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Friday, May 11, 2007

Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar: George Van Eps

In this video clip you can see some rare footage of George Van Eps, the master of fingerstyle jazz guitar, playing the Gershwin tune 'I've Got a Crush on You'. In the late 1930s George Van Eps designed a 7-string guitar (with an extra bass string). He called his style of playing, later adopted by Howard Alden and John Pizzarelli, "lap piano".

Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Tabs


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