Jazz Articles about The Be-Bop Guitars

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The Be-Bop Guitars: . . .and More!

by Jack Bowers
August 1, 2001

The Be–Bop Guitars — all five of them — are faculty members at Boston’s renowned Berklee School of Music, as are the other members of their bright–eyed and bushy–tailed nonet. I can’t say whether all five guitars ever play at the same time, but there’s certainly no overkill here with nimble solos by all hands (no pun intended) and solid contributions from vibraphonist Victor Mendoza, bassist Ron Mahdi and drummer Jon Hazilla (a perceptive accompanist who excels with brushes on ...

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Be-Bop Guitars: The "Be-Bop" Guitars,,,and More!

by Dave Nathan
May 1, 2001

The guitars on this album are from the faculty of Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA backed by fellow faculty collegues. Headed by John Baboian, the six guitarists who comprise The Be-Bop Guitars, share a play list of jazz standards, a couple of standards and three originals.

The playing follows bop traditions established by the likes of Lennie Tristano disciple Billy Bauer, the fluid bop oriented style of Tal Farlow and others who played in the bop tradition viz., ...