Greatest Hits Live is something of a misnomer as applied to Steve Winwood's expansive in- concert collection. Not that the title doesn't contain his most well-known numbers, because it does, ranging ...

Pat Metheny performs during the Jazz Foundation of America. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/ Courtesy of Getty Images for Jazz Foundation Of America) Two hours of musical mastery from one of jazz’s most ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) George Benson’s music has a way of wrapping around you — like a smooth breeze on a late summer evening or the sound of someone you trust speaking truth with melody. Whether he’s ...

One of the categories of jazz I love most is modern jazz guitar. And 2020 has been a banner year with more releases in this category than any year in memory by some of the finest guitarists in the ...

Bucky Pizzarelli, a jazz guitar giant and member of the New Jersey Hall of Fame who played with most of the greats in his decades-long career, has died. He was 94 and had been diagnosed with ...

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 ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something magical about George Duke’s music that’s hard to put into words—but you feel it. Whether he’s laying down a slick funk groove or caressing a melody on the piano, ...

Fans of Joe Pass, Larry Carlton and John Scofield would do well to check out the Pete Roth Trio with Bill Bruford the next ...

*Years after his first extended run of radio hits and success on the contemporary jazz charts, SoCal-based composer/guitarist Dr. Dave mounted a massive comeback in 2018, forming The Housecall Band ...

Evgeny Pobozhiy, a virtuoso guitarist with a busy profile on the Moscow jazz scene, has won the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Guitar Competition. As winner of the prize, one of the ...