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Some jazz, some blues

And this one, too, just because I love that Les Paul goldtop:

Tribute to Les Paul

I have to confess I’d never heard of Imelda May until last night, but she and Jeff Beck did a nice job in this tribute to Les Paul and Mary Ford at the Grammys last night. Beck certainly looks good for his age and can still play that guitar. Well done.

Here's the original:

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Your Gypsy jazz fix

Notice the D-shaped sound hole on the guitar and the cutaway on the body that allows the player to reach the lower frets. What you can't see here is the slotted head of the steel-string guitar, which resembles a nylon-string intsrument. These and other features mark the Gypsy-jazz guitar player's intrument as distinctive. Also the fact that Gypsy jazz is usually played with acoustic guitars, as opposed to most other jazz, in whice the guitars are electric. More here and here.

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Your Christmas jazz fix

Nice piece, no? So much so that even the Red Sox plug at the end doesn't ruin it.

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Michael's tribute to Woodstock

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Your Julian Bream fix.

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Your Leo Kottke fix.