NYT: 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Guitar

MichaelHorowitz · January 8

They mention Django and then neglect to actually include any of his music among the selected tracks:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/arts/music/guitar-jazz-music.html

Buco · January 8

It's a subscription only but I was able to take a few screenshots before the fence showed up...why do people still perpetuate the "played with only three fingers" myth? Is it so hard to mention limited use of his pinky and ring finger?

MichaelHorowitz · January 8

You can view the entire article by pasting the link into google translate. Just select any language other than English and translate the entire page:

https://translate.google.com/

https://www-nytimes-com.translate.goog/2025/01/08/arts/music/guitar-jazz-music.html?_x_tr_sl=mn&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

billyshakes · January 8

Wait....so you just paste into Google translate, select any language...then select back to English? Or you say that it is in some other language and then want to translate TO English? How was I not aware of this hack?

I used to just use a "cached page" when that was an option, but I think they figured that out and stopped cacheing paywalled articles like this. Thanks for the tip.

flaco · January 8

No Joe Pass or George Benson? I can’t take this article seriously. Nice that jazz guitar is being talked about in the mainstream, but still, how could they not include Breezin’ as something accessible for a non-jazz listener? I’m surprised Julian Lage didn’t get a mention as a current jazz guitarist who seems well known outside just jazz guitar circles.