Check out! My article on Carl Kress in the september-2019 issue of the Swedish guitar magazine “Guitar & Lute” (#3 /2019). Enjoy! Link: Complete SGLS article (in swedish)
50´s record covers that was the inspiration to our CD cover:
Biography about the legendary jazz guitar player Billy Bean, published by Midoriyama Publishing, November 2013. One of the top bebop jazz guitar players! The book documents Bean’s professional career with Charlie Ventura, John Pisano, Bud Shank, John Lewis, and Herbie Mann. Additionally, the book explores his personal struggles with alcoholism and changes in the music scene. Buy it – lots of musical analyses, arrangements & compositions!
Now, spring 2026, available on Red Note Press – https://rednotepress.com/product/bb-3rd-ed-vol-1/
Record “The Trio”, NY 1961; original back cover photo by Steve Schapiro; Bean (late 1950´s) with 1949 Epiphone Zephyr
Bean, only (?) available footage – TV Show Peter Gunn 1958-1961; Bean with guitar Epiphone: YouTube link – “Lynn´s Blues”, 1958
Carl Kress – LP “Guitar Stylist” (1953) – discography
Back cover liner notes, of the “Guitar Stylist” record (1953)
Eddie Lang Guitar Methods! Buy them as PDF files from Django Books (under Media/Books/ebooks)! Link: django books
Gibson catalog 1929, Lang ad
Lang & Joe Venuti from movie “King of Jazz”, 1930 (Lang only chords): YouTube link – “Wild Cat”
Eddie Lang with Bing Crosby, Radio Digest Feb-1933 (American magazine 1922-1933)
Eddie Lang biography & discography in British magazine “B(anjo)M(andolin)G(uitar)”, March 1943-March 1945! Lasting for 24 months (=24 issues, 1-2 pages per issue!), making it one of the most thorough and longlasting articles written on any guitarist in any magazine! Here I show only 7 pages!:
Swedish Jazz Magazine “Orkesterjournalen”, no 4 April 1941; Downbeat 1939-05 Lang feature
ALLAN REUSS, ads & articles, 1930´s, 40´s:
Reuss folio 1930-40´s (two of the compositions – “Apartment G” & “Pet Shop” written in 1938), Teagarden/Gibson ad Downbeat 1939, Gibson catalogue 1937
Swedish Jazz Magazine “Estrad”, Oct-1944; Downbeat 1943-05 (Allan Reuss guit solo analyzed)
Reuss with Jack Teagarden Orchestra 1939, guitar solo “Pickin´ for Patsy”:
Epiphone promo photo 1936; YouTube link: “Pickin´ for Patsy”
Article taken from Swedish Jazz Magazine “Orkesterjournalen”, no 11 Nov 1943; Epiphone ad, Metronome 1937 c
Downbeat 1939-10 Gibson ad; Epiphone cataloge 1936
excerpt from “The Gibson Story”, 1973 (by Julius Bellson, Gibson staff, all text typewritten! Cover from Gibson catalog 1920)
Swedish JazzMagazine “Estrad”, 1939-1940, Gibson ads:
Lang Feb-1939, Guy March-1939, “Banjo-Lasse” June-1939, Kress Sept-1939
Reuss Nov-1939, Biondi Jan-1940, White March-1940, Ryerson April-1940
Orkesterjournalen no 5 May 1946 – false Bunn obituary! Teddy Bunn, obituary withdraw, OJ June 1946 – Bunn lived until 1978!
Teddy Bunn article, Swedish Jazz Magazine “Orkesterjournalen”, Feb-1975; obituary OJ Sept-1978.
Link to this Syncopated Times issue – click on picture above!
Link to this Syncopated Times issue – click on picture above!
Kress articles in the english magazine “B.M.G.”(“Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar”, published between 1903-1976): May 1945 – Kress biography and review of the Mottola duet record 1941; Nov 1953 – review of the 1953 “Stylist” record!
Great banjo homepage (“Classic-Banjo.ning.com”) with downloadable and searchable PDF versions of all vintage B.M.G. magazines! Click on picture above/link!
(BMG issues June 1945, Feb 1949, Aug 1950)
For those of you who do not have the time to scrutinize hundreds of pages of articles on banjo, mandolin etc, here are some of the best & “jazziest” issues of BMG! (guitarists not subject to this homepage):
BMG above: Nov 1952, April 1956, July 1958, May 1959, Aug 1959
BMG above: Farlow Dec 1959, Montgomery April 1962, René Thomas May 1965, Dave Goldberg June 1965, Ike Isaacs Feb 1973
René Thomas with Bobby Jaspar, Bruxelles 1962: YouTube link – “Oleo”
New Carl Kress record 2024! (Streaming or downloading only)
The tracks on the Kress record above can be found on an earlier CD produced 2005, named “Adrian Rollini Trio, Quartet and Quintet 1936-1947” (VMP: Vintage Music Productions)! This particular session was recorded as Adrian Rollini Quintet, 1938 (World Transcription Service). One track – “Caressing” is only on the new Kress record! The track “Palesteena” is titled “Untitled” on the Adrian Rollini record!
