I just heard the news while tuned in to 91.3 WLRN on their "Evening Jazz" program.....I was in the car and had the radio on. I wasn't aware of the news, but they were playing some fantastic tunes that sounded familiar, but not the mainstream tunes Paul was well known for, but I thought to myself what incredible guitar playing.....and thought it sounded a lot like Les Paul, with shades of Django Reinhardt.
When the music stopped the announcer said it was Les Paul, who passed away today at age 92.....alas, the end of another era and of course the man who started it (electric) all. Another musical genius.
The tunes they played where really amazing; if you want to hear them you can probably log on to WLRN.org and go to the
Evening Jazz program and at some point they will probably have the program repeated. It's worth listening to.