Wes Montgomery - DVD of the upcoming Jazz Icons: Series Two box Set

Jazz Icons here click the image.

French Wes Montgomery Tribute Band

Sud-Wes

Check out their video page for a nice Wes guitar-style tutorial

Two New Videos from "The Master"

Bireli Lagrene

Online Jazz Guitar Instruction Advances

Barry Greene's podcast (free for audio only, $25 for audio and video) are now on iTunes. You can access the first three podcasts by clicking this link (if you have iTunes installed) or this link if you don't.

And Jimmy Bruno is going gangbusters adding new material to the Jimmy Bruno Guitar Institute.

Pat Martino - Four on Six

The Long Tail

For me, nothing illustrates the Long Tail better than the superb outliers in the field of jazz. Here are some artists I've been listening to lately. Thank you emusic.

Frank Potenza, guitar

Alan Pasqua, piano

Bob Ferrazza, guitar

Ed Bickert, guitar

Enrico Pieranunzi, piano

Fred Hersch, piano

Jack Wilkins, guitar

Mark Elf, piano

Phil Upchurch, guitar

Randy Johnston, guitar

Joshua Breakstone, guitar

I'd wager you could stop a thousand people on the street in any city in America (with the possible exception of New York), read this list of musicians to them, and they would not recognize even one of these extraordinarily talented artists. Pity, but with a very few exceptions, that seems to be the fate of jazz musicians. Hey, it's not like these guys didn't know what they were getting into.

Pat Metheny and Mick Goodrick

Click here to view on Youtube.

Jack Wilkins - Here's That Rainy Day

Internet Guitar Instruction Coming of Age

It's been apparent to for some time that learning the guitar will never be the same after high-speed Internet. The number of online guitar instruction sites has been mushrooming for some time. Like almost everything else on the Internet, it's hard to keep up. A couple of recent interesting arrivals that hold real promise are Barry Greene's Podcasts and the Jimmy Bruno Guitar Institute. Both of these guitarists are absolute masters, and their lessons are comprehensive and inspirational.

Another Fabulous Birelli Lagrene Performance

At Djangobooks.com.