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...
Look, you come in here tomorrow, and anything you do with your right hand I’ll do with my left. [to Bud Powell]
'SPEAKEASIES TO SYMPHONIES' AND 'COSMIC MUSIC' CHRONICLE 2 JAZZ GREATS : NPR
Apr 13, 2026, 3:51 PM · www.npr.org
Critic Kevin Whitehead reviews biographies of two musicians who transcended jazz, and to whom recognition was slow in coming: James P. Johnson, born in 1894, and Alice Coltrane, born in 1937.
HOW DIZZY GILLESPIE HELPED FORGE A NEW JAZZ ERA IN AMERICA : NPR
Apr 13, 2026, 8:44 AM · www.npr.org
Dizzy Gillespie and his iconic trumpet -- with its turned up bell -- brought a new era of American jazz to a global audience. It's part of our 250th anniversary series America in Pursuit.
MIKE WESTBROOK – OBITUARY - UK JAZZ NEWS
Apr 14, 2026, 11:51 AM · ukjazznews.com
“It is tempting to suggest that, were Mike Westbrook American or German rather than English, his career might have been garlanded with the kind of praise it so conspicuously deserves. Britain’s neglect of one of its most distinguished composers amounts to a national disgrace.” Richard ...
BOB DYLAN: TANGLED UP IN JAZZ - JAZZTIMES
Apr 09, 2026, 6:35 PM · www.jazztimes.com
In his 2004 memoir, Chronicles, Volume One, Bob Dylan writes about his early days in New York’s Greenwich Village, when the 21-year-old would eagerly seek … Read More "Bob Dylan: Tangled Up in Jazz"
SOUTHERN TIER CELEBRATES JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH
Apr 14, 2026, 1:09 AM · www.wbng.com
As jazz spread, it inspired improvisation, new styles and constant change.
AUTHOR-MUSICIAN ADELE BERTEI FINDS JAZZ IN THE NO WAVE MOVEMENT COURTESY HER NEW BOOK: NO NEW YORK - JAZZTIMES
Apr 11, 2026, 2:14 PM · www.jazztimes.com
Adele Bertei — pronounced ber-TAY, but she’s cool with bur-TIE — has had several winning existences in her time. She’s been a glossy, post-new wave … Read More "Author-Musician Adele Bertei Finds Jazz in the No Wave Movement Courtesy Her New Book: No New York"
JAZZWISE - MIKE WESTBROOK: 21/03/1936 – 11/04/2026 - JAZZWISE
Apr 13, 2026, 12:00 PM · www.jazzwise.com
Andy Robson pays tribute to the beloved British jazz composer, pianist and bandleader who has died aged 90