Jazz Guitarist - alpabetical index
Directory of jazz gutarist with artist links. Eventually this is intendend to become a sortable database of jazz guitarist.
Jazz Guitarist - by first name
- Bucky Pizzarelli (1926 -) | Bucky Pizzarelli videos
- Howard Alden (1958 -) | Howard Alden videos
- John Abercrombie (1944 -) progressive | John Abercrombie videos
- John Pizzarelli, Jr. (1960 -) | John Pizzarelli videos
- Lee Ritenour (1952 - ) | Lee Ritenour videos
Jazz Guitarist - by surname
- Affif, Ron, bebop, Ron Affif Trio.
- Alden, Howard (1958) harmonies and textures, http://howardalden.com/
- Assis-Brasil, Gustavo (1973 -). Brazilian jazz guitarist based in Boston. The Official Gustavo Assis-Brasil Website
- Beck, Joe (1944 -) Official Website of Joe Beck
- Broom, Bobby (1961 -). Performs and records with jazz saxophone legend Sonny Rollins as well as his Bobby Broom Trio and the Deep Blue Organ Trio.
- Benson, George, (1943) Jazz / Nu-Jazz, R&B, Smooth Jazz. Official Website of George Benson, George Bensons page at Myspace
- Byrd, Charlie (1925 - 1999) 1962 album “Jazz Samba” with Stan Getz pushed Bossa Nova into the mainstream.
- Christian, Charlie (1916 – 1942).
- Clarke, Bruce, Australian jazz guitarist, composer and educator.
- Cliff, Dave, (1944), British jazz guitarist and jazz educator. The Official Dave Cliff Website
- Clinco, Michael - http://www.michaelclinco.com/|Official Website of Michael Clinco]]
- Dunbar, Ted (1937 - 1998) hard bop jazz guitarist, educator, and writer.
- Edegran, Lars (1944). Swedish Dixieland jazz guitarist and leader and founder of the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra.
- Folegatti, Ronaldo, Brazilian composer, guitarist and record producer.
- Ford, Robben (1951), blues, jazz and rock guitarist Official Website of Robben Ford
- Filipiak, Carl, fusion jazz guitarist. The Official Website of Carl Filipiak
- Geissman, Grant (1953), crossover jazz, smooth jazz and new age guitarist. Official Website of Grant Geissman
- Goodrick, Mick (1945) American post bop jazz guitarist and educator. The Official Mick Goodrick Website | Berklee Faculty Biography
- Green, Freddy (1911 – 1987), swing jazz guitarist.
- Green, Grant (1935 – 1979), hard bop, soul, bebop and latin jazz guitarist.
- Greene, Ted (1946 – 2005). Fingerstyle jazz guitarist, music columnist, and educator.
- Grigoriev, Igor, guitarist in OGOGO, an avant-garde jazz ensemble from Los Angeles.
- Haque, Fareed (1963), Pakistani fusion guitarist and professor of Jazz and Classical Guitar Studies at Northern Illinois University. The Offical Fareed Haque Website
- Pizzarelli, Bucky (1926 -)
- Pizzarelli, John, Jr. (1960 -)
- Robillard, Duke (1948 -) blues style of T-Bone Walker
- Rypdal, Terje (1947 -). Norwegian guitarist and composer.
- Salinas, Luis, Argentina. A blend of traditional tango and choro with modern jazz. Official Website of Luis Salinas
- Smith, Richard, Official Website of Richard Smith, smooth jazz
- Vignola, Frank (1965)
- White, Peter, Official Website of Peter White, smooth jazz.
Ron Affif
Johnny Alegre, Filipino jazz guitarist Johnny Alegre AFFINITY blog
Randy Napoleon
Andreas Paolo Perger
Stochelo Rosenberg, Manouche style
Andreas Öberg, http://www.andreas-oberg.com/index2.html
Elek Bacsik (1926 – 1993)
Danny Barker (1909 - 1994)
Derek Bailey (1930 – 2005) English jazz guitarust and a leading figure in the free improvisation movement.
Billy Bauer (1915-2005) American jazz guitarist. Cool jazz.
Billy Bean (1933) is an American jazz guitarist
See also: Bossa Nova
Bass guitar
Wayman Tisdale, http://www.waymantisdale.com/, Wayman’s MySpace Page. Smooth jazz.
History of Jazz Guitar
- Huddie Leadbetter, Leadbelly (1888 - 1949)
- Eddie Lang (1904 - 1933) (collaborated with violinist Joe Venuti)
- Eddie Condon (1905 - 1973)
- Eddie Durham (1906 - 1987) - Durhamjazz.com tribute site
- Snoozer Quinn (1906 – 1952)
- Oscar Aleman, (1909 - 1980), Argentine jazz guitarist.
- Django Reinhardt (1910 - 1953) (work with violinist Stephane Grappelli)
- Charlie Christian (1916 - 1942)
- Wes Montgomery (1923 - 1968)
- Herb Ellis (1921 - ), performed with the Oscar Peterson Trio from 1953 to 1958.
- George Van Eps (1913 – 1998)
- Les Paul (1915 -)
- Johnny Smith (1922 -)
- Barny Kessel (1923 -). Benny Goodman, Oscar Peterson.
- Jimmy Raney (1927 – 1995)
- Howard Roberts (1929 – 1992)
- Ed Bickert (1932), Canadian
- Grant Green (1935 – 1979)
- Bucky Pizzarelli (1926 -)
- Kenny Burrell (1931 -)
- John Pisano (1931 -)
- Tal Farlow (1921 – 1998). Red Norvo Trio of Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker.
- Freddie Greeen (1911 - 1987). Count Basie
- Joe Pass (1929 - 1994). George Shearing, Ella Fitzgerald
- Jim Hall (1930 -)
- Lenny Breau (1941 – 1984)
- John McLaughlin (1942). Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra.
- Emily Remler (1957 – 1990)
- Pat Metheny (1954)
Eddie Durham
Herb Ellis
Tal Farlow
Grant Green
Freddie Green
Jim Hall
Barney Kessel
Eddie Lang
Huddie Leadbetter (Leadbelly)
John McLaughlin
Pat Metheny
Wes Montgomery
Joe Pass
Django Reinhardt
Raphael Rabello (Rafael Baptista Rabello) (1962 - 1995), Brazilian guitarist and composer.
Other genres
Brent Mason
Eddie Van Halen
Eric Clapton
Frank Gambale
Jack Johnson
Jason Becker
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Joe Satriani
John Mayer
John Petrucci
Kirk Hammett
N. Bettencourt
Paul Gilbert
Stanley Jordan
Steve Vai
Steve Wariner
SRV
Yngwie
Hank Garland (1930 – 2004). legendary Nashville studio musician.
Jake Shimabukuro plays “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
Eric Clapton
Jimmy Page
Slash
Kirk Hammet
David Gilmoure
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Phil Keaggy
Angus Young
Brian May
James Hetfiedls
Eddie Van Halen
Ritchie Blackmore
External links
- The 100 Greatest (Rock) Guitarists of All Time - the American magazine Rolling Stone.
