Monday, July 31, 2006

The $6 Million Guitar







Don't know how long this site will be available, but here it is.

Click here for details, and don't forget to do your due dilegence on this one.

Bireli Lagrene Concert

A one hour concert by the one-time child prodigy, and now adult, French gypsy guitarist. On Google Video here.

For some amazing solo music by Lagrene jump to the 52 minute mark. However, the entire concert is sublime.

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

John Stowell Video Podcast

Yet another superb jazz artist that flies largely under the radar. This man has clearly done some serious finger stretching exercises to hit some of these chords! Link here

Monday, July 24, 2006

Jazz Guitar Master Classes

by artists like Tony DeCaprio, Sid Jacobs, Steve Heberman, Sheryl Bailey and Jack Wilkins, live and online over the web.

Organized and hosted by Mike Gellar.

Click here for more information.

Sunday, July 23, 2006

"My Jazz Guitar Journey" Blog

here . Very nice jazz blog by Steven Rosenberg, in Van Nuys, CA.

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Becker and Fagan

really pissed off or, more likely (I hope), displaying their bizarre sense of humor.

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

60 Weeks of "No Idle Frets"





Nick Carver has released the 60th issue of his superb podcast, No Idle Frets. This fantastic resource for jazz guitar lovers is not to be missed.

Relaxin' at Camarillo

An excellent jazz guitar blog, dedicated in large part to technical matters of guitar mastery (as well as some great anecdotes, photos and videos. [link here]

I particularly like this video from the 1940s (requires Quicktime).

Monday, July 17, 2006

Tommy Emmanuel - Guitar Boogie



Sorry, I know that everyone has seen this many times, but I just couldn't resist.

Saturday, July 08, 2006

Jazz Guitar Life







A great web site, that I had failed to stumble on until recently. Extensive interviews, reviews, educational materials and links. Very highly recommended.