The Jazzmaster was notable in its absence from the new Ultra line-up, now, Fender’s Allen Abbassi explains why it chose to ...

Alice Phoebe Lou and Clairo stop at Mission Ballroom on the Charm tour for a night of jazzy music and hits from Charm, ...

Shao’s singing leans clean and sweet, making his forays into aggrieved harshness all the more notable: a curl of vocal fry on the bridge of “Origami Waste” contrasts with the jangly carbonation of the ...

The Kiss bassist values memorable music over displays of virtuosity – and singled out jazz to hammer home his point ...

For any band, arguably the most important member of the group is the bassist. The Jambar has talked about the greatest guitarist of all time, but never the bass player.

Little Big III is pianist/composer Aaron Parks's sixth album as a leader and his second for Blue Note. Between his groundbreaking 2008 Blue Note ...

Guitarist John Scofield picks 10 of his favorite tracks from his own catalog and shares the stories behind them as he ...

Thursday, Oct. 17, his trio will play A2’s Blue Llama Jazz Club, then spend the weekend holding down a residency at Detroit’s ...

“The New Sound” is an album packed to the brim with Brazilian jazz, cacophonous sounds, chaotic instrumental passages and the ...

Four Akron-area jazz musicians join New York artists for Michael Feinstein tribute to Tony Bennett at E.J. Thomas to kick off ...

While designing a guitar, a regular guitar design follows a fairly consistent blueprint: a body, a neck, and a headstock—where the tuning machines are—strings go from top to bottom. But […] ...

"With the work and heart that went into creating the American Ultra II series, there's a lot of soul in these guitars." ...