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Pat Martino Remembered: 1944-2021
On November 1, 2021 the Jazz Guitar Community – and Jazz in general – lost one of its most preeminent players and ardent spokesman of improvised music as Pat Martino (Patrick Carmen Azzara) – after […]
Articles by Lyle Robinson
Desert Island Picks
Tony DiGregorio – 5 Desert Island Album Picks
Regardless if you’re a beginning student of Jazz Guitar or an established player, we all have at least five albums that we cannot be without! With that said, Jazz Guitar Life has asked Jazz Guitarist Tony […]
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Jostein Gulbrandsen: Thoughts On Improvisation
New York based Jazz Guitarist Jostein Gulbrandsen shared his thoughts on improvisation to readers of his Facebook page and he was gracious enough to allow Jazz Guitar Life to share it with you all as […]
Desert Island Picks
Carlos Jiménez – 5 Desert Island Album Picks
Regardless if you’re a beginning student of Jazz Guitar or an established player, we all have at least five albums that we cannot be without! With that said, Jazz Guitar Life has asked Canadian Jazz […]
Jazz Guitar Beauty
Jazz Guitar Beauties: Koentopp Chicagoan – Tony Richards
Jazz Guitar Life would like to thank Jazz Guitarist Tony Richards for sharing his beautiful arch-top with us all! Enjoy 🙂 To start with, Danny Koentopp who built this guitar is family to me. It is the first guitar […]
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Warren Greig – 5 Desert Island Album Picks
Regardless if you’re a beginning student of Jazz Guitar or an established player, we all have at least five albums that we cannot be without! With that said, Jazz Guitar Life has asked Canadian Jazz […]
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Chris Whiteman – 5 Desert Island Album Picks
Regardless if you’re a beginning student of Jazz Guitar or an established player, we all have at least five albums that we cannot be without! With that said, Jazz Guitar Life has asked Jazz Guitarist Chris […]
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Jazz Guitar Beauties: Eastman AR605CE – Rich Severson
I saw the video below on a Facebook Archtop Guitar post and thought to myself “that is a Jazz Guitar Beauty!” I contacted the creator of the video, Rich Severson, and asked if he would […]
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Jake Reichbart – 5 Desert Island Album Picks
Regardless if you’re a beginning student of Jazz Guitar or an established player, we all have at least five albums that we cannot be without! With that said, Jazz Guitar Life has asked Jazz Guitarist Jake […]
Interviews
Miguel Mateu Interview with Jazz Guitar Life
“I try to choose transcripts that contribute something. Then I transcribe the music bar by bar (sometimes note by note). Above all, I spend a lot of time trying to make the rhythm as precise […]