Hy White – “Guitar Digest”, 1944! A rarity!
Gibson ad, Hy White, Metronome 1944; Gibson ads – Downbeat 1939
Downbeat 1940-01, 1940-09: praise for Woody Herman´s rhythm section, with Hy White!
Downbeat 1940-11 (composition mentioned in “Gitbox” article below); 1941-01 – Charlie Christian & White!; 1944-02 ad
Hy White composition “River Bed Blues” recorded by Woody Herman Orch. 1939: YouTube link – Hy White guitar intro & outro!
Downbeat 1951-06 (Auld biography), recording made 1944-05
One of few recordings with an audible Hy White – Auld/Hawkins/Webster Saxtet: YouTube link – guitar intro to “Porgy”
Hy White, sheet music, 1940´s-50´s:
“Six Duets for Guitar”, 1946; provided through Robbie Young, Great Britain – he has a fantastic sheet music collection!
Downbeat 1945-02, 1946-10, 1946-11, 1948-12
“Guitar Method”, two books, 1954
“Guitar Originals”, 1956
Michele Di Filippo, Italian classical guitar player, recently released a CD with the “Complete Works for Guitar, by Albert Harris” (Brilliant Cl., Rome, Italy, 2023). The record consists of 23 tracks, among them Sonatina, Suite, Variations on Haendel theme, Fantastic Dances, written between 1950-1988 in USA. See great home-page, with info on the composer and the different pieces!:
Link: https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/h/harris-complete-works-for-guitar
The composer’s best-known guitar composition, the “Variations & Fugue on a Theme of Haendel“ is dedicated to the great guitarist Andrés Segovia, who was the first to record it, in 1968!:
Link Segovia: Variations & Fugue on a Theme of Haendel
Keith Barnhart, American classical guitarist, in 2019 released a recording of works by Harris, being his graduation thesis! 27 tracks, not exactly the same as Filippo´s record: Barnhart has omitted the “Intermezzo”, and the three “Fantastic Dances”, but has included eight “Variations on a theme by Mussorgsky”(the theme being “Pictures at an Exhibition”)! (Available on Spotify)
Notice!: The CD:s above are classical guitar work, not jazz! Jazz guitar records of Albert Harris are from the mid 1930´s, recorded in London! To my knowledge there exists only seven guitar solo recordings with Harris, 1934-35: four duets with Ivor Mairants, one with Bert Thomas, and two recordings with a guitar quintet, including Ivor Mairants.
(Pictures taken from British magazine “B(anjo)M(andolin)G(uitar)”, Dec 1936, photo collage of British top guitar players that year!)
Albert Harris / Ivor Mairants jazz guitar duets, London 1935; the “Rarities” CD:s produced 2003 for IAJRC (International Association of Jazz Record Collectors!)
YouTube link: “Dedication”
YouTube link: “Summer Madness”
YouTube link: “Kaleidoscope”
Review of Harris/Mairants duo in English magazine Gramophone, 1935-08, including comparison with Kress/McDonough!:
Three of the players in the guitar quintet mentioned above – Stutely, Harris, Mairants (picture from British music magazine “Melody Maker”, 1937).
Radio Pictorial, English magazine, 1930´s – pictures of Albert Harris in his first engagement, with Lew Stone, Nov-1934. Close up below:
Epiphone ad, Metronome 1936; Epiphone cataloge 1939
Epiphone ad, Tempo 1938; Epiphone ad, Metronome 1941/ International Musician 1941-09
Downbeat 1966-07 Albert Harris (Feather autobiography) – Harris is not mentioned in the text, only by photo!
Downbeat articles on the “Sextet of the Rhythm Club of London” recording mentioned in Feathers article above; Downbeat 1939-12 & 1940-01
Recordings by the “Sextet of the Rhythm Club of London”, with Albert Harris, 1940: YouTube links – “Calling All Bars” (guitar solo 2:17-2:27); “Mighty Like The Blues” (guitar intro, fills through song, outro)
Mairants meets Albert Harris in Hollywood 1970, British magazine “B(anjo)M(andolin)G(uitar”, May 1970)!
