Ed Bickert, a Canadian jazz guitarist whose highly tasteful chord voicings and juicy sense of harmony made him a first-choice gig and recording sideman and leader in Toronto, and who is considered today one of jazz's finest guitar accompanists, died on February 28. He was 86.
Bickert could swing and fill behind artists with enormous sensitivity. He was a…
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