Guitar performer Frank Vignola is thought to be amongst the top group of guitarists on the jazz guitar music scene today! Born on December 30, 1965 on Long Island, New York, he started playing guitar at the age of five. As his proficiency grew, he dedicated many hours listening to the tunes of legendary jazz [...]

Jazz guitar player John Carlini is a musical renaissance man! He embraces jazz guitar songs and all other various types of music with a knowledge and enthusiasm that is evident everytime he plays his guitar. His influences range from guitar players like Andres Segovia, Django Reinhardt, and Lenny Breau to pianist Bill Evans and saxophonist [...]

Guitarist Duck Baker was born Richard R. Baker IV in Washington, DC in 1949 and grew up in Richmond, VA. His teenage years had been devoted to performing guitar with rock and blues bands prior to starting to be engrossed in acoustic guitar fingerpicking in neighborhood coffeehouses. Ragtime piano player Buck Evans was a key [...]

In 1961, jazz guitar performer George Benson got his break via a surprising opportunity. Hammond organist Brother Jack McDuff was passing through with his trio minus the guitar Player. Benson was immediately recommended to fill in and he ended up subbing for the following three years whilst undergoing the most challenging period of his jazz [...]

Jazz guitar performer Herb Ellis like many other leading American jazz guitarists (including Charlie Christian, Eddie Durham, and Oscar Moore) was born in the south western region of the the USA. The blues, with a dose of country music, are a distinctive characteristic of his jazz guitar music sound and his guitar playing technique. It [...]

Classical guitar player Ben Bolt was performing lead guitar in rock and roll bands at the age of twelve and started playing professionally at age sixteen in Miami, Florida. After high school, Ben left his group to study traditional classical guitar music in Spain. At the age of 19 he studied traditional classical guitar with [...]

There are extremely few guitar players deserving of C.G.P. (Certified Guitar Player) status. As the founder of that elite club, Chet Atkins should know! And when Chet Atkins calls you “without a doubt, one of the most incredible guitar players on the planet”, you know you’re doing something right. Tommy Emmanuel has been doing many [...]

From the beginning, Wes Montgomery appeared to hear things differently on the guitar! Rather than going after the basic “plectrum” or “pickstyle” approach, he opted for a thicker, earthier tone made by striking the strings with the fleshy part of his right hand thumb. He created an uniquely personal sound in his single note guitar [...]