IVOR MAIRANTS ads & articles, Melody Maker 1940´s, 50´s:
Melody Maker 1946-11; Melody Maker 1957-10, ad
Melody Maker 1950-03 article; Melody Maker 1949-09, Mairants ad; Melody Maker 1957-01, ad
Mairants, sheet music: “Shearing style” 1950´s, “Daily Exercises” 1952, “Guitar Solos” 1959
GEORGE VAN EPS, DICK McDONOUGH ads & articles, 1930´s-1970´s:
Epiphone ads, from Swedish Jazz Magazine “Orkesterjournalen”, no 11 Nov 1938, no 3 March 1937.
Lots of the following pictures (and Epiphone ads above, and on this homepage under chapter “Transcriptions”) are taken from a fantastic homepage with Epiphone ads!: https://wiedler.ch/nyepireg/catalogs.html
Epiphone cataloge 1934; Metronome 1935; Metronome 1937
Van Eps, Epiphone & Electar ad, 1930´s; Van Eps compositions 1938-39
Epiphone catalogue 1938
Tempo 1939-03 (American music magazine, 30´s), Metronome 1939 (Van Eps Epiphone ads)
Epiphone ad, International Musician 1942; Downbeat 1959-06 (Guitar Issue)
Van Eps with 1956 Stars of Jazz; guit solo time 2:00-2:30: YouTube link: “Jitterbug Zombies”
Van Eps, Guitar Method, 1960; foreword and introduction
Van Eps, “Guitar Solos”, 1964
Downbeat 1961-02 Van Eps Epiphone ad; Downbeat 1966-10 Van Eps rec
Mairants in conversation with George Van Eps 1970, British magazine “B(anjo)M(andolin)G(uitar”, Sept 1970)! Van Eps obituary, Swedish Jazz Magazine “Orkesterjournalen”, Jan-1999.
Epiphone ad, Metronome 1934; Epiphone cataloge 1934
Epiphone ad, Metronome 1936
Downbeat 1937-01 Epiphone ad
Epiphone ad Metronome 1935-09; Epiphone cataloge 1936
Epiphone cataloge 1937; Epiphone ad, Metronome 1936
Downbeat 1937-10 Gibson ad
Epiphone ad Metronome 1935-05
Epiphone ad, Melody Maker, UK, 1936; Epiphone ad, Metronome 1936
Epiphone ad, Metronome 1937
Epiphone cataloge 1939
Epiphone ad, Metronome 1937
Epiphone ad, Metronome 1937, Downbeat 1940-06; Epiphone ad, Tempo 1939
Nappy Lamare Epiphone ads: Downbeat 1941-05, 1941-06
Metronome ads: 1939-09, 1941-10
Nappy Lamare sheet music 1944; International Musician ad 1944-09
Tempo, American music magazine, 1933-1940 – “the official publication of the United Hot Clubs of America”(!), Epiphone ads:
cover 1935-01, ads 1937-10, 1938-09, 1938-10
cover 1939-03, ads 1939-01, 1939-08
Epiphone ads, Metronome 1940, with Bus Etri; 1942 with Allen Hanlon
Downbeat articles 1941-09, after Bus Etri´s early death, 24 years young…
Etri with The Hudson-DeLange orchestra, 1937 (photo through homepage – https://www.jazzarcheology.com/ Stephanie DeLange)
Guitar solos by Bus Etri (there exists only a few) – on acoustic guitar (without amplification) in big band settings (though the guitar solo on “A Lover´s Lullaby” below sounds amplified!):
Etri with Hudson-DeLange Orch,1937: YouTube links – “Bugle Call Rag” (guitar solo 1:16-1:30), “Star Dust” (guitar solo 1:05-1:30)
Etri with Charlie Barnet Orch, 1940: YouTube links – “A Lover´s Lullaby” (guitar solo 1:30-2:10), “Tappin´ At The Tappa” (guitar solo 1:50-2:37)
Epiphone cataloge 1934; Epiphone ad, Metronome 1949
Jazz Guitar articles in Swedish jazz magazine “Orkesterjournalen” between 1950-1962 (guitarists not subject to this homepage):
Jazz Guitar history: OJ Oct-1955; Billy Bauer: OJ Nov-1950
Charlie Byrd: OJ Dec-1962; Tal Farlow OJ Sept-1952; Chuck Wayne: OJ April-1952
Barney Kessel: OJ April-1953; Kay Guitars ad: OJ Nov-1958
Jimmy Raney: OJ Dec-1954; Johnny Smith ad: OJ Oct-1962
Tal Farlow article, OJ May-1981; Barney Kessel article, OJ March-1989
Swedish Jazz Magazine “ESTRAD”, published 1939-1963! Cover 1953-01 Barney Kessel, 1953-05 Les Paul, 1955-08 Rune Gustafsson; 1:st edition – 1:st cover Jan-1939!
