“I played with Louis Armstrong in the ’40s,” he said in 1994, “and with [guitarist] Pat Metheny in the ’90s ... to New York ...

Dave Ziffer completely reinvents tunes by Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Jean-Luc Ponty, Lyle Mays, Russ Freeman, and many other modern jazz performers, using electric and acoustic guitars, a loop station, ...