Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell: They altered the course of American music and raised the bar for improvisation. Listen to 10 experts’ favorites. By Giovanni Russonello What five minutes ...

Bebop, the jazz style, might’ve existed for decades before Cowboy Bebop the show, but let’s be real: In the universe of Shinichirō Watanabe’s iconic 1998 anime, one does not exist without the other.

Jazz guitar has always been a dynamic art form, adapting to new styles while staying rooted in tradition. From the early swing and bebop pioneers to today’s fusion innovators, guitarists have expanded ...

Jazz guitarist and educator Matt Warnock has recently released his latest ebook, “Building Bebop Vocabulary Volume 1: Mastering the m7 Chord.” With 17 years of international teaching and performances ...

Bill DeArango, an innovative jazz guitarist of the 1940s who retreated to his native Cleveland to explore music on his own terms, died Dec. 26 at a nursing home in East Cleveland, Ohio. He had ...