Rune G. with Jan Johansson, guit solo 0.55-3.10, TV special 1961: YouTube link – “Night in Tunisia”
Great homepage!: free internet archive with many vintage Downbeat magazines, years 1937-1961, but unfortunately photo copies of poor quality, link https://archive.org/details/pub_down-beat
CARL KRESS articles in music magazines, 1930´s-40´s:
Downbeat 1937-06 (McDonough/Kress), 1939-01 (Kress Gibson ad), 1940-07 (Kress guitar beginnings!)
Downbeat 1936-05 – review of “New York´s first swing music concert”, sponsored by Kress´ Onyx Club! Downbeat 1941-10 – Kress & Mottola playing a NBC show!
Downbeat 1940-08 (Kress Gibson ad), 1940-12 (Kress recording)
Downbeat 1945-12 (Kress studio directing), 1947-06 (Kress photo study)
Kress working at Capitol as arranger & conductor: Billboard 1945-09, Billboard 1946-08, Cashbox 1946-09
Picture from “The Big Bands”, (1974) – Kress with Kenton & Cole in the 1940´s
Downbeat 1948-05, Downbeat 1949-02
Band Leaders magazine 1947-06 (Mottola Gibson ad), Downbeat 1948-12 (Mottola Gibson ad), 1947-05 (Mary Osborne Gibson ad)
Tony Mottola Trio on Johnny Desmond´s show “Face The Music”, 1948: YouTube link – “I Would Do Almost Anything For You”
Mottola article in magazine Radio-Television-Mirror, April 1951
Band Leaders (American jazz magazine, 40´s), Gibson ads
Gibson ads 1930´s, Downbeat: 1937-02 (Smeck), 1937-04 (Cali), 1939-02 (Les Paul, Ryerson)
JOHN CALI, records & sheet music, 1930´s-50´s:
Cali, sheet music 1937; provided through Robbie Young, Great Britain – he has a fantastic sheet music collection! The sheet music below!:
Cali records – 1937, 1955; all of Cali´s guitar duets are available on the two cd´s below:
Cali & Gattuso guitar duet, YouTube link: “Satan Takes A Holiday”, 1937
GEORGE BARNES, articles, ads, sheet music, 1940´s:
Downbeat 1939-03 (Barnes discovered!), 1946-08 (Barnes Gibson ad)
George Barnes article in “Radio and Television Mirror”, Dec 1940
Barnes, “Guitar Styles”, 1942
Barnes, “Modern Guitar Method”, 1943
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN features in jazz music magazines!:
Downbeat 1939-11, 1st Christian photo; Melody Maker 1956-02, Christian discovered, upper part and lower part of text column 1
Downbeat 1940-02, Gibson ad with Charles (!) Christian!
Melody Maker 1954-05, Mary Lou Williams reminisces
Downbeat 1969-07, Christian famous roll call 1939; and the original in Downbeat 1939-12!
Swedish Jazz Magazine “Estrad”, Dec 1941 – picture text reads “Christian at present in hospital, due to TBC and too much reefer”; Downbeat June 1970 – biography on Christian.
Downbeat 1942-03 (Charlie Christian obituary)
Melody Maker 1942-04, Christian obituary
Jazz Journal 1959-05 Christian article (English magazine, mostly trad/old jazz)
Downbeat 1966-08 Christian cover and feature
ARV GARRISON articles, record, 1940´s:
Downbeat cover 1946-07 (Arv Garrison), Metronome article, 1940´s
Downbeat 1946-11 (Garrison, Kessel recording); NY club picture
Garrison: “Five Guitars in Flight”, rec 1947: YouTube link
JAZZ MAGAZINES, 1950´s: ARTICLES AND ADS RELATED TO JAZZ GUITARISTS (most of them not subject to this homepage)!
CHUCK WAYNE ads & articles, 1940´s, 50´s:
Downbeat 1949-10 (Chuck Wayne article), Downbeat 1950-06 (Chuck Wayne)
Swedish Jazz Magazine “Estrad”, June 1946 – according to picture text Wayne (not even named!) is “not a regular member of The Phil Moore Four, just a temporary guest”; ad from Billboard, Nov 1945.
Same picture in magazine “RCA in the Groove”, 1946-03 (still no mentioning of Wayne)
Swedish Jazz Magazine “Estrad”, May 1949 & Jan 1949. Wayne playing with Swedish jazz musician Åke “Stan” Hasselgård, who was killed in a car accident in Illinois, Nov 1948. The article to the right is a condolence letter from bass player Chubby Jackson to swedish Estrad readers.
