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GP Presents Oz Noy this Thursday, March 24, in Oakland – Win Tickets!
By Jimmy Leslie published
Guitar Player welcomes the fusion master to the East Bay for a Thursday night throwdown with his trio featuring Dennis Chambers and Jimmy Haslip.

“I’m feeling Like FrankenStern – Kind of Rewired and Half Bionic”: Mike Stern Reveals How He Perseveres One Gig At a Time
By Bill Milkowski published
Five years after a misstep on a New York City street left him badly injured, the maestro promises, “I’m never going to give it up.”

Punk Guitar Legend Dr. Know Revisits the Profound Legacy of Bad Brains
By Tom Beaujour last updated
The pioneering guitarist tells his story of the Washington D.C. band that redefined punk.

Watch This Rare Clip of Jazz Guitar Genius Joe Pass Playing a Fender Jaguar
By Rod Brakes published
Video Before owning his iconic Gibson ES-175D the jazz great used this unlikely solidbody.

Steve Stevens Recommends Listening to These Five Guitar Solos
By Guitar Player Staff published
The Billy Idol guitarist names his top five lesser-known favorites.

Featuring John McLaughlin on Guitar Miles Davis Broke Every Jazz Police Law with ‘On the Corner’
By Jim Campilongo published
This street-savvy album was a precursor of post-punk, electronica and hip-hop.

Lionel Loueke Talks Seven-String Jazz Guitar, Rearranging Herbie Hancock, and the Improvisational Magic of a First Take
By Bill Milkowski last updated
The jazz fingerstylist gives a musical fist bump to his mentor Herbie Hancock on 'HH.'

Country Jazz Lesson: John Scofield’s Cover of "Mama Tried" Part 2
By Mike Swickis published
The second part of our look at Scofield’s sophisticated reinvention of a country classic.
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