A self-taught session man extraordinaire, he played with a constellation of stars, including Michael Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Chaka Khan and Dizzy Gillespie.

Phil Upchurch has died. The legendary guitarist, who worked with musicians including Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Bob Dylan ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Alex Skolnick has never been content to stay in a single lane. The longtime Testament guitarist and shape-shifting improviser returns to Cleveland this fall with the Alex Skolnick ...

Joni Mitchell played one of his guitars because of its wide range of sounds and some are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This guitar was made by Robert ...

Two pianists weave together brief musical statements—crawling, low-end figures; chiming high notes; staggered phrases; wisps of possible melodies. There’s a spaciousness to their playing, plus a ...

This special performance of The Jazz Loft @ Southampton Concert Series will focus on the importance of the guitar in the jazz genre. As an instrument celebrated in almost every culture, the guitar is ...

Few album reviews bother to assess the very instruments that shape the music but for musician Chris Vincent, it’s impossible to separate the songs from the guitars that birthed them. In a world ...

In 2007, Jayson Dobney, an Iowan with a master’s degree in the history of musical instruments, from the University of South Dakota, moved to New York to be a curator in the department of musical ...

Wife swap jokes aside, this thing is pretty cool and VERY culturally significant. Anyone with a passing knowledge of classic rock lore is familiar with the most famous rock-n-roll love triangle of all ...

Jazz guitar has always been a dynamic art form, adapting to new styles while staying rooted in tradition. From the early swing and bebop pioneers to today’s fusion innovators, guitarists have expanded ...