Wayne with George Shearing Quintet 1950, Snader telescriptions – early music videos!: YouTube link – “Move”
Melody Maker 1955-07, Wayne tour in England – 3 issues in July! Continues down here!:
Downbeat 1958-04 (Chuck Wayne article); Downbeat 1964-01 Wayne article
LES PAUL, ads and articles, 1940-50´s:
Downbeat 1949-10 (Les Paul show, and auto accident!)
Billboard Encyclopedia 1946-47; Billboard 1952-01
Les Paul article in “Radio Life”, July-1946
Melody Maker 1951-05; Billboard 1955-01
Downbeat 1952-08 (Les Paul article)
Les Paul, NY Television Magazine, 1951-Dec; Downbeat 1953-01 (Capitol Les Paul ad!)
Melody Maker 1952-08; Melody Maker 1957-12
Downbeat 1953-07 cover, back cover (Les Paul)
Melody Maker 1952-09, tour in England
Downbeat 1954-06 (Les Paul on recording)
Melody Maker 1954-09, Les Paul on accident
Downbeat 1952-01 (Les Paul Gibson ad), Downbeat 1952-11 (Gibson Les Paul ad!), Downbeat 1956-11 (Gibson Les Paul ad)!
Metronome Gibson ad, 1955-12; Downbeat 1957 Yearbook, Capitol ad
Gibson ad, 1940´s; rec “How High The Moon”, 1951
Sheet music issues: USA, Scandinavia, Africa; Les Paul record “Time To Dream”, 1957
Les Paul & Mary Ford, live TV 1951: YouTube link – “How High The Moon”
Paul/Ford in American record magazine “Record Whirl” (1955-56), July 1956
BILLY BAUER, ads & articles, 1940-50´s:
“RCA in the Groove” magazine, 1947-04 – new sound of Lennie Tristano Trio!
Metronome 1949-01 – All Stars presentation
Metronome, march 1949 cover; Metronome all stars 1948-49 (picture taken from fantastic book “A Pictorial History of Jazz”, Keepnews & Grauer, NY 1955!
Billy Bauer Metronome article, feb 1948
Downbeat 1950-01 (Billy Bauer article), Downbeat 1950-02 (Billy Bauer Epiphone ad)
Billy Bauer sheet music. 1953
Bauer guitar studies reissue; some of the articles and pictures above taken from Billy Bauer´s autobiography, NY 1997
MARY OSBORNE, articles, ads & records, 1940´s, 50´s, 60´s:
Downbeat 1951-05 (Mary Osborne article, with Bauer) – page 4 upper part, page 4 lower part, file page 5
Downbeat 1941-03: first glimpse of Osborne, 19 years old!; 1945-03: vocalist only!
Mary Osborne, Mary Lou Williams, rec 1947; Swedish Jazz Magazine “Estrad”, July 1946 – Mary Lou Williams´ “Girl Stars”, with Osborne (picture title reads “American elite ladies”!
Osborne/Williams, 1947: YouTube link – “Harmony Grits” – Mary Lou Williams’ Girl Stars
Downbeat 1947-05, 1947-09
“RCA in the Groove” magazine, 1947-01
“RCA in the Groove” magazine, 1947-02, Osborne presented as new star by Leonard Feather!
Mary Osborne Trio; Billboard 1947-03, Cashbox 1947-03, Downbeat 1948-07
Mary Osborne Trio, Signature 1947: YouTube link – “Oops My Lady”
Downbeat 1948-02, 1951-11 – Osborne with lots of great musicians!
Osborne with Farlow 1954 (Getty Images); magazine “Broadcasting” 1958-11 – Osborne with WCBS morning show, together with some great musicians: Tony Aless, Tyree Glenn.
Osborne/Farlow trading solos (time 0:27-1:40) in “Cats vs Chicks”, 1954: YouTube link – “Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)”
Downbeat 1955-11: Gretsch “White Falcon” ad; magazine “Broadcasting” 1961-09: the Sterling show mentioned with picture above, three years earlier (1958)!
