George Harrison learned jazz and blues chords inspired The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” He learned it from a rock star who also inspired “Julia” from The White Album. “While My Guitar ...

The guitar/organ trio was already thought by some to be anachronistic in 1963, when Montgomery, organist Mel Rhyne and drummer Jimmy Cobb recorded Boss Guitar. Though similar lineups, often augmented ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Harrison's track was partially inspired by the band's lack of harmony during their Indian retreat, which almost led to the ...

Legendary jazz guitarist, singer and songwriter George Benson joined host Kenneth Womack to talk about what makes a hit record, how he became friends with Paul McCartney, his new album “Dreams Do Come ...

The Beatles are previewing their 50th anniversary Super Deluxe Edition of The Beatles with a previously unheard recording of George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." The track premiered at ...

Last September, Take Five presented listeners with a Beatles list, using it to trace how jazz musicians have absorbed popular music that post-dates the British Invasion. This time, for the drummer, is ...

The son of jazz guitar great Bucky Pizzarelli is a mean guitarist himself, in addition to being a talented vocalist and song stylist. ?”With the resources of a major label behind him and with the ...

In October, Prince brought that same intensity to the SNL stage, performing an eight-minute medley of new material from his two 2014 studio albums, Plectrumelectrum and Art Official Age. Earlier that ...

Spring is in the air and we’re listening to a lot of new and old music on vinyl right now. The Sheepdogs bring us home this week. What piqued my curiosity more was reading the title of the first track ...

From The Beatles to chamber music to jazz, Finger Lakes Community College will be getting into a musical groove in the beginning of May. Here are the upcoming musical performances. All are free and ...

Jazz, like many other genres, has a long history with the Beatles‘ songbook. Since the Sixties, artists from Count Basie to Medeski Martin & Wood have covered a wide array of Fab Four tunes. A new ...