One of the year’s most memorable melodies consists of a seven-note refrain repeated, with slight variation, for more than three quarters of an hour. Sam Shepherd’s keyboard part from Promises—a ...

This disc and the one that prececeded it (Body and Soul, also on Ambient) are the most stunning solo guitar records ever recorded. Not only are Bertoncini's little arrangements spare and gorgeous, the ...

Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through our links on this page. One of the most revered rappers in the history of hip-hop descended on Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier as part of ...

He’s a modern-jazz avatar of the electric guitar, but one of John Scofield’s masterworks is the 1996 album “Quiet,” which found him concentrating on an acoustic instrument. At this mini-retrospective, ...

If I had to pick one word to describe Gene Bertoncini's luminous guitar playing, it would be "exquisite —especially since my local dictionary offers five meanings of that word, all of which apply to ...