April 2, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn
First I’m hearing of this folks… Jazz guitar great Herb Ellis died Sunday March 28, 2010 of complications associated with Alzheimer’s. He was 88 years old. Ellis was inspired to play the guitar because of guitar legend Charlie Christain. Due to a lack of funds Ellis dropped out of college and went on the road [...]
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December 9, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
Here’s a clip of Canadian jazz great Ed Bickert. Jazz on a Tele……..nice!
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December 5, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
Here is a clip of Russell Malone, Christian McBride & Benny Green doing a Wes tune called Jingles. Warp speed captain!!!!
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November 17, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
Ok, listen up jazz peeps. If you like high quality, hand crafted archtop guitars you should check out Ron Smith Guitars. I had the pleasure of meeting the man himself and playing his fine guitars at the Great Americal Guitar Show. These are finely crafted instruments constructed from hand selected materials chosen for tone. Each [...]
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November 6, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
Here is a video clip of the late great Ted Greene playing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”. I love Ted’s playing and I always find it very moving no matter what tune he’s playing. Pay attention to the way he sort of shakes the guitar neck to get a nice gentle vibrato effect. I also think [...]
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June 29, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
There is a new Spotlight feature this month on Igor Boiko- Ukranian Jazz Master. Igor is a master jazz player and instructor. In this interview Igor talks about how he got started playing guitar, his “Laboratory of Professional Education for Guitarists” and his favorite guitars and amps. Click here to read the Spotlight interview.
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June 3, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
Check out this new video by Dimitri Sachkov, John Coltrane’s classic ”Giant Steps”. Dimitri is an excellent player and studies with Igor Boiko. You can read an interview with Dimitri here. Nice one Dimitri!
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May 7, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
There is a new interview on the Articles page with Russian born jazz guitarist Tanya Pesnya. Leaving Russia for France where she now resides Tanya is busy playing jazz and zouk gigs and is planning her first solo CD release. Click here to read the interview.
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April 16, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
There is a new interview with Russian Jazz guitarist Dimitri Sachkov. In this interview Sachkov talks about musical education, gear and future career plans. Click here to read the article.
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March 23, 2008 | Posted by Billy Penn
Kent Armstrong has successfully reduced a traditional jazz humbucker to 1/2 of its original thickness while preserving the tone. At only 3/8″, these pickups will fit practically any guitar – no matter the distance between top and fingerboard. Both neck mount and side mount are available. The pickup is called the “Slimbucker” and is available [...]
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