<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Jazz ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/jazz Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:17:06 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I was the only guy playing that guitar. It was their version of a semi-hollow”: How Robben Ford helped Fender design their short-lived answer to the ES-335 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-robben-ford-helped-fender-build-its-es-335-rival MaKCqJ7Nhbi6z3Hv6n3RcT Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:17:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I gave it away… I thought I didn’t need it any more”: Cult Japanese guitar hero Masayoshi Takanaka gave away his iconic surfboard guitar. Now he’s got it back for his first-ever world tour at 72 years old ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/masayoshi-takanaka-on-bringing-back-his-surfboard-guitar bwuVxvaBhd4Z5TQanVR7Mn Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:40:41 +0000 Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:06:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I thought my computer actually broke”: Bass phenom Kinga Głyk recalls the moment her rendition of an Eric Clapton classic went viral – and made her career ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/kinga-glyk-on-the-eric-clapton-cover-that-made-her-career 5uU4VMZA85qGewWATG3td Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:59:35 +0000 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:46:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jazz virtuoso and fusion pioneer Ralph Towner – composer of jazz standard Icarus – dies at 85 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jazz-virtuoso-ralph-towner-dies-at-85 GGrECjSWTpMa7pgt5FauyT Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:06:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ This iconic jazz progression was played by countless guitar legends – and it can help you learn the chord secrets of Joe Pass, Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/techniques/the-chord-secrets-of-joe-pass-barney-kessel-wes-montgomery 7XJPALHy4Ejt5mP2zZwQU7 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 13:15:00 +0000 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:18:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This band interacts and reacts. No two nights are the same. There’s a risk in working like that but also a beauty to the freedom”: Jazz guitar phenom Pete Roth on the making of a trio that lives on the outer limits of improv ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/pete-roth-trio-with-bill-bruford FMnU7TunikkrHqxTjSqgD8 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:04:53 +0000 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:49:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That guitar is a very special one because Ritter made that guitar for him. It’s actually the prototype”: Isaiah Sharkey has acquired a one-of-a-kind guitar that was originally crafted for a jazz great ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/isaiah-sharkey-has-acquired-a-one-of-a-kind-guitar-originally-crafted-for-a-jazz-great 6hoTbTsan3QDPWf6miu6gM Sat, 16 Aug 2025 11:30:00 +0000 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:14:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s apparently only two of them, so I feel very lucky to have it”: The oddball electric guitar that fast-rising soul-pop guitarist Maya Delilah favors over her Strats and Teles ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/maya-delilah-oddball-electric-guitar gZEhZk4VJ9U4SbQzusKZ7L Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:25:54 +0000 Fri, 01 Aug 2025 09:19:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There was a drive, a presence – I helped guide him early on. He wanted me to help him not only learn guitar but arrange”: Godfather of ska, Ernest Ranglin, recalls working with a young Bob Marley ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ernest-ranglin-recalls-working-with-a-young-bob-marley WSwLTwaKHYucPCWTAHnpMk Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:32:52 +0000 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 08:44:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I had no idea of the impact that these Instagram videos were having until I went to South Korea. There were 500 people there just to see this ‘Mateus Asato guy’”: How Mateus Asato changed gears from sideman and Instagram guitarist to fully-fledged artist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-mateus-asato-changed-gears-from-sideman-and-instagram-guitarist-to-fully-fledged-artist SKLt9eqvgVXh83kUqDuvVm Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:22:38 +0000 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:39:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A sleek new take on a classic machine”: Jackson officially launches its affordable Surfcaster reissue – bringing the cult offset back for a new generation of heavy players ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/jackson-launches-surfcaster-reissue S5M6QUkzneLyUM3VycKG8J Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:41:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ 5 lo-fi guitar chords to add to your progressions ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/chords/5-lo-fi-guitar-chords Nc7TwGB2fNfLRwsXftBDVM Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:22:13 +0000 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:20:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Celebrated jazz guitarist George Freeman, best known for his work with Charlie Parker and Gene Ammons, has died aged 97 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/george-freeman-has-died-aged-97 3K8GvwHh977ecBiUvA9eZB Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:49:18 +0000 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:29:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I did spend a lot of years by myself, getting into New York City and hanging out in salsa clubs, tapping rhythms”: Al Di Meola reveals why guitarists should focus on their feet to develop a great sense of rhythm ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/al-di-meola-most-important-lessons-in-developing-rhythm fTTob6bhdjns98PY7WYGUd Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:11:58 +0000 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:26:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I turned up at George Martin’s office with a diabolically bad demo – but he could see there was something there”: How Jeff Beck’s Blow by Blow triumphed against the odds to change instrumental guitar forever ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-jeff-beck-blow-by-blow-changed-instrumental-guitar-forever zWwqmu7jJuhdmdAPSdKWg3 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:21:06 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Play like you don’t know how to play the guitar”: That time Miles Davis stopped his entire band to give John McLaughlin some unlikely advice ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/miles-davis-john-mclaughlin-advice BAQUk45LytgsSG2auFPDbV Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:10:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fender Japan unveils the Starmaster – a Jazzmaster/Starcaster hybrid that could be the most divisive Fender offset of them all ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/fender-japan-starmaster ogX2wbmHXXxzkoTpSFog7V Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:59:33 +0000 Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:16:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They had to fight to get the bass that high in the mix. I thought it was too much”: How do you anchor a band like Pleasure? If you’re Nate Philips, you do it with a formidable slap technique ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/nate-philips-glide x622eBLKq43id959GZo97o Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:56:43 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of the best legitimately new guitars Fender has produced in decades – despite one painfully positioned volume control”: Fender American Ultra II Meteora review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/fender-american-ultra-ii-meteora-review qFKNhtUEfNvmDMUEMUt5B Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:06:15 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I sold all my stuff. I even left my car out on the street!” When asked by Miles Davis to move to New York and play some shows, bass great Dave Holland didn’t blink ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/dave-holland-miles-davis Eyiiqf84DwZxk2mhBh5Z9W Sat, 15 Feb 2025 14:29:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Technically, it’s for sale – I’ve priced it at a point where I hope nobody will ever buy it because I know I’ll never see another”: Why the 1960s Fender Bass VI is a tone machine that (almost) defies categorization ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/bass-guitars/fender-bass-vi-60s-shoreline-gold FraWgsTTyy8fK9J2YnaKe7 Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:42:42 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'm like the Pablo Escobar of bass. If a dude works on my pedalboard, it's almost like I have to kill him after he's done!” With Rage Against the Machine, Tim Commerford pioneered an all-time iconic bass tone. No wonder he's cagey about his setup ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/tim-commerford-rage-against-the-machine-bass-tone bDLZBMUxKhitednviquFNV Sat, 08 Feb 2025 08:18:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “His performance should be studied by all bassists”: Played by a session great, this Chaka Khan line was hailed by Nathan East as “the perfect bassline” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/anthony-jackson-chaka-khan 5GcEUSMVPHPwavMBz5Mazh Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:23:00 +0000 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 21:29:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We might find 50 guitars to choose from. All of a sudden, something that was on an electric might now be on a rubber-bridge acoustic”: Meet flipturn, the indie-rockers flipping the script on three-guitar bands – with a chorus pedal as a sixth member ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/flipturn-burnout-days TpLfv3LYZDNMHicjt7yEPA Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:02:32 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Danny Elfman’s scores for Tim Burton are laden with dramatic musical movements – and learning his arpeggio style on guitar can give your playing a spooky, neoclassical edge ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/how-to-use-danny-elfman-style-arpeggios 5mAAUcCwWnGHaBwUbtsb2S Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:27:38 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Intricate finishes, exotic tonewoods, and immaculate details”: 12-string Telecasters, baritone offsets, and diamond-laced Strats headline the Fender Custom Shop's awe-inspiring 2025 Prestige Collection ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/fender-custom-shop-prestige-collection eFTmoYT3D8vWvE5HMBodkf Sun, 26 Jan 2025 19:39:01 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Radiating timeless Fender charm and primed for today’s players”: Fender adds pizzazz to its Player II guitars with the Limited Edition Sparkle Series ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/fender-player-ii-sparkle-series EXLnm6FyhTHNQwGExwSYFA Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:34:24 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We wanted to make Fender more affordable and to a wider amount of people”: Fender launches new $599 Standard Series lineup – and it marks a major shift for one of America’s most iconic guitar brands ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/fender-standard-series USH4VWYiZcRr9QM9Nhisjg Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:00:40 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Offering modern metalheads a sleek new take on a classic machine”: At long last, Jackson has revived its offset Surfcaster for a new generation of heavy players – and it’s surprisingly affordable ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/jackson-surfcaster-returns d38jbkSAJe993cnaU7vPua Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:00:10 +0000 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:43:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A versatile spectrum of acoustic and electric tones in a single creative tool”: Fender reveals its most affordable Acoustasonic builds yet – in the form of the $599 Standard ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/acoustic-electric-guitars/fender-acoustasonic-standard-series h87gMgyDGycjztkpyTNoSf Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I got into Miles Davis' band, playing like my idols – Jaco, Stanley and Larry Graham – wasn't going to work. I had to dig and find something else”: How Marcus Miller found his voice – and became one of the most-imitated bassists in the biz ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/how-marcus-miller-found-his-voice Z7Y2fMynwvSxnrgk4pzScK Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:24:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The goal was to shake up B.B. King’s music and make it chart-friendly”: B.B. King had his breakthrough blues guitar moment with The Thrill Is Gone – but it was Jerry Jemmott’s bass that made it groove ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/jerry-jemmott-bb-king-the-thrill-has-gone 9AKvAyrxJpG42iinsi3RJN Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:03:03 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Grab yourself a guitar like no other with huge 20% discounts on these web-exclusive Squier guitars ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/grab-yourself-a-guitar-like-no-other-with-huge-20-percent-discounts-on-these-web-exclusive-squier-guitars aguTwttL4pQ72CwAYEm4ag Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:37:48 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ An essential scale for classic blues and rock solos, the Mixolydian mode is loved by everyone from B.B. King to Guns N' Roses – here's how it works ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/techniques/guitar-modes-mixolydian QX2k6vsmFU4zK487fAtnTf Sun, 05 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guitar modes lesson 2: The Dorian mode is a bittersweet minor mode – here’s how it works ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/guitar-modes-lesson-2-the-dorian-mode-is-a-bittersweet-minor-mode-heres-how-it-works W6iUscmoimeCnfH5Dq2wJC Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:00:10 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I have a hair tie around the nut of my bass, and I pull it up to the 17th fret”: Just when we thought he’d settled into his routine as a bass superhero, Victor Wooten pulls out another surprise: a 25-cent hair tie? