Latest articles by Bill Milkowski
Years before he scored his 1973 hit, Mac Rebennack was in the wrong place at the wrong time — and changed his life forever
The guitarist fell ill while performing in Romania last year and received life-saving emergency surgery
When it comes to improvisation, Italy’s fingerstyle fusion maestro Matteo Mancuso is leaving the best players in the world in the dust
Scott Henderson spent lockdown training his ears and building improv skills. As his new album, Karnevel!, shows, his jazz chops reached new heights, but his blues-rock roots remain as strong as ever
The Brooklyn-based virtuoso is unafraid to challenge himself – see his mind-boggling re-interpretation of Coltrane’s 26-2, and tunes so challenging he could only get through one take in the studio – but is nonetheless a “serial monogamist” when it comes to his beloved Collings
His new live album Triple Play is a laboratory of sonic experimentation. Oz Noy tells us how fusing modern effects with inspiration from legendary jazz and blues heroes became central to his process
For this dazzling LP, Wilson recorded a stirring array of covers and originals, all the while channeling the lessons he's learned from George Benson, and approaching the material more like a drummer than a guitarist
When it comes to improvisation, Italy’s fingerstyle fusion maestro Matteo Mancuso is leaving the best players in the world in the dust
The seven-string slinger’s landmark album is a collection of familiar tunes from Broadway and Hollywood spanning 90 years
Fifty-five years since his solo bow, “The Sustain King” shows no sign of slowing down on his latest, ‘Who’s Calling’
His debut studio album set benchmarks for guitar heroes
‘GP’ asks a few questions of our own in this essential interview with one of the greatest jazz musicians of our time
“It was just too much to comprehend,” says the jazz guru
With his guitar, looper and effects, the Danish sonic explorer captures moods in dreamy improvisations
Forget about labels. Drop the attitude. Be humble.
One of the most gifted and musical jazz guitarists of today takes inspiration not from his six-string brethren but from the genre’s legendary ivory ticklers
The jazz guitar master reveals how – after nearly 50 years and more than 40 albums as a band leader – he finally went solo, and revisited his musical roots, on his new, self-titled album.
Five years after a misstep on a New York City street left him badly injured, the maestro promises, “I’m never going to give it up.”
The Philadelphia-born jazz virtuoso returns to a trio setting to remind us why he is one of today's most influential players.
