TOP 100 Jazz Guitar Albums - Page 8

Anatoliy F · #**211** 11-01-2009, 07:44 AM

Jim Hall&Pat Metheny 1999
John Abercrombie Third Quartet 2007

SinnedStone · #**212** 11-02-2009, 06:01 AM

CASINO LIGHTS!!
Live at montreux!!

runnerlk · #**213** 11-02-2009, 11:04 AM

Joe pass-Virtuoso 2: Five hundred miles high is a spectacular piece
Wes- Smokin' At the Half Note: No Blues -AMAZING
Tal Farlow-The Tal farlow Album: Gibson Boy rocks
Larry Coryell- Coryell & Kahn 2 for the road: Spain is my favorite acoustic piece
Al Dimeola- Elegant Gypsy
Grant Green-Latin Bit
George Benson- Masquerade: His ability to scat note for note with his lead just blows me away
Barney Kessel-The Poll Winners
Pat Martino- Live
Kenny Burrell- Midnight Blue

filram · #**214** 11-02-2009, 11:41 AM

Bireli Lagrene- Live In Marciac

TODAL · #**215** 11-02-2009, 01:20 PM

Hi everybody
my 10 best albums are:
1 JIM HALL & PAT METHENY
2 RONNY JORDAN "A Brighter Day"
3 PAT MARTINO "Live At Yoshi's"
4 ANGELO DE BARRE TCHAVOLO SMITT "Memories of Django"
5 KENNY BURREL AND COLEMAN HAWKINS "Bluesy Burrell"
6 KENNY BURREL "Soul Call"
7 JOE PASS "Guitar Virtuoso"
8 LOUIS BONFA' " Bonfa' Magic"
9 JIM HALL TRIO "These Rooms"
10 JIMMY RANEY "Tres Chouette"

matthias7920 · #**216** 11-02-2009, 03:45 PM

i'm surprised nobody mentioned wayne krantz

nor jeff lee johnson

check 'em out on youtube

Richard1949 · #**217** 11-02-2009, 06:10 PM

I'd like to suggest a couple of albums by British guitarists:
Neil Stacey - And? ...
Gary Potter - Mathew Street

rogerl · #**218** 11-02-2009, 10:55 PM

Jim Hall - Live!
Pat Metheny - Question and Answer
Wes Montgomery - Smokin' at the Half Note
Grant Green - Street of Dreams
Kurt Rosenwinkel - The Next Step
Bill Frisell - Have a Little Faith
Mike Moreno - Between The Lines

CraigB · #**219** 11-03-2009, 02:07 PM

How about Miles Davis "Kind of Blue". And most of Billie Holiday.

Not much in the way of guitars being featured, but great music.

santos_sanabria · #**220** 11-03-2009, 07:48 PM

For me, although not straight Jazz, "Friday Night In San Francisco" is an all time classic.

ussr · #**221** 11-04-2009, 02:24 AM

Hello! Jeff Beck's "Wired" 1976 & "Minor swing" by Jango Reinhardt

Michael Keller · #**222** 11-05-2009, 12:25 AM

Ted Greene- Solo Guitar
Joe Diorio- Bonita
Mike Stern- Give & Take
Wayne Krantz- Long To Be Loose
Joe Pass- Unforgettable
Jody Fisher- Wistful Thinking
Allan Holdsworth- 16 Men Of Tain

DavyC · #**223** 11-05-2009, 02:31 AM

Kenny Burrell - The Poll Winners
Charlie Byrd - First Flight
Martin Taylor - Double Standards

dirkji · #**224** 11-05-2009, 11:39 AM

Thanks everyone for all the help, here's the final list:

TOP 100 Jazz Guitar Albums | TOP 10 Jazz Guitarists

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dirkji · #**225** 11-05-2009, 11:43 AM

Nearly all albums in the list have 5 or 4 and a half stars on Amazon.com. 4 Albums have only 4 stars. The first one who mails me the names of those albums, gets a copy of Band in a Box 2009 from me...

Teddyben · #**226** 11-05-2009, 01:16 PM

what about Louis Stewart...........?

Mozz · #**227** 11-05-2009, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirkji

Nearly all albums in the list have 5 or 4 and a half stars on Amazon.com. 4 Albums have only 4 stars. The first one who mails me the names of those albums, gets a copy of Band in a Box 2009 from me...

Would they be:

The George Benson Cookbook
Kenny Burrell - Guitar Forms
Rene Thomas Quintet - Guitar Groove
Ronny Jordan - The Antidote

?

1) I'm still not convinced that Weather Report is not in the list, either 8:30 (my post) or heavy weather

2) If I got it, since I'm aborad, I'll thank you and pass to one who's got cheaper shipping costs

Thanks for the site Dirk Great place!

Aladin111 · #**228** 11-05-2009, 01:33 PM

I think the albums w 4 stars are

Bumpin Wes Montgomery
Solo Flight Charlie Christian
The Georges Benson Cookbook George Benson
Guitar forms Kenny Burrell

Brad · #**229** 11-05-2009, 02:21 PM

I know I should have commented before now so it is my own fault that he is not listed as the greatest of jazz guitarists but where is Tal Farlow? His "Tal Farlow's Finest Hour" is THE best jazz guitar album I have ever heard. I see one of his other albums listed but Tal did not make the top ten list. Wrong, wrong, wrong.

bpm

sammy7 · #**230** 11-05-2009, 02:57 PM

I just joined today so sorry for the tardy opinion. Nice list, I'm glad Scofield made the list..but, "en Route" should be there instead of the other two, especially "AGoGo", (unless this is determined by sales). "Hand Jive"is worthy, cool. Where's "En Route"? That is one the greatest guitar trio live recordings ever! IMO Think about it people!!
LOL! I just had to put in my cents.
Thanks
Sam

DutchJazz · #**231** 11-05-2009, 03:53 PM

I can not understand why Peter White is in the Top 100 JAZZ guitar albums?

