Jazz

Double-Edged Sword, The Dangerous Jazz-Rock Attack of Scott Henderson

Mar 13 2013 1:30PM
A good jazz-rock guitarist impresses dyed-in-thewool rockers with his ability to swing, and jazzbos with his ability to “bring the rock.” More...

Blast from the Past: Larry Carlton Pro's Reply

Mar 7 2013 6:27PM
Carlton talks about playing with the Crusaders in this Pro's Reply from 1973 More...

Guitar Talk, A Session Roundtable of the Guitarists on Donald Fagen's Sunken Condos

Mar 6 2013 12:00AM
Those not in the “in crowd” can only assume that being a session guitarist on a Steely Dan or Donald Fagen project is an exercise of much creative energy expended for a rickety shot at fate. More...

This Time It’s Personal, How One Broken String Drove Charlie Hunter Back to His Guitaristic Roots

Mar 5 2013 12:00AM
With a bold musical imagination, and more than ample technique to support it, Charlie Hunter has never been a conventional guitarist. More...

The Inaugural Guitar Player Hall of Fame Awards

Dec 19 2012 12:00AM
THROUGH ITS READERS’ POLL AND VARIOUS OTHER initiatives, Guitar Player has bestowed a bounty of awards on inspirational artists, pioneering manufacturers, and groundbreaking products for many years. More...

Joel Harrison

Dec 19 2012 12:00AM
“I’VE BEEN BLENDING GENRES IN MY works for many years, but I’ve lost the words to describe what I do, because they all sound so trite now,” says Joel Harrison. More...

David Fiuczynski

Dec 19 2012 12:00AM
DAVID “FUZE” FIUCZYNSKI HAS LENT his talents to Screaming Headless Torsos, Meshell Ndegeocello, Jack DeJohnette, and others throughout a career that has seen him evolve from a whammy-inflected punk-funk practitioner to a Berklee More...

Don Alder

Dec 19 2012 12:00AM
“That was transcendental, beautiful … you just took everybody to school,” said legendary rocker George Lynch after seeing Canadian guitarist Don Alder’s winning solo-acoustic performance at GP’s Guitar Superstar 2010. More...

Jon Herington

Dec 13 2012 12:00AM
Solo records by session guitarists too often hang gobs of great guitar on flimsy compositional frames, or they attempt to emphasize the songs by stinting on the expected guitar fireworks. More...

Wes Montgomery: The Lost Tapes

Nov 8 2012 12:00AM
WES MONTGOMERY’S METEORIC CAREER spanned less than a decade before his untimely passing in 1968. More...

Henry Kaiser Remembers Pete Cosey

Nov 8 2012 12:00AM
ONE OF MY GREATEST GUITAR heroes passed away on May 30, 2012. More...

Four New Electric Players of Note

Nov 8 2012 12:00AM
READER RESPONSE TO “FOUR CORNERS OF THE NEW ACOUSTIC Universe” in the June 2012 issue of GP was so positive that we decided to follow up with a similar piece showcasing four young electric guitarists that you may not be familiar More...