STRING JAZZ RECORDS

Los Angeles-based guitarist Dave Askren began playing music professionally by age 15. After high school, Dave moved to Boston, where he attended Berklee College of Music and also studied privately...

Guitarist Jeff Barone has been a part of the New York City jazz scene for over a decade. He started in the jazz organ clubs of Harlem working with Jimmy "Preacher" Robins, Mel Davis, Seleno Clarke,...

Blues Plus is a U.K.-based blues guitar trio featuring Ian Wroe, Adrian Ingram and Chris Smith. The group was formed in 1995 when guitarist Ian Wroe tracked down the elusive U.K. blues legend Rod...

Top Canadian jazz guitarist Clayton's album is a re-release of an album formerly on the small & now defunct Ostinato label; never released outside Canada, this CD now sees the light of day &...

This unique guitarist, who plays a 9-string jazz archtop guitar, began playing guitar at age 11, and during his teens, studied with San Salvador, and learned classical fingerstyle from Frederic Hand...

Northeastern U.S.-based 9-string archtop jazz guitarist Michael Coppola developed the concept of the 8-string guitar in the late 1980s and later expanded it to 9 strings. On this instrument he can...

Central Ohio-based guitarist Tim Cummiskey performs as both a leader and a sideman throughout the Midwest. He currently leads several groups ranging from solo jazz and classical guitar to group...

Philadelphia-born Rick Hannah is a superb jazz guitarist whose first exposure to jazz was playing with Hank Levy while attending Towson State College (Baltimore). After paying his dues in various Top...

This is 7-string guitarist Ray Khalil's debut album, and it features eight tunes, five of which are originals. The tunes were inspired by many facets of Ray's life experiences and demonstrates his...

Guitarist Simon James set up the hugely successful band Acoustic Alchemy in 1980, along with his musical partner Nick Webb. In 1985, James left to be replaced by Greg Carmichael. Sadly, Webb died of...

Guitarist Mike Magnelli graduated from the Boston Conservatory of Music in 1970, and in the early '70s, he took lessons from the legendary Joe Pass for whom he later became his life-long agent and...

Laurent Medelgi is a fine young guitarist who mixes the bebop of Kenny Burrell with the filigree of Pat Metheny. Hailing from Paris, Laurent picked up the guitar at age 12, and has travelled a...