FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Guitarists Are Choice Picks at Carefusion Newport Jazz Festival

Freelance Writer Eugene Holley, Jr. takes a look at a new generation of guitarists performing at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival NEWPORT, RI--In Oklahoma in the 1930s, Charlie Christian plugged in, and was the first to swing the body electric. Half a world away, an inventive Belgian Gypsy with a battle-scarred hand named Django Reinhardt put his percussive, six-string citizenship on his axe. A couple of decades later, Wes Montgomery's thumb unfurled new chordal colors. And today, Pat Metheny, ...

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