PROFILES/INTERVIEWS
Charlie Christian: Charlie Christian gave birth to modern jazz guitar. With his fluid, melodic lines influenced by hornmen, Christian advanced the guitar beyond the realm of the rhythm section, becoming the first electric guitarist to explore the instrument's soloing potential.
Still Exploring the Outer Limits: Allan Holdsworth specializes in music that emanates from a radio/marketing no-mans land somewhere between jazz, rock, funk and easy listening.
John McLaughlin: Keeping Miles' Flame Alive
Les Paul: The Legend Behind The Legend
Andy Summers: Every Little Thing He Does: The ex-Police guitarist takes the jazz-fusion road on his solo albums.
Jim Hall & Pat Metheny: Mutual Admiration Society
The Return of Mr. 335: Guitarist Larry Carlton has left his signature across the decades. His sweet-toned Gibson ES-335 wail first made its presence felt in the early ’70s with The Crusaders on a string of successful crossover albums.
Larry Carlton and Gibson ES-335: Right machine with the right man. There ES no Substitute
Power Player: Mike Stern shows that jazz needn't be all hushed tones and intellectual bravado.
Slow Scorching Sco: As one of the last in a distinguished line of artists who put in time with Miles Davis, John Scofield draws from the trumpeter/jazz guru’s electro-funk side more than from his earlier, bop-inflected work.
Jimmy Bruno: Jazzman in a Digital World
JUST JAZZ -- The Web's Top Jazz Stops
ESSAYS ON JAZZ : Get illuminated by experts on various styles of jazz through the years.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF JAZZ : Great introductory article on the music and its evolution.
ABOUT.COM JAZZ HOME PAGE : Neat site featuring A-Z indexes to artists and styles.
JAZZ ONLINE : Great cyber rag that features CD reviews, artist bios, club listings and radio links.
JAZZ CORNER : With more than 100 individual sites for musicians and an elaborate search index, this is one loaded jazz centre.
JAZZ CHRONICLES ONLINE : Features news, reviews, interviews and world views.
JAZZ GUITAR ONLINE : Guitarist Bob Patterson's regularly updated webzine featuring roundups of events in the jazz guitar world.
JUST JAZZ GUITAR ONLINE : Web home of the print magazine devoted to articles by, for and on the jazz guitar community.
ALL-JAZZ CLEARINGHOUSE : Serious site 'dedicated to the preservation and exploration of jazz'. A bit of a nightmare to navigate but offers an elaborate network of links.
JAZZ 52nd STREET : Offers short, snappy CD reviews and crisply-written features on jazz greats.
ABOUT.COM JAZZ HOME PAGE : Neat site featuring A-Z indexes to artists and styles.
JAZZ REVIEW ONLINE : Features reviews, interviews, CD giveaways and an e-mail newsletter.
THE GOLDEN AGE OF JAZZ : Classic black-and-white jazz photos by William P. Gottlieb include portraits of Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker and other greats.
TAKE PHIVE JAZZ : Artists, Links, History, Reviews & Online Radio.
ALL BLUES -- Hop in to these 'Bars' for a Potent Shot of the 'Birus'
ESSAYS ON BLUES : Enlightening pieces that trace the evolution of the blues in its various permutations.
BLUES ACCESS : Online rag that offers festival news and a list of the hottest blues labels.
BLUES-LINK : Filled with links to the sites of the people who play it, the people who promote it, the people who sell it and the people who dig it.
BLUES WORLD : Lists the mags, radio stations, labels, festivals and other online blues-related resources you should surf through.
THE BLUES HIGHWAY : A homage page for blues greats with chat rooms, radio listings and other bits of info.
INNERVIEWS : A great site focusing on off-mainstream music figures and featuring first-rate interviews and album reviews. The tribute to the late Irish blues guitar great Rory Gallagher is alone worth the visit.
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