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1. Frank Scheck - Les Paul 90th Birthday Salute

   Editorial - By Arend, Jun 23, 2005 12:00 AM

   The JVC Jazz Festival couldn't have picked a more deserving subject for a tribute than Les Paul, feted Sunday June 19th at Carnegie Hall in commemoration of his 90th birthday (which actually occurred June 9).

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2. A.J. Alfaro - Les Paul's 90th Birthday Salute

   Editorial - By Arend, Jun 19, 2005 12:00 AM

   On June 19th Les Paul celebrated his 90th birthday with an all star guitarists show at the Isaac Stern Auditorium in New York (USA). A.J. Alfaro (NewportJazz-NYC.com) made a report with pictures of this extra-ordinary event.

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3. Walter Kolosky - Very impressive release

   Editorial - By Arend, Jun 12, 2005 12:00 AM

   Tone Center, Mike Varney’s fusion-only label, is not only helping to keep the genre in good shape—it’s pumping it full of steroids. Last year the label released A Guitar Supreme: Giant Steps in Fusion Guitar. Such guitarists as Mike Stern, Larry Coryell, Eric Johnson, Steve Lukather, Greg Howe, Jeff Richman, Frank Gambale and others paid stringed tribute to the spirit of John Coltrane. This time around John McLaughlin and the legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra receive the treatment. Many of the same guitarists appear on this very impressive and important release. The music of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, first played over thirty years ago, provides the perfect material for some of today's greatest guitarists to test their mettle.

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