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The guitar long owned and played by the late Canadian jazz great Ed Bickert was sold last week. The sale raised US$32,500 and many questions. Who bought it? We don’t know – the buyer has ...
Rabin's bristling single note licks and thoughtful polytonal chord voicings generate an abundance of contrasts, and he tears it up on several pieces, yet also uses an acoustic guitar for texture and ...
Regina-born jazz singer Dione Taylor is part of the cast of the documentary Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas, which looks at the Jewish songwriters who penned many Christmas classics. (Marc Lemyre/CBC) ...
If you go back far enough, it gets hard to tell genres apart. Just under a century ago, it wasn’t totally clear yet what was jazz and what was blues, or what was becoming R&B and what would soon ...
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 ...
For Still Dreaming, prolific collaborator and bandleader Joshua Redman is joined by Ron Miles on trumpet, Scott Colley on bass, and Brian Blade on drums.