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The Italian virtuoso explains why he hates the term ‘shred’, what’s wrong with social media guitar heroes and looks back on his missed opportunities with Shawn Lane

His heroes, the first recording session, jazz, and what made the Rolling Stones the best - "We swung, a lot"

Bona-fide jazz legend Joe Pass had it all. Here we celebrate the life and career of on of jazz guitar's most fluid and fluent players

American cellist and performance artist who was a major figure in the European experimental music scene

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts’ personal collections go under the hammer in September, revealing some quirks and that his heart always belonged to jazz

On previously unheard 1979 recordings for Dutch radio, impulsive improvisations by the trumpeter-vocalist are expressed with his inimitable featherlight phrasing

One from the archive: Bass Player’s July 1991 profile of legendary jazz bassist Charlie Hayden

To celebrate his birthday, Freeman and his band are playing two shows at the Green Mill in Uptown.

Saxophonist and master improviser with artists ranging from Miles Davis to Joni Mitchell, and with lineups including Weather Report

Three years after Nicholas Barclay, 13, vanished from San Antonio, law enforcement and his family believed they’d found the teen in Spain and returned him to his normal Texas life. Then a PI with a penchant for suspenders took “Nicholas” out for hotcakes - and got the French fraudster to…

You can spend the next few weeks under the duvet and in front of the telly, or enjoy world-class art, theatre, music, film and standup – here’s an event for each of the next 31 days