Russell Malone, Smooth and Soulful Jazz Master
Russell Malone is jazz guitarist born 1963 in Albany, GA. He’s mostly a self-taught guitarist having been influenced by B.B. King as a kid but was heavily impacted musically at… Read more »
Tag: Virtuoso Guitarist
Phil Keaggy, Divinely Inspired Guitar Virtuoso
One of my favorite guitarists that I learned about in the ealry 80’s was Phil Keaggy. Keaggy is an American acoustic (pick & fingerstylist) and electric guitaristist (blues/rock stylist) and… Read more »
Jimmy Rosenberg, Blazing Hot Acoustic Jazz Virtuoso
Guitarist, Jimmy Rosenberg has become one of my newest “favorite guitarists” which I had learned about from a Facebook post. I am completely flawed with this young virtuoso’s playing. Joseph… Read more »
Jan Akkerman, Multi-Genre Guitar Virtuoso
I first heard Jan Akkerman In the early 70’s on a cool & comical instrumental rock tune called “Hocus Pocus” performed by a Dutch band called Focus. At that time… Read more »
Brent Mason, Nashville Studio Guitarist / Virtuoso
I had a lot of guitar heroes since first picking up the guitar as a pre-teen. One of my most recent heroes is Nashville session guitarist, Brent Mason, who I’ve… Read more »
Al Di Meola, Latin Fusion Jazz-Rock Guitarist Extraordinaire
Growing up in New York in the 1970’s, I had a lot of exposure to great music that was being played on our NY radio stations, one being a Jazz… Read more »
Django Reinhardt, Gypsy Jazz Genius
I first heard about Django Reinhardt on my 15th birthday when my mom had gotten me a record album featuring a collection of the greatest jazz guitarists. Looking at the… Read more »