The Players

Frank Vignola talks about Birdland’s Guitar Night...

Scott Henderson/JGT interview

Learning to play with a singer

Favorite Jazz guitarist book

palm muting techique

I am part of a trio (sometimes quartet when our bassist is in town) that performs mostly at senior living facilities, and an occasional porchfest or arts & crafts fair. We consist of an excellent...

Seeking Advice for PA Speaker Voiced For Jazz Ballads

Most singer/songwriters just bash away at the guitar like a prop. In jazz, you need to do a better job.

Learning to play with a singer

"jazz" is in the players fingers talent and attitude..the equipment is secondary

Best Telecaster for Jazz?

I've been wondering about the Johnny Smith book. Glad to hear it's good.

Favorite Jazz guitarist book

It is a sweet looking guitar in good shape though. Maybe it was someone from here and they will do a NGD. I am curious what it sounds like. I'm guessing it sounds really good.

1960? Guild capri at Goodwill $2,852.96

Do you also play/sing it together already? Asking because I have a hard time imagining that accompanying a singer in jazz is fundamentally different from accompanying a singer in almost any other...

Learning to play with a singer

It ain't easy being a minority yo.

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

I don't think any one particular flavor of Telecaster is necessarily superior for jazz given the vast expanse of sonic terrain that is the genre. Take most any Tele, roll off the tone knob and...

Best Telecaster for Jazz?

Ok then! Playlist link Analysing standards progressions - YouTube Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

"Tim Buckley .... He was produced by Zappa at one point." Yes, his last album, which was arguably his worst, but that was probably not due to Frank's influence. Tim was getting more...

Most influential prog rock band

So, white privilege in a nutshell. Any white guy could waltz right into Harlem and go into any club, you could not flip the scenario. Remember Miles Davis was beaten by the police outside the...

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

The recent biography on guitarist Bill Frisell was a good read. Comprehensive indeed.

Favorite Jazz guitarist book

I'm an artificial person. It suits me.

AI music, yikes, it's improving fast

Jeez, that's a Reverb sales price! I think that the days of finding deals on anything other than budget or fixer-upper guitars at Good Will online are probably over. You can still get great deals...

1960? Guild capri at Goodwill $2,852.96

No lives matter; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlk7o5T56iw All notes matter; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf0dcMH4N5U

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

Jazz and Blues Single Note Soloing Recommendations ?

Telecaster - Single Coil or Humbucker?

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

Eliminating the Metronome for technical studies?

Don Cherry on Lennie Tristano

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 3) - Straight No Chaser

Blues and Jazz-Blues Comping Recommendations ?

Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars

JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 2) - Misterioso

How do you understand the 5th and 6th bars of rhythm changes?

Just a Gigolo C7 Bb7 A7

How bad is this?