Joni Mitchell and the guitar that traveled

Joni’s music is one of stylistic turns, but her acoustic guitar playing reveals an affection for jazz even in her earliest ...
Rolling Stone

Guitar Trailblazer Mary Halvorson Turns Jazz on Its Head

WHO: Mary Halvorson’s guitar playing can be challenging and at times even confrontational, but it is never conventional. A fixture in avant-garde and improvisational music circles, the 35-year-old New ...
Spin

The Evolution of Jazz Guitar: Blending Tradition with Innovation

Jazz guitar has always been a dynamic art form, adapting to new styles while staying rooted in tradition. From the early swing and bebop pioneers to today’s fusion innovators, guitarists have expanded ...

Steve Morse says the music school jazz snobs were not impressed by his choice of guitar

After flunking the audition simply because of his guitar choice, Morse could have turned deep purple with rage – but it was the making of him ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

Jazz Guitarist Jeff Parker Crosses Musical Genres On 'Suite For Max Brown'

This is FRESH AIR. When guitarist Jeff Parker lived in Chicago, he played all kinds of big and small shows with all kinds of creative musicians. Parker now lives and works in Southern California, but ...
Digital Journal

Op-Ed: Tall Toad in Petaluma was make-shift stage for Jazz guitarist (Includes interview and first-hand account)

Sonoma Valley Jazz Society president Lina Perlas was in attendance and just before Stowell began his first set, she mentioned that “Jazz in the back room” at the Plaza Bistro on Friday nights has been ...
Jazz

Saxophone Meets Guitar: The Dynamic Duo of Jazz

Unlike the structured precision of a piano-driven quartet, saxophone-guitar albums thrive on spontaneity. Imagine a smoky jazz club where the deep, soulful wail of a saxophone weaves effortlessly with ...
Jazz

Martin Taylor

Multi award winning guitarist and composer MARTIN TAYLOR has established a unique musical career as an internationally acclaimed musician, and his inimitable style has seen him recognized as the world ...
KNKX Public Radio

School of Jazz guest DJ for February: Zandy Owens

A guitarist with the Bishop Blanchett High School jazz band, high school senior Zandy Owens shares an hour of his favorite jazz tunes with KNKX.
NPR

Jazz Guitarist Jeff Parker Crosses Musical Genres On 'Suite For Max Brown'

Parker's breezy new album, which mixes live music with vintage synthesizers, draws on R&B, early hip-hop, droning electronica, jazz-funk, Afropop and flailing '60s-rock solos. This is FRESH AIR. When ...
NPR

Jazz Guitarist Jeff Parker Crosses Musical Genres On 'Suite For Max Brown'

Parker's breezy new album, which mixes live music with vintage synthesizers, draws on R&B, early hip-hop, droning electronica, jazz-funk, Afropop and flailing '60s-rock solos. This is FRESH AIR. When ...