Cheers,

Richard

geoff menzer · #**232** 11-05-2009, 04:39 PM

I realise that this may not be very helpful but here goes!
As a 66 year old who has played and also collected records for many years,I feel that although there are many excellent records in your 100 list,perhaps many of your members are not aware of many older LPs which is maybe why there are many 'newer' records mentioned.The problem I have in mentio9ning them is that I have 7000 LPs locked in a garahge in the UK and I am in a small flat over 2000miles away, so I am unable to refer to them.
Some may be regarded as 'old fashioned by youner listeners,however the choices do not fully recognise the progress and history of jazz guitar from Eddie Lang in the 20's(handful of Riffs) , Karl Cress ,later as a duo with George Barnes.Early Les Paul etc.
Also it is apparent that many chose "double Standards by Martin Taylor because it is 'current'They should hear 'SOLO' or his Live CD from late 90's or ARTISTRY also solo performance from 1992.
There are many Lenny Breau LPs hard to find.One is The sound of L B ...NOW with a wonderful version of 'It Could Happen To You on acoustic 7 string where he sounds like 2 guitars,the solo line plus a 4/4 'Errol Garner' vamp.
There are SO MANY.Even the DAnish multirecording guitarist Jorgewn Ingmann's LP GUITAR IN HIFI alsao called SWINGS SOFTLY in the USA,which is very tasteful and the best introduction to jazz guitar aas you can sing the improvised choruses not for note.
Finally(I know I'll get hung for saying this) the Friday night album with 3 guitarists...to me its just a load of technique with not much actual music...it's who can play the fastest runs etc.
These days the younger element seem to miss out on harmony etc and go for speed or if its rock volume and distortion.OK that should cause some lethal replies.
I'll try to list some older great stuff when I can remember.
Gewoff Menzer

DutchJazz · #**233** 11-05-2009, 04:53 PM

Dear Mr. Menzer,

I am 20 years younger and I totally agree with you on all you said including the Friday Night album ... Still I a missing work from Gilad Hekselman an incredible you genius ... There is far to much pop jazz in this list IMHO ... Luckily some of the great made it as well

Kind regards,

Richard

Scotto · #**234** 11-05-2009, 06:28 PM

Forgot "Matador" by Grant Green!... "Street of Dreams" is also worthy...

brownbagpro · #**235** 11-05-2009, 06:41 PM

Breezin' - George Benson

Metal Fingers · #**236** 11-06-2009, 12:20 AM

Jeff Beck just kinda slips his way in there.

I think a list like that should have some Chet Atkins on it.Maybe
Reflections with Doc Watson or
Standard Brands with Lenny Breau.

CraigB said "kind of blue".Was that a joke or did you mean the "Buckethead
shreds kind of blue"album?

Nils · #**237** 11-06-2009, 05:11 AM

Great list. It could go on and on, but it covers most of the really great albums, I think. I might add Jimmy Raney's 'Live in Tokyo' (recently re-released on cd). And what about his son, Doug Raney, e.g. 'Introducing Doug Raney' - recorded when he was 21 years old?

Nils · #**238** 11-06-2009, 05:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nils

Great list. It could go on and on, but it covers most of the really great albums, I think. I might add Jimmy Raney's 'Live in Tokyo' (recently re-released on cd). And what about his son, Doug Raney, e.g. 'Introducing Doug Raney' - recorded when he was 21 years old?

...oh, and of course the early Enja recordings with Scofield, especially 'Live' and the extremely hard-to-find (vinyl only) 'Bar Talk'!

Nils

H-D-A · #**239** 11-06-2009, 10:24 AM

And here are the jazz guitar results....

George Benson 4, Derek Bailey 0
Mike Stern 4, Django 2
John McLaughlin 1 (and a half), Pat Metheny 4
Charlie Christian 2, Wes Montgomery 5
George van Eps 1, Jeff Beck 1
Bill Frisell 1, John Scofield 2
Chet Atkins 0, Danny Gatton 1
James Blood Ulmer 0, Robben Ford 1

Yeah, right......?

Harry · #**240** 11-06-2009, 11:12 AM

Dear Mr.Menzer & dear Richard,

This is the start of a nice discussion. I fully agree with your points
of view but on the other hand there is one thing we should keep in mind:
Like many kinds of music also the jazz is subject to evolution and this goes for the musicians too ! So are we're talking about generations ?
Players "from the past" (Burrell,Kessel, Montgomery) do sound more
traditional than the somewhat younger generation (Metheny,Benson
Beck) allthough there are young players who continue playing in the
way "the oldies" did. (Jesse van Ruller, Leonardo Amuedo, ever heard of?)
For me, a Wes Montgomery or Jim Hall, just to mention 2 names are
jazzplayers in the way jazz should be played on a guitar and I still find
it difficult to call AldiMeola or George Benson a real jazzguitarist. But
I realize that this is not quite fair. Jazz has also become jazz-rock,funk,
fusion etc. In a way we are talking about the same evolution in the mind
of Miles Davis who has millions of fans who love the period before.......
and the same number of followers who don't want anythig else than
the period after..............

Keeping this in mind the top 100 is a representative list, good job !

Regards to all
Harry