The first time I was handed a jazz chord chart, I was 13 years old and trying to prove to the director of my middle-school jazz band that I could cut it as the ensemble’s guitarist. I had been on his ...

I’ve loved and admired many jazz guitarists over the years—Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Pat Martino, Django Reinhardt, and Kenny Burrell—to name just a few. But for various (and obvious) reasons, rock ...

Barry Galbraith was a superb and tasteful jazz guitarist who played on dozens of albums behind big bands and combos. While he regretfully recorded just one album as a leader (Gone With the Wind, Decca ...

Comping an abbreviation of accompanying is a term used in jazz music to describe the chords rhythms and countermelodies that keyboard players piano or organ or guitar players use to support a jazz ...