When looking for varied musical resources, check out your public library...

Or University or college libraries. You may be surprised as to how much you can access. At the University near my place, they have a large amount of jazz guitar instructional books, like Steve Khans' book on Wes Montgomery and Jim Halls' book on Jazz Guitar, not to mention every Joe Pass instructional text you could ever want, and a ton of CD's to borrow. Also, they have an almost complete set of Down Beat Jazz magazines. Plus it's fun to check out the musicology journals to see what is going on in the world of jazz scholarship.

And if you are not a student, ask the librarian if it is possible to become a member. Some Universities will allow a non-student access to borrowing privilidges for a small fee every semester. It's definitely worth checking out. Not only will you learn new things, you'll save money as well.

Lyle Robinson