As a composer of instrumental guitar-based music, I’m continually challenged with trying to write single-note melodic themes that tell a musical story and develop it in a conversational way ...

Musicians from Crescenta Valley High School’s Instrumental Music Dept. performed their yearly pops concert with the theme of heroes and villains. The concert celebrated the achievements of 245 ...

This wasn’t instrumental music to show off the players’ virtuosity ... would reinforce that vocal-like line with a single-note, lead-guitar line drenched in reverb. With Mel Taylor on drums ...

Two notable sidemen collaborate on an elusive instrumental album inspired by funk, West African, and Cuban music. The melodies are fleeting and the arrangements ever-shifting. Notes With ...

Before touching her lips to her trumpet mouthpiece and leaning into the opening notes of “Billie’s ... with choosing the Artist of the Year for Instrumental Music. They dug her.