as his greatest release and one of the all-time best jazz guitar albums. Fantasy Records founded the Original Jazz Classics series in 1982 with the goal of reissuing ...

Orlando performer Chase Padgett brings the latest version of his hit “6 Guitars” to the Dr. Phillips Center for the ...

A terrific year for new jazz releases, the breath and depth of the music from all corners of the world underlining the robust health of jazz a quarter of the way into the 21st century. Northbound ...

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The Rush frontman charts his experiments in bass tone, and why he'd sometimes tackle the instrument like a lead guitarist ...