I have seen a few unconfirmed reports* that one of the second wave pioneers of Jazz Guitar, Herb Ellis, had passed away at the age of 88 on March 27, 2010. If this is indeed the case, then the Jazz world has lost another great player as well as the last remaining member of the groundbreaking Oscar Peterson Trio/Quartet. Coincidentally, a few days ago I was dusting off my CD collection and came across a CD I hadn’t listened to in a long time featuring Herb Ellis and another Jazz Guitar great Remo Palmieri titled Windflower. I’m going to slip that one into the CD player later on today in honor of Herb. I hope to get confirmation either way on Herb Ellis later to day and will let you all know when I do. Take care all and be well.

* Sadly, Herb’s death has been confirmed.