Guitars and fiddle sounds as fun as these inevitably are happy reminders of the great Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli duets, most especially on the Hot Club classic "Minor Swing . For The ...

We start with jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli. He died Wednesday at age 94. He was one of the great rhythm guitarists. Listening to him play was like listening to a history of jazz guitar. He played ...

Jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli has played with everyone from Zoot Sims and Benny Goodman to Doc Severinsen on The Tonight Show, where he honed his reputation as one of the great chord soloists and ...

Conceived by label owner David Chesky as a followup to last season's Four Generations of Miles, this project features four musicians who embody the spirit of post-war swing music but also play with ...

Pizzarelli, who died April 1 of COVID-19, played with Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Rosemary Clooney, among others. He spoke to Fresh Air in '92 and again, with his son John, in '06.

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We start with jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli. He died Wednesday at age 94. He was one of the great rhythm guitarists. Listening to him play was like listening to a history of jazz guitar. He played ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Today, we're going to remember three people from the music world who died this week of the coronavirus. We start with jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli. He died ...