The album’s title—and the fact that it’s produced by Joe Henry (Rhiannon Giddens, Loudon Wainwright III, and Allen Toussaint, among many credits)—might make you wonder if jazz-guitar phenom Julian ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Edylle Landy/YouTube Julian Lage is one of the world’s finest electric guitar players, so ...

Julian Lage’s career has been marked by a series of firsts, including the fact he is the only jazz guitar virtuoso who counts Yoko Ono, Bill Cosby, Wilco’s Nels Cline, cutting-edge composer John Zorn ...

Guitarists Nels Cline and Julian Lage may be associated with somewhat different musical genres — Cline with avant-garde jazz and rock and Lage more with the jazz mainstream — and are nearly a third of ...

Julian Lage’s debut solo album, “World’s Fair,” released on Feb. 3, explores the broad musical potential of the guitar. At the age of 27, Lage has already been playing for over two decades. He has ...

Lage mixes jazz, blues and swing on his new trio album with Scott Colley and Kenny Wollesen. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says that Lage really hits his stride in Arclight. This is FRESH AIR. Jazz ...

Jazz guitarist Julian Lage had a life-altering experience in his youth, thanks to a veritable guitar hero. Now 30, Lage was just 8 when Carlos Santana jammed with the child prodigy. 'It was surreal ...

Julian Lage was not born with a guitar in his hand, but he could have been. He started playing at age 5. By the time he was 8, he was playing with Carlos Santana and was the subject of an ...

Julian Lage, a self-proclaimed guitar nerd, can only be described as genius. A child prodigy who was the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary at age eight, Lage is one of those rare individuals ...

Lage began playing guitar at the age of 5 and appeared on stage at the Grammys at 13. He talks to Fresh Air about growing up a guitar prodigy, his father's gentle coaching and his new trio album. This ...