I most recently posted about guitarist Jimmy Gourley last year. As I noted at the time, Gourley was an American born in St. Louis who moved to Paris in 1951 and died in France in 2008. Enamored of ...

Hot Summer Nights, Cool Jazz, the LSU School of Music’s trademark annual summer jazz series, will return for two special edition performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, June 9-10, featuring the ...

There are throwbacks, and then there are throwbacks. Guitarist Grant Geissman takes us back to the era of cool—a visual image of nightclubs patronized by people wearing long shirts, dark glasses and ...

The instrument hasn’t always been a central player in jazz, but the best guitarists have taken up the challenge of finding their own way. Fourteen musicians and writers share their favorites. Credit..

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 ...