Odds are you're unfamiliar with Will Bernard, the wildly eclectic, mostly electric guitarist who is one of the artists profiled in our second edition of The Electric Annual (order your copy here, mailing soon!). Sadly, that seems to be the fate of many of the hardest working musicians, across all genres, particularly in the realm of jazz (and jazz-adjacent).

Regardless of the context, it’s hard to pin Bernard down. He plays a lot more slide than pretty much any jazz guitarist, his compositions are more complex and considered than most...