Wes Montgomery News

Happy birthday to guitarist Norman Brown , who today is celebrating his 47th birthday.

If today's jazz mainstream is anchored in bebop and hardbop, trombonist Steve Davis has superb credentials, from tenures with the final sextets of Art Blakey and Jackie McLean, plus Chick Corea's Origin and One for All, a sextet that carries on in the hard-swinging hardbop tradition.

Swiss pianist Stewy von Wattenwyl blasts into this high energy set, Live at Marians , with a blistering one-two punch of Wes Montgomery 's "Fried Pies" and John Coltrane 's "Moments Notice." The leader pounds the keys in a McCoy Tyner mode, and saxophonist Eric Alexander sounds raw and just barely tamed.

Verve's admirable, no frills, reissue series, "Originals," includes a mixture of masterpieces and also-rans from its own and its associated labels' archives.

Sheryl Bailey is a guitarist with heart to match the fury of her fingers. The remarkably talented New York City-based guitarist showed off her skills Oct.

Curt has been a performing guitarist/recording artist for the past 30 years and a private music instructor for the last 20 years.

You can't travel down south without hearing someone rave about guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, radio and TV personality Joey Stuckey, who holds the distinction of being the Official Ambassador of Music for Macon, Georgia .

Best known for conquering the pop and R&B charts in the 1970s with such hits as "Give Me the Night," "On Broadway" and "This Masquerade," guitarist and vocalist George Benson started his career firmly planted in the world of jazz while working with legends like Jack McDuff and Miles Davis.

It would seem that one of the musicians who'd suffer the most from the demise of the smooth jazz radio format would be singer/guitarist George Benson, but that would be putting him in too narrow a box, stylistically.

The world of jazz guitar has long been filled with some of the most storied names in jazz history.

As a guitarist whose love for jazz music began in the '70s, I was understandably excited to hear a few months ago, from a most reliable source, that Thelonious Monk really dug guitarist George Benson ! Benson was probably the most popular jazz guitarist of the '70s and those who know about the place of the guitar in jazz history understand that he ...

Brewer will showcase the album during a gig at Berkeley's Jazzschool. Details: 4:30 p.m. Oct.

The Teddy Royal Trio, featuring international artist and composer Teddy Royal, will perform at the 18th Annual Blackwood Pumpkin Festival, sponsored by Mainstage Center for the Arts, Sunday, October 4, at the Blackwood Library, 15 S. Blackhorse Pike, Blackwood, NJ.

Pinoy guitarist and composer Johnny Alegre has already made a name for himself in the world of Jazz.

So far the 30th anniversary celebration of the Detroit International Jazz Festival, taking place from Campus Martius down to the riverfront, has been the perfect mix of balmy late-summer weather, spicy festival food and jazz in all its 20th and 21st century permutations.

Mark's Mood is a blues-driven, bop-based release from Washington, D.C. based guitarist Mark Mosley.

SFJAZZ is mainly know as an organization that presents serious jazz concerts in serious venues.

Jazz on the Rocks featuring internationally acclaimed jazz clarinetist Allan Vache with New Impressions and special guest Mike Francis on keys will be at 8 p.m. Thursday at McKelligon Canyon.

Jazz isn't just alive and well in Indianapolis, it's busting out at the seams! It's a stellar line-up for the Indianapolis Jazz Festival, scheduled for the week of September 19th through the 27th.

Bob and Melody Burns will perform during the Music in the Park series from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Apodaca Park, 801 E. Madrid, Las Cruces.