Its history deeply ingrained with that of the blues, country & western and rock 'n' roll, the electric guitar has acquired its lettres de noblesse in jazz in the hands of but a few truly innovatory ...

On ¡En Seguida!, its third album as a unit, French guitarist Didier Verna's astutely-named @-Quartet is lyrically clever and charming, rhythmically sharp and strong, and never banal or boring. One ...