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/victor-wooten-bass-solo cffy87FcP9prrhBshGeLEo Sun, 22 Dec 2024 10:11:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “In the past you might have said, ‘That’s only for a metal or super high-performance hard-rock guy.’ Well, maybe not”: Allen Abbassi has overseen every Fender electric guitar since 2007 – but he’s still pushing the envelope ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/allen-abbassi-fender-american-ultra-ii-interview K6LSrwYhoKcJ7nWeoWiSRZ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:33:41 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Playing the Bass VI is a really strange experience – a truly unique instrument”: Squier Limited Edition Classic Vibe Bass VI review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/squier-limited-edition-classic-vibe-bass-vi-review AcLoGBqDKQWcXYkc3MGdk8 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:51:16 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A guitar so playable that you might need to put the brakes on yourself and remember to play to the count”: Fender American Ultra II Telecaster review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/fender-american-ultra-ii-telecaster-review LdvV7GuAB47CseNRiLCLuP Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:06:35 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s absolutely no-one like him. I will cherish this for the rest of my life”: Isaiah Sharkey names his favorite guitar player of all time – and reveals he’s bought one of his most iconic guitars ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/isaiah-sharkey-favorite-player-gibson-johnny-smith mQCk8hXfAY8BsXVVwP78Ci Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:05:05 +0000 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:21:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You’ll find it in many old blues tunes through the later recordings of Eric Clapton”: If you play blues, country, jazz, folk or rock, you need to learn how to solo over this chord progression ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/jim-oblon-soloing-over-the-i-vi-ii-v-progression PqtFBrhXnWMbQ5cMgN3hS8 Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:39:01 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ He’s the fearless, Strat-wielding counterpart to icons like Pat Metheny, John Scofield and Allan Holdsworth – and Wayne Krantz forged a raw, rhythmic approach to fusion guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/wayne-krantz-jazz-fusion-improv CWygfx64KXGBi6CUHmdti7 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:14:28 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “After leading our overall list for two years, it did not come in No. 1”: Reverb reveals its best-selling electric guitars of 2024 – and the previous top-seller has been toppled ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/reverb-best-selling-electric-guitars-2024 reCfLLc6XPhBfQBmpiediU Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:20:43 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ His cascading melodies are like a pianist using the sustain pedal, while his double-stop lines channel an entire horn section – Rodrigo Gouveia is a neo-soul maestro, and this masterclass in his style will make you a more rounded player ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/rodrigo-gouveia-neo-soul-masterclass m2FNcFwSziTYWpRtsz4gpC Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:54:37 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The guitar can be your best friend one day and your rival the next – it keeps you on your toes”: London jazz ace Artie Zaitz on why the amp is your second instrument and how he learned to love mistakes ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/artie-zaitz-the-regulator EBaVZHzAs6qqa5c8Zi5oC9 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:29:31 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I played a 5-string with Lauryn Hill, but it didn’t feel like a real bass”: Raised on R&B, schooled by fusion, and empowered by punk rock, Bad Brains bassist Darryl Jenifer remains a 4-string purist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/darryl-jenifer-bad-brains PLAVPdC28wH865LSwCBtpD Sun, 08 Dec 2024 11:08:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We made a handwritten tab book. I wanted to make some sort of DIY zine, and I had all these guitar solos from the EP that people were asking about”: Musical polymath Luna Li on blending harps with Fender Jaguars – and the art of arrangement ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/luna-li-when-a-thought-grows-wings UfYySkKK6bZjyfsLyinwNN Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:41:58 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Fender always presented these options in a very low-key way – it was added in very small print in the corner of one page”: Meet the vintage Jazz Bass that's a true Fender unicorn ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/bass-guitars/1965-fender-jazz-bass-with-a-maple-capped-fingerboard FQoS2JhsjWye2fpcphUsqi Wed, 27 Nov 2024 10:44:40 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Before, if you had a bad gig, or were drunk and puked on the stage, maybe somebody would tell the story, but there was no video proof. Now, everything is recorded”: Matteo Mancuso on why nobody in the contemporary guitar scene can afford a bad gig ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/matteo-mancuso-on-why-nobody-in-the-contemporary-guitar-scene-can-afford-a-bad-gig R4hHhagYEzhtTAPqJiswBJ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:56:24 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:26:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ Blues-rock legend Michael Landau has made harmonic changes his calling card – and this lesson in his sophisticated soloing style demonstrates how you can, too ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/learn-michael-landau-soloing-style-harmonic-blues-rock-changes mEpLVTkb9htF2WLPfLabx Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:18:55 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:12 +0000