As a result, Ulmer created a discursive idiom defined by scratchy chords and jagged melodic shards. More recently, Ulmer has explored his blues roots, though his sui generis approach to jazz ...

It is not an overstatement to say that modern jazz has been shaped by the music of McCoy Tyner. His blues-based piano style, replete with sophisticated chords and an explosively percussive left hand ...

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1994, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point ...

Kenny Burrell’s ‘Midnight Blue’ blurs the boundaries between jazz and the blues and plays like a slow burn, soundtracking an imaginary film noir. “I have always had a love for the blues.

From bossanovas to Carole King and even James Bond villains, the major seventh can completely change your song’s mood.

Just under a century ago, it wasn’t totally clear yet what was jazz and what was blues, or what was becoming ... but don’t sleep on his chime-like cluster chord voicings, which reveal a ...

Grammy award-winning pianist Sullivan Fortner returns to Georgetown's Blues Alley, performing alongside bassist Yasushi Nakamura and drummer Kayvon Gordon.

The former Police guitarist told us how the group's evolution in the midst of punk led him to his breakthrough achievement as a singular guitar stylist ...

Jazz musician John Coltrane playing in June 1966 at the Drome Lounge in Detroit. (Leni Sinclair / ) On Dec. 9, 1964, ...

Knowing how to make chord progressions is essential to writing great music. A chord progression is like a chain of chords ...

I always jot down this little guide when I teach someone a jazz piano lesson. I tell them to keep it within an arms reach of ...

The git repository for Ploddings.com, which is a storage-vault for learning about fingerstyle guitar, including blues, jazz, folk, and classical. It contains MIDI ...