Tag Archives: jazz

No Sympathy for Amy Winehouse

Posted on July 25, 2011 by

Amy Winehouse is dead.  Is anyone surprised?  Or did we all sense the inevitability of it all across the arc of her short, and tortured, wasted, life?  Does it matter that she’s now a member of the 27 Club?  Or … Continue reading →

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Pat Metheny’s What’s It All About Review

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

Pat Metheny is a magnificent musician who just happened to make his fame by playing a rousing Jazz guitar.  Metheny’s long career in Jazz has been vibrant and punching.  He always takes you on a rapid, breathless, journey and then … Continue reading →

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Eddie Lang: The Father of Jazz Guitar Review

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

Eddie Lang is the greatest Jazz guitar player you have probably never heard of before today.  Eddie Lang died in 1933 at the age of 30 after a botched tonsillectomy that Bing Crosby urged him to have so Eddie could have … Continue reading →

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The Ibanez AF125AMB Artcore Custom Review

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

UPDATE: May 20, 2011 — After a week of playing this guitar every day for at least three hours, it’s starting to warm up and loosen up a bit.  The wood is “coming in” and the sound reverberation is much … Continue reading →

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