Charlie Christian

In 1929, when Rudy Vallee replaced Austin as America's most popular crooner with his network radio show, Austin began recording more of the kind of raw blues he heard in New Orleans whorehouses. Read More

Personally, if faced with a blindfold test, the first image that would pop in my mind would be of Brian Johnson swinging from an enormous chime whenever AC/DC plays Hell's Bells onstage. Read More

"Standards" is a pure jazz guitar album by Sylvain Luc, one of most sought after session guitarists in France and even in Europe today. Read More

The impact of Sinti gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt is hard to overestimate. Read More

Recorded jazz is still under a century old, but in a little over nine decades an enormous quantity of music has amassed. Read More

Catch a rare performance by the jazz impresario on Friday, November 13, at 8:00 pm when George Wein brings his Newport All-Stars to Jazz at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Read More

When musicians get together for jam sessions at a restaurant or a music house after the marquee gigs are done, that's called a "late set." Read More

Bill Barnes concludes his three-part article on the role of guitar in jazz below. Read More

Posted 11:08 a.m. Mon. Sept. 21 - More than half a century of jazz history was on vivid display Saturday (Sept 19) as tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins and his superb quintet played almost two hours of hard bop, calypso, blues and ballads for an adoring crowd of well more than 1,000. Read More

Earlier this month, I had the honor of taking part in the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame's annual induction ceremony. Read More