This month's local music roundup offers a study in charting something new, from two Berklee jazz professors' expansive improvisation to a trio of rap upstarts with a vivid, inventive LP inspired by ...

He scored a number one hit when he was still a teenager, played with Johnny and Edgar Winter, Steely Dan, KISS, and more. He ...

Derringer —whose work touched the careers of Johnny and Edgar Winter, Steely Dan, Neil Giraldo and "Weird Al" Yankovic ...

George Benson’s music has a way of wrapping around you — like a smooth breeze on a late summer evening or the sound of ...

With four picks in this year's NBA draft — two in the first round and two in the second — the Jazz have some decisions to ...

The following Sylvia Rexach piece, "Olas Y Arenas," the other cover and the most ambitious track ... An impressive outing for the 26-year-old jazz guitarist Peña, The Latin Side of Jazz Guitar ...

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 ...

Trumpeter Andy U and pianist Phil Doyle are both regular members of Sound of Blue Note but this quartet covers a wider range of more contemporary music. Andy H resumes his trumpet playing in his Latin ...

The five musicians/singers of Son del Coamil, in matching cream-colored garments and straw hats, wove together delicate violin and acoustic guitar lines at the Jazz ... on a cover of Cyril ...

Willie Nelson might be one of the most prominent figures in country music history, but when he bought his iconic guitar, Trigger, he was trying to emulate a jazz icon known for his swinging ...

I watched him put that guitar behind his neck, and the women were going crazy.” Chicago jazz musicians Von (left ... Mr. Freeman’s name appeared on the cover of DownBeat magazine, a ...

Any guitarist will likely tell you that one band fun to cover on guitar is the legendary Van Halen. Who can resist the absolutely explosive guitar riffs and solos from the late Eddie Van Halen?