Osborne 1958, Marian McPartland TV special: YouTube link – “The Man I Love”
Mary Osborne record, NY 1959; new issue 1960
record: “A Girl And Her Guitar”,1959 (photo from NY Public Library): YouTube link – “How High The Moon”
GEORGE BARNES, ads & articles, 1950´s:
Downbeat 1950-06 (George Barnes Octet)
Downbeat 1952-02 (George Barnes Gibson ad), Downbeat 1957-04 (Barnes Gibson ad)
TAL FARLOW, ads and articles, 1950´s:
Downbeat 1950-08 cover (Tal Farlow), Downbeat 1950-11 (Tal Farlow Gibson ad), Downbeat 1955-10 (Tal Farlow Gibson ad)
Melody Maker 1951-08, Farlow article
Melody Maker 1954-10, Farlow solo
Rec. 1950, YouTube link: “Move”, Red Norvo Trio
BARNEY KESSEL, ads and articles,1950´s, 60`s:
Downbeat 1953-06 (Kessel article), Downbeat 1958-07 (History of jazz guitar – Kessel)
Downbeat 1959-06 (History of jazz guitar, Kessel on Reinhardt); Jazz Journal 1954-12, Contemporary, Kessel
Downbeat 1954-08 (Kessel Gibson ad), Downbeat 1958 (Kessel Kay ads)
Kessel, TV Jazz Scene USA, 1962: YouTube link, including walkthrough with host Oscar Brown Jr, showing all of Kessels guitars!
Downbeat 1961-01 Kessel article; Downbeat 1967-04 Kessel book-ad; Book “The Guitar”- a “guide for guitarists”, published 1967 by Windsor Music Co, Hollywood, Calif.
Kessel book “The Guitar” – the inspiring chapters!
Berlin Festival Guitar Workshop 1967 – Kessel & Hall! YouTube link: “Orfeo Negro”, “In A Mellow Tone”, “You Stepped Out Of A Dream”
Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, Kessel, 1969, France, live TV program: YouTube link – TV show 1969
DAVE GOLDBERG articles in Melody Maker, Downbeat – 1940´s, 50´s:
Dave Goldberg, ca 1955, photo from Gypsy Jazz UK (Link: Goldberg photo 1955); Melody Maker articles 1948-03, 1948-10
Downbeat 1951-12 (Dave Goldberg article); Melody Maker 1956-09 Guitar issue, Goldberg on guitarists
Melody Maker 1959-11, Goldberg ad; Goldberg/Smith ad, BMG 1960
Melody Maker 1959-11, Goldberg ad and article
Dave Goldberg TV appearance 1965, with Benny Golson & British All Star Band! Goldberg solos time 1.50-2.43. YouTube link: Dave Goldberg, TV performance
BMG 1965-06, Goldberg cover story; BMG 1969-10, Goldberg obituary:
HERB ELLIS, ads & articles, 1950´s:
Downbeat 1956-05 (Herb Ellis article), Downbeat 1955-05 (Herb Ellis Gibson ad); Melody Maker 1958-05 article
Ellis with the Oscar Peterson Trio, 1958: YouTube link – “A Gal in Galico”
Ellis, method & solos, 1963
TOOTS THIELEMANS, early articles, 1950´s:
Metronome 1948; Downbeat 1953-09 – first article on Thielemans!
Thielemans, photo from The Bulletin, Belgium, 1950´s; with Joe Marsala, NY, mid-40´s
Swedish Jazz Magazine “Estrad”, May 1950, May 1949, Oct 1949 – Thielemans with Benny Goodman
Downbeat 1956-09 (Thielemans article), Downbeat 1958-07 (History of jazz guitar – Thielemans)
Thielemans with Franco Cerri (Italy´s premiere jazz guitarist at the time), RAI TV, 1965: YouTube link – “Bluesette”
Franco Cerri with own Trio, 1965: YouTube link – RAI TV Show “Chitarra Amore Mio”, 1965
JOHNNY SMITH ads and articles, 1950´s:
Downbeat 1953-07 (Johnny Smith article), Downbeat 1955-01 (Smith Guild ad)
Melody Maker 1955-12, Smith article
Downbeat 1955-01 (Smith Ampeg ad), Downbeat 1956-10 (Smith Ampeg ad)
Melody Maker 1954-02, Smith solo; Melody Maker 1959-08, Smith article
YouTube link: “Moonlight in Vermont”, 1952
Downbeat 1956-02 (Smith Guild ad), Downbeat 1957-03 (Smith Guild ad), Downbeat 1959-01 (Smith Guild ad)
Gretsch ad, 1940´s; Guild catalog 1955; Downbeat 1960´s (Johnny Smith Gibson ad)
Downbeat 1956-10 (Sal Salvador article), Downbeat 1957-11 (Jim Hall article)
Downbeat 1956-09 (Kenny Burrell photo), Downbeat 1956-11 (Hank Garland Gibson ad)
Kenny Burrell (probably Blue Note/Francis Wolff picture); Hank Garland – beautiful pictures!
