The first time I was handed a jazz chord chart, I was 13 years old and trying to prove to the director of my middle-school jazz band that I could cut it as the ensemble’s guitarist. I had been on his ...

In jazz, the rhythm section is more than just backup—it’s the engine, the compass, and the canvas for improvisation.

The late guitarist Herb Ellis was known as a master of blues-inflected mainstream swing, and today for Music Education Monday, you can get a video lesson from him in jazz soloing and comping. Ellis, ...

People often ask, “Scotty: what is Latin Jazz? What is Cuban Jazz?” There’s no pat and easy answer. What has come to be known as Latin Jazz might have had its earliest incarnation in some rhythms and ...

Comping an abbreviation of accompanying is a term used in jazz music to describe the chords rhythms and countermelodies that keyboard players piano or organ or guitar players use to support a jazz ...