A self-taught session man extraordinaire, he played with a constellation of stars, including Michael Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Chaka Khan and Dizzy Gillespie.

PHIL UPCHURCH, in an interview with The Los Angeles Times in 1996. Mr. Upchurch, a prolific jazz and blues guitarist who was a session man to numerous stars, died on Nov. 23. He was 84.

Who are the best guitarists of all time? Keep reading to find the answer that will satisfy your curiosity. In the world of music, certain guitarists have risen to legendary status, not only for their ...

Duke Robillard live with an Epiphjone jazzbox at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 1999. Born in Rhode Island, Duke Robillard is widely regarded as American blues guitar royalty. Duke was a ...

Veteran jazz guitarist Rich Goldstein digs into soul jazz roots on his new album, “Into the Blue,” set for release Sept. 27 via Truth Revolution Records. In this new work, Goldstein, a longtime ...

Bill Frisell, one of the world’s most acclaimed jazz guitarists, was puzzled. At the conclusion of the first of his two Oct. 1 shows at the rebranded, reengineered and reborn New Orleans Jazz & Blues ...

James Blood Ulmer is among the most distinctive and influential electric guitarists who has made a career built on left turns and reinvention. One of the most expressive guitarists on the planet, ...

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Joe Louis Walker, a raspy-voiced singer and guitarist who took an expansive approach to the blues, recording gritty, down-home albums as well as acclaimed records incorporating ...

Otis Rush, a powerful blues singer and innovative guitarist who had a profound influence not just on his fellow bluesmen but also on rock guitarists like Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, ...