09-14-2023 | By Wayne Goins | Issue 129 In the last episode, I shared my rabbit-hole experience with Jeff Tweedy and the Wilco band when I first experienced the music as I streamed Episode 5 in the first season of Hulu's hit show, "The Bear." In this…

08-16-2023 | By Wayne Goins | Issue 128 Jeff Tweedy and his world of Wilco music has entered my space, and I'm pretty damn happy about it. Let me just say upfront: I admit it—I'm probably the last one to the party. Actually, I'm extremely late, but…

With a large majority of our Jazz Guitar Legacy players passed on, it is a rare moment indeed when one gets an opportunity to talk with such a player, especially one who has been around for close to nine decades. Well our man in the field – Dr. Wayne…

Lire “Les Chroniques du Rock, Partie 1” ici. Lire “Les Chroniques du Rock, Partie 2” ici. Aux dernières nouvelles, le producteur David Anderle et l'ingénieur du son John Haeny avaient donné au producteur britannique, Glyn Johns, un pressage test du…

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Lire “Les Chroniques du Rock, Partie 1” ici. Lors de notre précédente rencontre, je vous disais que le couple de chanteurs Delaney & Bonnie travaillait sur leur album Home, leur premier enregistrement sur étiquette Stax de Memphis, entre février et…

Well, they didn’t have that then, but they did have something else. It’s a thing called “hot licks.” You know, you hear a hot lick and you say to yourself, ‘hey, play that again. Let me look at it. Let me play it. Let me learn it.’ And you learn it,…

Welcome Jazz Guitar Lifers to Dr. G.’s Spotlight Series featuring Chicago Jazz Guitarist Henry Johnson. Enjoy ………… As a one-man operation, if you would like to support all the work I do on Jazz Guitar Life, please consider buying me a coffee or two.…

“…he invites people to come in and be a guest teacher or guest instructor. So I got a call from him one day, somebody had mentioned my name to him and he asked me if I would like to do one of these guest instructor things. I said, ‘Sure I’ll do…

“So I played with Jack McDuff. He sat in with us and played… and he actually took my phone number. And a couple of months later, Jack McDuff called me. He was… I don’t know where he was, he was in Pittsburgh or Detroit or someplace. He said, ‘Mike, I…

Jazz Guitar Life thanks JGL writer and researcher Dr. Wayne Goins for this insightful and informative review. ………………. As a one-man operation, if you would like to support all the work I do on Jazz Guitar Life, please consider buying me a coffee or…

“Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Jimi Hendrix, George Benson, Pat Martino, Albert King, B.B. King, and Charlie Christian are integral to the way I approach this music. There are countless recordings by them that I can sing forwards and…

“My perception of the guitar has not changed. It’s still the same as it always has been, which is: it can function as a horn, it can function as part of the ensemble. I think that’s good, but it can also accompany…one of my favorite things to do is…

Read “Part 1: Joe Cocker, with a little help from his friends” here. Read “Part 2: The adventures of Delaney & Bonnie” here. Read “Part 3: The British are coming!” here. Read “Part 4, Gimme Shelter” here. Read “Part 5: Mad Dogs & Englishmen” here.…

Read “Part 1: Joe Cocker, with a little help from his friends” here. Read “Part 2: The adventures of Delaney & Bonnie” here. Read “Part 3: The British are coming!” here. Read “Part 4, Gimme Shelter” here. Read “Part 5: Mad Dogs & Englishmen” here. In…

“So we get to his house and he says to me, ‘I want to hear you play something, take out your box and play something for me.’ So at that time I was a speed demon. You know, I was playing…I started tearing over the changes to “All The Things You Are.”…

“So now I’m up in my room, chilling after we left the sound check. I’m taking a nap. My phone rings and it’s Tal Farlow. Tal Farlow says, ‘MALONE, what are you doing?’ I said, ‘I’m just relaxing.’ He said, ‘I want you to come downstairs. I wanna…

First of all, it was his music. I mean, I started listening to jazz when I was 12. My first records were records. My first guitar records were records by George Benson, Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell. And Ron Carter was on a whole lot of those…

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One of the GREATEST moments of my life was having a chance to share the stage with Kenny Burrell on his 75th Birthday celebration at Royce Hall on UCLA campus. This was all due to the graces of none other than Wolf Marshall, who made sure I had a…