List of jazz guitarists
Appearance
The following is a list of notable jazz guitar players, including guitarists from related jazz genres such as Western swing, Latin jazz, and jazz fusion. For an article giving a short history, see jazz guitarists.
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[edit]- Eivind Aarset
- Rez Abbasi[1]
- John Abercrombie[2]
- William Ackerman
- Bernard Addison
- Ron Affif[3]
- Noël Akchoté
- Jan Akkerman
- Howard Alden[4]
- Johnny Alegre
- Oscar Alemán
- Laurindo Almeida
- Peter Almqvist
- Chuck Anderson
- Tuck Andress
- Ron Anthony
- Marc Antoine
- Bill DeArango
- Bruce Arnold
- Irving Ashby
- Dave Askren
- Badi Assad
- Gustavo Assis-Brasil
- Jay Azzolina
B
[edit]- Elek Bacsik
- Derek Bailey
- Sheryl Bailey
- Duck Baker
- Biel Ballester
- Carlos Barbosa-Lima
- Dave Barbour
- Danny Barker
- Everett Barksdale
- Junior Barnard
- George Barnes
- Claude Barthélemy
- Billy Bauer
- Billy Bean
- Gerry Beaudoin
- Joe Beck
- David Becker
- Jean Marc Belkadi
- Kelvyn Bell
- Roni Ben-Hur
- George Benson
- Pierre Bensusan
- Randy Bernsen
- Peter Bernstein
- Gene Bertoncini
- Skeeter Best
- Ed Bickert
- Raoul Björkenheim
- Lee Blair
- Jack Bland
- Marek Bliziński
- Paul Bollenback
- Luiz Bonfá
- Perry Botkin Sr.
- Jean-Paul Bourelly
- Tim Bowman
- Joshua Breakstone
- Lenny Breau
- Zachary Breaux
- Jakob Bro
- Bobby Broom
- Norman Brown
- Sam Brown
- Jimmy Bruno
- Mike Bryan
- Dennis Budimir
- Hiram Bullock
- Teddy Bunn
- Kenny Burrell
- Billy Butler
- Jonathan Butler
- Charlie Byrd
C
[edit]- Al Caiola[5]
- Royce Campbell
- Jim Campilongo
- Steve Cardenas
- John Carlini
- Larry Carlton
- Al Casey
- Oscar Castro-Neves
- Chet Catallo
- Lauderic Caton
- Philip Catherine
- Franco Cerri
- Eugene Chadbourne
- Emmett Chapman
- Roger Chaput
- Ed Cherry
- Jean Chaumont
- Andrew Cheshire
- Pete Chilver
- James Chirillo
- Charlie Christian
- Joe Cinderella
- Bruce Clarke
- Dave Cliff
- Nels Cline
- Joe Cohn
- George Cole
- Cal Collins
- John Collins
- Eddie Condon
- Bill Connors
- Robert Conti
- Joyce Cooling
- Larry Coryell
- Pete Cosey
- Henri Crolla
- Pierre Cullaz
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[edit]- Dan Faehnle
- Dalia Faitelson
- Nelson Faria
- Tal Farlow
- Buzz Feiten
- Nir Felder
- Jim Ferguson
- Baro Ferret
- Boulou Ferré
- Matelo Ferret
- Scott Fields
- Carl Filipiak
- Barry Finnerty
- Jacob Fischer
- David Fiuczynski
- Chris Flory
- Antonio Forcione
- Robben Ford
- Bruce Forman
- Marc Fosset
- Mimi Fox
- George Freeman
- Russ Freeman
- Bill Frisell
- Fred Frith
G
[edit]- Al Gafa
- Slim Gaillard
- Barry Galbraith
- Eric Gale
- Frank Gambale
- Oliver Gannon
- Dick Garcia
- Mondine Garcia
- Hank Garland
- Arv Garrison
- Danny Gatton
- Grant Geissman
- Eddie Gibbs
- João Gilberto
- David Gilmore
- Egberto Gismonti
- George Golla
- Jeff Golub
- Mick Goodrick
- Jimmy Gourley
- Gismo Graf
- Jack Grassel
- Freddie Green
- Grant Green
- Ted Greene
- Sonny Greenwich
- Michael Gregory
- Tiny Grimes
- Marty Grosz
- George Guesnon
- Rune Gustafsson
- Fred Guy
H
[edit]- Jerry Hahn
- Jim Hall
- René Hall
- Mary Halvorson
- Fareed Haque
- Bill Harris
- Jerome Harris
- Leroy Harris Sr.