Kenny Burrell with Jimmy Smith & horn section, live 1972: YouTube link – “Newport in New York” (47 min)
Gibson catalog ad March 1945; catalog cover 1950 – Les Paul, Joe Sodja, Dave Barbour, Oscar Moore, George Barnes
Gibson catalog ad, 1950´s
Downbeat 1956-10 (Gibson ad), Downbeat Gibson ad, 1955-04
Downbeat 1953-07; CD reissue 2011 of 1956 recordings in NY
Jimmy Raney with Red Norvo Trio, 1953: YouTube link – “Signal”
Jimmy Raney, 21 years young, with Woody Herman´s second Herd 1948!: YouTube link – “Caldonia” (guitar part time 2:00)
Downbeat 1958-07 cover (History of jazz guitar), Downbeat 1958-07 (Jazz guitar roundtable)
Downbeat 1959-06 cover (Special Guitar Issue), Downbeat 1959-06 (History of jazz guitar – Evolution)
GUILD GUITAR ADS in Downbeat, 1950´s
Downbeat 1956-05 (Jimmy Wyble Guild ad), Downbeat 1956-09 (Kress Guild ad), Downbeat 1958-12 (Hy White Guild ad)
Downbeat 1960´s (Jimmy Wyble Guild ad), Downbeat 1960´s (Barnes Guild ad)
Guild catalog 1968
GRETSCH GUITAR ADS in Downbeat, 1950´s
Downbeat 1951-05 (Harry Volpe Gretsch ad), Downbeat 1952-04 (Al Caiola Gretsch ad), Downbeat 1952-11 (Sal Salvador Gretsch ad)
Downbeat 1953-11 (Hank Garland Gretsch ad), Downbeat 1955-02 (Sal Salvador Gretsch ad), Downbeat 1955-04 (Hank Garland Gretsch ad)
Mary Osborne, 50´s ad; International Musician 1955-10 & Downbeat 1955-05 (Mary Osborne Gretsch ad)
Downbeat 1955-09 (Mundell Lowe Gretsch ad); Mundell Lowe – great pictures!
Downbeat 1956-03 (Al Caiola Gretsch ad), Downbeat 1956-07 (Sal Salvador Gretsch ad), Downbeat 1957-10 (Gretsch ad)
Downbeat 1959-02 (Freddie Green Gretsch ad), Downbeat 1959-01 (Sal Salvador Gretsch ad), Downbeat 1960 11 (Gretsch Mary Osborne ad)
Sal Salvador with Sonny Stitt at Newport Jazz Festival 1958, guitar solo time 0:40-2:20!: YouTube link – “The Blues Walk”
GIBSON GUITAR ADS in Downbeat, 1950´s
Downbeat 1957
Downbeat 1958-60
Gibson catalog 1962 – page 3: Farlow, Burrell, Mundell Lowe, Ellis, Hall; page 4: Barry Galbraith, Raney, Al Viola, Howard Roberts among others.
Mundell Lowe, Barry Galbraith trading solos, time 20.10-20.40, on TV show “The Subject is Jazz”, with pianist Billy Taylor, 1958: YouTube link – “The Subject is Jazz”
Gibson catalog 1962 – Garland, Kessel, Smith
Vintage Downbeat Magazines, years 1937-1999 can be found on the WORLD RADIO HISTORY homepage: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/index.htm. Years 1937-1959 are the same photo copies of poor quality as the archive homepage https://archive.org/details/pub_down-beat, but the later years 1960-1999 are PDF files, color and good quality!
Through the 1960´s Downbeat Magazine had annual GUITAR ISSUES during summer season, some of the articles shown here!: The 1960 guitar issue is the 4th, the 1959 issue (3rd) is shown further up on this site – a “Special Guitar Issue”. Guitar issue no 2, 1958, is also shown on this site – “A History of Jazz Guitar”. However I have not yet figured out which Downbeat Guitar issue is no 1?
