Recent Posts Tagged With 'guitar'

• I\'ll See You in My Dreams

  Posted on Saturday October 17th, 2009 at 08:27 in guitar, howard alden, jon-erik kellso, chuck redd, i'll see you in my dreams

  For Howard Alden's birthday, one of my favorites...Now I'm in the mood to go home and watch Sweet and Lowdown.This is from a jam at the Ear Inn with Jon-Erik Kellso, which looks to also have included Chuck Redd (from my neck of the woods)....

• Odds and ends

  Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 11:11 in guitar, trumpet, saxophone, brian setzer, lee wiley, allaboutjazz.com

  The AP catches up with Brian Setzer to talk about his new album, "Songs From Lonely Avenue." It comes out on the 13th. Listen to clips here.Simon Jay Harper has a series of articles appearing on allaboutjazz.com worth checking out:The Story of Jazz T...

• Two topics for the price of one: Lawrence Lucie/Why lead a big band?

  Posted on Tuesday August 18th, 2009 at 19:09 in guitar, jazz, duke ellington, big band, louis armstrong, billie holiday, jelly roll morton, benny carter, fletcher henderson, r.j. deluke, lawrence lucie

  Despite the relative youth of jazz as a genre, the tendency is to look at anything prior to the swing era as so old as to be beyond the touch of our generation.But the fact is, that is simply not true. Take the case of Lawrence Lucie, a guitarist who...

• Farewell, Les Paul

  Posted on Thursday August 13th, 2009 at 12:14 in guitar, jazz, les paul

• Stanley Jordan's birthday

  Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 07:03 in guitar, jazz, stanley jordan

  A little something from Stanley Jordan......

• Gardot thrills

  Posted on Saturday June 27th, 2009 at 17:17 in guitar, piano, Lyrics, jazz, Delivery, vocal, melody gardot, vince mendoza, my one and only thrill

  The problem with the majority of modern jazz singers, in my opinion, is there is a basic lack of soul. Sure, all the notes are in the right places, but whether it be a tired rehashing of some old musical warhorse for the masses, an over-polished deli...

• Fate

  Posted on Saturday June 13th, 2009 at 08:09 in guitar, jazz, ink spots, huey long

  Huey Long, who, among other stops, played guitar for the Ink Spots, died at the age of 105. Chance lifted a shoe shine boy on an 80-year odyssey, making music with the greats.. Read about his amazing life here....

• Gatemouth

  Posted on Saturday April 18th, 2009 at 07:33 in guitar, jazz, blues, swing, vocal, clarence gatemouth brown, jump blues

  Jazz? Jump Blues? Texas Swing? Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown defied categorization. How 'bout one hell of a guitar player? Others may get credit for the idea of having a guitar lead a big band, but Gatemouth had been doing it like nobody's business for ...

• The case on Wes Montgomery

  Posted on Friday March 6th, 2009 at 06:51 in guitar, jazz, a day in the life, louis armstrong, sellout, wes montgomery, kenny g, red nichols, eddie condon

  Wes Montgomery:Great jazz guitarist?Sellout?Google wes montgomery+sellout and you'll get a glimpse of this long standing argument, which begs the question... Do we have the right to blast someone for trying to make a buck? Maybe not if the artist is ...

• Marty Grosz, entertainer

  Posted on Saturday February 28th, 2009 at 07:01 in singer, guitar, jazz, traditional jazz, randy reinhart, marty grosz

  Happy Birthday to one of the great traditional jazz guitarists, Marty Grosz.Here he is with his Hot Puppies in 2005 doing one of my favorites, China Boy. Another fav, Randy Reinhart on cornet.He is also a first rate story teller and singer, who knows...

• Happy birthday Jim Hall

  Posted on Thursday December 4th, 2008 at 11:13 in guitar, jazz, jim hall

  Celebrate by reading a great interview with guitarist Jim Hall at jazz.com....