- Joel Harrison
- Ken Hatfield
- Gilad Hekselman
- Scott Henderson
- Al Hendrickson
- Steve Herberman
- Jimmy Herring
- Carl Hogan
- Clarence Holiday
- Allan Holdsworth
- Toninho Horta
- Diane Hubka
- Brian Hughes
- Charlie Hunter
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[edit]- Fapy Lafertin
- Julian Lage
- Biréli Lagrène
- Nappy Lamare
- Eddie Lang[6]
- Jon Larsen
- Attila László
- Nguyên Lê
- Harry Leahey
- Phil Lee
- Adrian Legg
- Peter Leitch
- Adam Levy
- O'Donel Levy
- Vic Lewis
- Arto Lindsay
- Rudy Linka
- Jeff Linsky
- Ulysses Livingston
- Chuck Loeb
- Lorne Lofsky
- Lionel Loueke
- Mundell Lowe
- Romero Lubambo
- Sylvain Luc
- Nick Lucas
- Reggie Lucas
- Lawrence Lucie
- Lage Lund
- René Lussier
- Jo David Meyer Lysne
M
[edit]- Alex Machacek
- Billy Mackel
- Ivor Mairants
- Russell Malone
- Jack Marshall
- Pat Martino
- Steve Masakowski
- Carmen Mastren
- Rick Matle
- Dick McDonough
- Eddie McFadden
- Dan McIntyre
- John McLaughlin
- Jimmy McLin
- Richard McPartland
- Coleman Mellett
- Pat Metheny
- Rale Micic
- Chieli Minucci
- Roman Miroshnichenko
- Ben Monder
- Wes Montgomery
- Oscar Moore
- Juarez Moreira
- Mike Moreno
- Joe Morris
- Tony Mottola
- Ronald Muldrow
- Jim Mullen
- Tisziji Muñoz
- Doug Munro
- Wolfgang Muthspiel
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[edit]- Adam Rafferty
- Doug Raney
- Jimmy Raney
- Ernest Ranglin
- Hans Reichel
- Babik Reinhardt
- Django Reinhardt
- Joseph Reinhardt
- Lousson Reinhardt
- Nitcho Reinhardt
- Emily Remler
- Allan Reuss
- Alvino Rey
- Marc Ribot
- Tony Rice
- Lee Ritenour
- Howard Roberts
- Duke Robillard
- Phil Robson
- Steve Rochinski
- Adam Rogers
- Romane
- Jimmy Rosenberg
- Stochelo Rosenberg
- Kurt Rosenwinkel
- Issi Rozen
- Ray Russell
- Art Ryerson
- Terje Rypdal
S
[edit]- Michael Sagmeister
- Luis Salinas
- Sal Salvador
- Dennis Sandole
- Gray Sargent
- Akio Sasajima
- Paulus Schäfer
- Dorado Schmitt
- Tchavolo Schmitt
- Diknu Schneeberger
- Thornel Schwartz
- John Scofield
- Andrew Scott
- Bud Scott
- Bola Sete
- Brian Setzer
- Marvin Sewell
- Eldon Shamblin
- Elliott Sharp
- Sonny Sharrock
- Brad Shepik
- Jimmy Shirley
- Ronnie Singer
- Roy Smeck
- Jarek Śmietana
- Floyd Smith
- Johnny Smith
- Richard Smith
- Terry Smith
- Ferenc Snétberger
- Fabrizio Sotti
- Les Spann
- Melvin Sparks
- Russ Spiegel
- Peter Sprague
- Chris Standring
- John Stein
- Joscho Stephan
- Leni Stern
- Mike Stern
- Jimmy Stewart
- Louis Stewart
- John Stowell
- Dave Stryker
- Rory Stuart
- Monnette Sudler
- Andy Summers
- Nelson Symonds
- Gábor Szabó
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Yanow, Scott (2013). The Great Jazz Guitarists. San Francisco: Backbeat. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-61713-023-6.
- ^ Barth, Joe (2006). Voices in Jazz Guitar. Pacific, Missouri: Mel Bay. p. 1. ISBN 0786676795.
- ^ Kennedy, Gary (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p. 17. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
- ^ Enright, Ed (February 2009). "75 Great Guitarists". DownBeat. 76 (2). Elmhurst, Illinois: Maher: 27–43.
- ^ Carlton, Jim (2009). Conversations with Great Jazz and Studio Guitarists. Pacific, Missouri: Bill's Music Shelf/Mel Bay. p. 5. ISBN 978-078665123-8.
- ^ Sallis, James, ed. (1996). The Guitar in Jazz. Lincoln, Nebraska: Univ. of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803242500.
- ^ Rose, Joel (9 August 2010). "Joe Negri: From handyman to jazz guitarist". All Things Considered. NPR, National Public Radio. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ^ Peterson, Jonathon (2002). "Tuning in thirds: A new approach to playing leads to a new kind of guitar". American Lutherie: The Quarterly Journal of the Guild of American Luthiers. Number 72 (Winter). Tacoma, WA: The Guild of American Luthiers: 36–43. ISSN 1041-7176. Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ^ Griewank, Andreas (1 January 2010), Tuning guitars and reading music in major thirds, Matheon preprints, vol. 695, Berlin: DFG research center "MATHEON, Mathematics for key technologies" Berlin, MSC-Classification 97M80 Arts. Music. Language. Architecture