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Jazz Guitar Lives in Berlin: Book your hotel for festival

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new: JGL CONCERT REVIEW: Mike Stern and Richard Bona with special guest Roy Hargrove: July 2, 2007. click here for more details

JGL CONCERT REVIEW: Mike Stern Live Power Trio with Billy Cobham and Alain Caron: July 1, 2007. click here for more details

JGL CONCERT REVIEW: Mike Stern Live Super Group with Dave Weckl, John Pattituci and Danilo Perez: June 30, 2007. click here for more details

JGL CONCERT REVIEW: Mike Stern Live with The Four Generations of Miles: A Tribute to Miles Davis: June 29, 2007. click here for more details

JGL CONCERT REVIEW: Mike Stern Live with The Bad Plus and the Yellowjackets: June 28, 2007. click here for more details

JGL NEWS: Mike Stern is presented with the Miles Davis Award. Please click here for more details. (June 27, 2007)

Hotels in Berlin

CLASSIFIEDS: Nylon 7-string / classical guitar (made by Greg Brand. Please click here for more details.

CLASSIFIEDS: Guitarist J. Geils is selling two beautiful instruments from his personal collection. Please click here for more info.

The Montreal Guitar Show: seventh heaven for six-string enthusiasts. July 6-8, 2007

Finally, an event devoted to the art and craft of the guitar! Welcome to the inaugural Montreal Guitar Show, this July 6-8 in the Hyatt Regency Montréal. The largest guitar show in Canada, presented as part of the MMMIS and the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, it’s seventh heaven for six-string enthusiasts, not only hosting 70 exhibitors, but offering up their gorgeous wares for sale! Click here for more in depth details.

"I grew up a middle-class white kid from surburbia in the 60s and 70s, totally into British Rock and psychedelia, and never really concerned with jazz as an art form, except for my grandfather playing standards, who had died while I was still very young." - John Froehlich

FInd out a little more about the extraordinary artist who painted the Joe Pass portrait by clicking here or visit his website by clicking here.

Barry Galbraith Guitar Solos - Thirteen Standards - Book/CD Arranged by Barry Galbraith, compiled by Jim Lichens. For guitar. Includes guitar solo tablature book and examples CD. With guitar tablature, standard notation, chord names, introductory text, black & white photos and guitar notation legend. Jazz and Standards. 56 pages. 9x11.75 inches. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (MB.99902bcd)
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Jazz Guitar Standard: Chord Melody Solos By Multiple Authors. For Guitar (All). solos. Warner Bros. Jazz. Level: Intermediate. Book/CD Set. Size 8.75x11.75. 144 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (WMB011BCD)
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Jazz Guitar Standard: Chord Melody Solos By Multiple Authors. For Guitar (All). solos. Warner Bros. Jazz. Level: Intermediate. Book/CD Set. Size 8.75x11.75. 144 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (WMB011BCD)
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Jazz Improvisation: Advice From the Masters

Lessons and inspiration from 16 noted jazz artists and educators to help you bring out the best in your playing. The book features specific advice and inspiration from 16 noted jazz artists and educators, including Joanne Brackeen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Steve Coleman, Todd Coolman, Dave Douglas, Robin Eubanks, Hal Galper, Mark Helias, Charlie Hunter, Dave Liebman, James Moody, Jeremy Pelt, Judi Silvano, Dave Stryker, Lew Tabackin and Kenny Werner. A glossary of jazz jargon, written by the editors, completes the volume.

The articles are based on interviews with the artists conducted by Jimi Durso, who has written transcription articles for DownBeat magazine, and by journalist Karla Harby. The book contains 36 text pages and more than 16,000 words. It retails for $19.95 and is available for immediate delivery from the publisher's website