Jazz Guitar Today would like to wish John a Happy Birthday this month and thank him for inspiring us for all these years. See John on our...
Six years in the making, Is that So? is one of John McLaughlin’s deepest and most profound musical collaborations with prolific Indian composer and vocalist Shankar Mahadevan. Joining...
New JGT Series: Acoustic Guitar & Jazz Intro by Bob Bakert, JGT editor: Down through the years ‘jazz guitar’ has come to mean carved ‘archtops’, usually...
Rob Luft is a 29-year-old guitarist from London who is quickly making a name for himself on the global jazz scene. Above Photo: John Surman, Thomas...
JGT contributor Joe Barth covers the international jazz guitar scene in this interview with Italy’s Umberto Fiorentino. Umberto Fiorentino was born in Rome in 1956 and...
JGT contributor Joe Barth talks to Portland’s Dan Balmer about his new album “When The Night”. Portland, Oregon has one of the finest jazz scenes in...
Grammy Nomination Follows 50th Anniversary World Tour Featuring Original Group Co-Founders John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain. Shakti, the recently reconvened global fusion trailblazers, have been nominated...
Jazz Guitar Today contributor Joe Barth talks with gypsy jazz guitarist Pere Soto. Photo credit: Quim Castilla Pere Soto’s musical life is divided in three ways. He...
JGT contributor Joe Barth talks to guitarist Todd Mosby about the making of his new album Land of Enchantment. Anyone who has been to the southwestern United...
Jazz Guitar Today contributor Marc Silver continues with #4 in the ‘Acoustic Flattops in Jazz’ series by featuring a number of iconic jazz guitarists. In this...
Jazz Guitar Today contributor Marc Silver continues the ‘Acoustic Flattops in Jazz’ series by featuring a number of iconic jazz guitarists. In this fourth and final...
JGT contributor Joe Barth talks to English guitarist Rob Luft about his new album with Albanian singer Elina Duni. English guitarist, Rob Luft just released a...
With a little help from his friends, JGT’s Joe Barth takes a good look at jazz guitar in San Francisco and the Bay Area. San Francisco,...
Released today, This Moment, a 50th Anniversary celebration album from the groundbreaking global fusion ensemble, SHAKTI. As a cornerstone of what is now called World Music, the vision and virtuosity...
Global fusion ensemble co-founded by John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain mark the group’s 50th anniversary with “This Moment” – to be released on June 30, 2023 Europe and...