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12-08-2003, 12:02 PM
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looking for jazz guitarist greats
Taking a jazz class at college, I have gained an enormous appreciation and insight for jazz and its art form. What I'm looking for are jazz guitarists highly proficient in their instrument. the only 3 artist I know and listen to are: wes montgomery, charlie christian, & kenny burrell[major jazz greats of bebop era]. However, i'm dissatisfied with just those three and I'm pretty sure there are many others whom i have not heard of. Can you guys recommend other jazz artists with this caliber of guitar playing?
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12-08-2003, 12:09 PM
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Larry Coryell is a Jazz legend! I seen him a few months ago, he is an amazing guitarsist! There was a younger guy too, Teddy Ludwig. He is only 28, and started playing in 1995. This guy is going to be the next jazz great!! I'm not a huge fan of jazz, but I sure appreciate it..
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#3
12-08-2003, 12:28 PM
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Also,
Johnny Smith Barney Kessel Tal Farlow Joe Pass George Van Eps
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12-08-2003, 02:27 PM
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Hi, I also am just finishing up my 1st semester as a jazz guitar major here in Philly.
I am studying Joe Pass jazz guitar style. Listening to Joe Pass is about as close you are gonna get to listening to a jazz guitarist sit in front of you and play. Undubbed, unadorned, unmixed. What you hear is Joe Pass live, the he would sound as if he was sitting right in front of you. Please send me an email BLUENOTE. We can trade stories about school.
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12-08-2003, 02:32 PM
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Two of my favorites:
Jim Hall Wes Montgomery
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12-08-2003, 02:37 PM
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Here's another batch of three for ya:
Jim Hall Grant Green Tal Farlow
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12-08-2003, 08:21 PM
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Lots of good ones above plus:
Wes Montgomery John Schofield Pat Metheny Bill Frisell (borderline) Barry Wedgle (barryexit.org) Deidre Cartwright Charlie Christian I got a Joe Pass DVD a few months ago and really enjoy watching it. The man is smooooooth.
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#9
12-08-2003, 09:30 PM
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Lenny Breau.
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12-08-2003, 11:39 PM
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Some good contemporary players
There are some great jazz guitarists in all eras.
For single line work in the beebop era, it is hard to beat Tal Farlow (does a great version of St. Thomas). For great tone, listen to some herb ellis (especially if you can find his recording of Tenderly) or Johnny Smith (someone to watch over me is a great representative piece as is Moonlight in vermont). The CD, the real Howard Roberts is an astounding piece of single line jazz, especially his recording of Darn that Dream. The master chord solo artist of that era is probably Barney Kessel. His LPs the Polls Winners and the Poll Winners Ride Again are on every list for top jazz albums. See if you can find his recording of Brazil. Another astounding chord solo player is Jim Hall...Hall like Kessel was also a prolific accompanist. (Kessel accompanying Julie London is one of the great jazz guitar/vocal lps, Julie is Her Name..with the hit, Cry me a river). Kessel and Ellis also have some good video tapes as does Joe Pass. For straight up jazz, Pat Martino is astounding, a good sample would be his recording of Blue Bossa. (A nice acoustic version of the same song comes from Kenny Burrell). And as others have mentioned, just about anything by joe pass (try to listen to Here's that rainy day) will be worth a listen. There are also some wonderful contemporary players: Martin Taylor --great fingerstyle jazz on an electric archtop Pat Metheny -- catch Under the Missouri sky for some great acoustic work Bill Frissel is very interesting, plays some of his jazz on an old gibson flattop--try to listen to Moon River for a good taste of flat top jazz Frissel's arrangement of Moon River was in Acoustic Guitar about a year ago. Martin Taylor (a great name for a guitarist) has a nice video on fingerstyle jazz) For more fusion jazz you could listen to more recent Pat Martino, John McLaughlin, Tuck Andress (fingerstyle), Charlie Hunter (eight string guitar) or Adrian Legg. McLaughlin's Dance of Maya is a really challenging piece. A interesting jazz guitar player/teacher is Joe Diorio-his lesson book/CD collections are very insightful. Hope these suggestions help. George51 710kce Martin 0045 Hofner New President Archtop
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12-09-2003, 03:33 PM
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Especially his real early stuff. Before for the pop stuff. He used to really rip it up.
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12-09-2003, 04:00 PM
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Don't know much jazz guitar, but I've always heard that Wes Montgomery and Charlie Christian were the dudes. Does Django count?
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12-10-2003, 01:11 AM
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I think you posted a similar thread in another section, to which I posted a long winded comment.
If you drop me an e-mail, I'd be happy to put a sampler CD together for your. I have a decent collection of most if not all the guitarists named in the various posts. Might take me a week or so to put it together, but let me know if you're interested.
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