Orvil Ivie Contemporary Jazz Guitarist

I sometimes use MIDI backing track along with live looping - It’s not cheating! Most people (excluding musicians) love it I don't know if it should be part of a blog but....here's an article I came across online Rush, ZZ…

Smooth jazz is a musical style that grew out of jazz fusion and is heavily influenced by R&B, funk, rock, blues and pop music styles (separately, or, in any combination). Modern derivatives of the genre include the more-recent New Adult…

Just got Steve Oliver’s "one night live" DVD - very inspiring! He performs as a duo with a percussionist & uses technology a lot like I do for backup and different musical sounds ;-)

Hey everyone You may know (or not) that I've played many different styles of music over the years but...there is some about the contemporary (smooth) jazz genre that just kills me For the most part, I'm not keen on many…