Downbeat 1958-07, Downbeat 1959-06; Downbeat Guitar Issue 1960-07, Charlie Byrd article
Downbeat 1961-07 Guitar issue cover; Downbeat 1961-07 Guitar issue Raney (a)
Downbeat 1961-07 Guitar issue Harris (a); Downbeat 1961-07 Guitar issue Montgomery (a)
Downbeat 1962-07 Guitar issue cover; Downbeat 1962-07 Guitar issue Hall a
Downbeat 1962-07 Guitar issue Casey a; Downbeat 1962-07 Guitar issue Green a
Downbeat 1963-08 Guitar issue cover; Downbeat 1963-08 Byrd article a
Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz on “The Perry Como Show”, Oct-1962: YouTube Link – “Desafinado” & “It happened in Monterey”
Downbeat 1963-08 Guitar issue Pass article a; Downbeat 1963-08 Guitar issue Burrell article a
Downbeat 1963-08 Guitar issue nylon jazz a, b
Downbeat 1964-07 Guitar issue, cover; Downbeat 1964-07 Guitar issue Montgomery article a; Downbeat 1964-07 Guitar issue Ellis article a
Downbeat 1964-07 Guitar issue Van Eps a, b
Downbeat 1965-07 Guitar issue, cover; Downbeat 1965-07 Guitar issue Hall a
Downbeat 1965-07 Guitar issue Steve Jordan a; Downbeat 1965-07 Guitar issue Zoller a
Downbeat 1966-07 Guitar issue, cover; Downbeat 1966-07 Guitar issue, Bola Sete a, b
Bola Sete with Vince Guaraldi Trio, live TV 1963, San Francisco, presented by Ralph J. Gleason: YouTube link – “Jazz Casual”
Downbeat 1966-07 Guitar issue, Burrell b; Downbeat 1966-07 Guitar issue, Kessel a; Downbeat 1966-07 Guitar issue, Les Spann article
Downbeat 1966-07 Guitar issue, Reinhardt article a, b, c
Django Reinhardt in short movie “Jazz Hot”, France 1938, with the Quintette! YouTube Link – “Jazz Hot” (7 min)
Django – great photos (colored: Getty Images; the two black & white from the William Gottlieb Collection)
Downbeat 1967-06 Guitar issue, cover; Downbeat 1967-06 Guitar issue, Coryell article a
Downbeat 1967-06 Guitar issue, Benson article a, b; Downbeat 1967-06 Guitar issue, Roberts article a
Downbeat 1967-06 Guitar issue. Van Eps concert
Downbeat 1968-06 Guitar issue, cover; Downbeat 1968-06 Guitar issue, Farlow article a
Downbeat 1968-06 Guitar issue, Harris article a; Downbeat 1968-06 Guitar issue, Montgomery article a
Downbeat 1969-06 Guitar issue, cover; Downbeat 1969-06 Guitar issue, Grimes article
GIBSON ads, 1960´s:
Gibson ads – 1965-1966: Mottola, Montgomery, Burrell, Smith
Gibson ads – 1967-1968: Montgomery, Szabo, Kessel, Coryell
WES MONTGOMERY – European tour, Spring 1965; five TV-shows, recently colorized!:
BBC Studios, London, March 25; introduction by Humphrey Lyttleton; american musicians: YouTube link – “Jazz 625” (35 min)
Holland, April 2; dutch musicians: YouTube link – VPRO Studio (29 min)
Brussels, Belgium, April 4; american musicians: YouTube link – TV-Show (24 min)
Hamburg, Germany, April 28; with sax section – Koller/Griffin/Scott; european musicians: YouTube link – “Jazz Workshop” (34 min)
ABC Studios, London, May 7; introduction by Ronnie Scott; english musicians, a young Rick Laird, bass: YouTube link – TV-Show Tempo: “Boss Guitar” (23 min)
GUILD ads, 1960´s:
EPIPHONE ads, 1960´s
Epiphone ads, 1990´s:
Downbeat, 1960´s, articles on guitarists outside of the annual issues:
Downbeat 1963-12 Farlow article
Downbeat 1968-05 Farlow concert; 1968-09 Farlow cover; 1969-05 Kessel, Farlow; 1969-12 Farlow N.J festival
Tal Farlow, documentary, 1981 (according to the YouTube uploader abbreviated for copyright reasons): “Talmadge Farlow”, 46 min (original 1 h)
Farlow with four younger, fantastic guitarists, All Strings Attached, 1986: YouTube link – TV special, 1h
Farlow, Downbeat 1979-02
Downbeat 1963-11 Hall article
Hall with Art Farmer, 1964: YouTube link – “My Kinda Love”
Downbeat 1969-02 Martino article
Pat Martino documentary “Open Road”, Vestapol Guitar videos, 2014: YouTube link – “Open Road”
Downbeat 1963-06 Pass, Synanon article; Downbeat 1968-03 Pass concert
GRETSCH ads, 1960´s
Downbeat, 1970´s – covers of the annual GUITAR ISSUES:
Downbeat 1970-06, 1971-06, 1972-06, 1973-06
Downbeat 1974-06, 1975-03, 1976-02, 1978-04, 1979-02
Downbeat 1971-06, Burrell article
Jim Hall – Downbeat 70´s: 1971-06; 1976-12
Jazz Guitar Duets 
