Well, we lost another couple of good ones over the last couple of days.
On Saturday, legendary organ player Jimmy McGriff.
Longtime jazz and blues organist Jimmy McGriff, known for his 1960s recordings of “I’ve Got a Woman” and “All About My Girl,” has died. He was 72.
McGriff’s death on Saturday from multiple sclerosis was confirmed to [...]

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while now. In October, I wrote a post called “Tele Jazz“, in which I briefly touched on the subject of using the Fender Telecaster guitar for playing jazz. Since then, I have been contacted by a number of guitarists who are curious about why someone would [...]

While having coffee this morning, I listened to “Canadian Sunset” from the Danny Gatton record “Redneck Jazz“. Gatton’s playing never fails to stun me. This particular track features Buddy Emmons on steel guitar as well. The two of these guys seemed to have a special musical interplay. It’s a nice piece of music. Emmons plays [...]