{"id":93,"date":"2012-12-21T12:42:31","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T12:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/184.172.173.12\/~jazz\/blog\/?p=93"},"modified":"2022-06-12T11:03:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T09:03:14","slug":"top-100-jazz-guitar-albums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/top-100-jazz-guitar-albums\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 100 Jazz Guitar Albums"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following Top 100 Jazz Guitar Albums list is the result of the numerous emails I get from people asking me to suggest jazz guitar CDs to listen to. I asked the same question on the forum and about 220 people submitted their favorite jazz guitar albums. Here are the results…<\/span><\/p>\n

At the bottom of this page is another list, a Top 10 of jazz guitarists, ordered according to how many times they were mentioned in the Top 100 thread on the forum. Although not very scientific, both lists are a good starting point for beginning jazz guitarists in terms of recommended listening.<\/p>\n

The Top 100 Jazz Guitar list is in alphabetical order.<\/p>\n

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  1. Al Di Meola – Elegant Gypsy<\/li>\n
  2. Allan Holdsworth – Metal Fatigue<\/li>\n
  3. Antonio Carlos Jobim – Wave<\/li>\n
  4. Baden Powell – At the Rio Jazz Club<\/li>\n
  5. Barney Kessel – Kessel Plays Standards<\/li>\n
  6. Barney Kessel – The Poll Winners<\/li>\n
  7. Barry Galbraith – Guitar and the Wind (only available together with the album Manhatten Jazz Septette<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  8. Bill Frisell – East\/West<\/li>\n
  9. Bireli Lagrene – Gypsy Project<\/li>\n
  10. Bireli Lagrene – Standards<\/li>\n
  11. Bucky and John Pizzarelli – Contrasts<\/li>\n
  12. Charlie Byrd – At The Village Vanguard<\/li>\n
  13. Charlie Byrd – The Guitar Artistry of Charlie Byrd<\/li>\n
  14. Charlie Christian – Genius of the Electric Guitar<\/li>\n
  15. Charlie Christian – Solo Flight<\/li>\n
  16. Charlie Hunter – Bing Bing Bing<\/li>\n
  17. Danny Gatton – Untouchable<\/li>\n
  18. Django Reinhardt – Djangology<\/li>\n
  19. Django Reinhardt – Quintet du Hot Club de France<\/li>\n
  20. Earl Klugh – One on One<\/li>\n
  21. Ed Bickert – Live at The Garden Party<\/li>\n
  22. Eddie Lang – Jazz Guitar Virtuoso<\/li>\n
  23. Emily Remler – Firefly<\/li>\n
  24. Ernest Ranglin – Below the Bassline<\/li>\n
  25. Frank Gambale – Thinking Out Loud<\/li>\n
  26. George Barnes – Don’t Get Around Much Anymore<\/li>\n
  27. George Benson – Bad Benson<\/li>\n
  28. George Benson – Breezin’<\/li>\n
  29. George Benson – Beyond the Blue Horizon<\/li>\n
  30. George Benson – The George Benson Cookbook<\/li>\n
  31. George Van Eps – Mellow Guitar<\/li>\n
  32. Grant Green – Green Street<\/li>\n
  33. Grant Green – Idle Moments<\/li>\n
  34. Grant Green – The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark<\/li>\n
  35. Hank Garland – Jazz Winds From a New Direction<\/li>\n
  36. Herb Ellis\/Joe Pass – Seven, Come Eleven<\/li>\n
  37. Herb Ellis\/Joe Pass – Two for the Road<\/li>\n
  38. Howard Alden\/George Van Eps – 13 Strings<\/li>\n
  39. Howard Roberts – HR Is A Dirty Guitar Player<\/li>\n
  40. Jeff Beck – Blow by Blow<\/li>\n
  41. Jim Hall – Concierto<\/li>\n
  42. Jim Hall – Live<\/li>\n
  43. Jim Hall\/Bill Evans – Intermodulation<\/li>\n
  44. Jim Hall\/Bill Evans – Undercurrent<\/li>\n
  45. Jim Hall\/Ron Carter – Alone Together<\/li>\n
  46. Jimmy Bruno – Burnin’<\/li>\n
  47. Jimmy Raney – Wisteria<\/li>\n
  48. Joe Beck – Strangers in the Night<\/li>\n
  49. Joe Diorio Trio – Live<\/li>\n
  50. Joe Pass – For Django<\/li>\n
  51. Joe Pass – Virtuoso<\/li>\n
  52. John Abercrombie – Timeless<\/li>\n
  53. John Basile – The Desmond Project<\/li>\n
  54. John McLaughlin – Extrapolation<\/li>\n
  55. John Scofield – A Go Go<\/li>\n
  56. John Scofield – Hand Jive<\/li>\n
  57. Johnny Smith – Johnny Smith<\/li>\n
  58. Johnny Smith – Moonligh in Vermont (w Stan Getz)<\/li>\n
  59. Jonathan Kreisberg – Unearth<\/li>\n
  60. Kenny Burrell – Guitar Forms<\/li>\n
  61. Kenny Burrell – Midnight Blue<\/li>\n
  62. Kevin Eubanks – Guitarist<\/li>\n
  63. Kurt Rosenwinkel – Deep Song<\/li>\n
  64. Larry Carlton – Last Nite<\/li>\n
  65. Larry Coryell (w John McLaughlin) – Spaces<\/li>\n
  66. Lee Ritenour – Rit’s House<\/li>\n
  67. Lenny Breau – Live on Bourbon Street<\/li>\n
  68. Luiz Bonfa – Solo in Rio 1959<\/li>\n
  69. Martin Taylor – Spirit of Django<\/li>\n
  70. Mike Stern – Play<\/li>\n
  71. Mike Stern – Standards (and Other Songs)<\/li>\n
  72. Mike Stern – Upside Downside<\/li>\n
  73. Mundel Lowe – Guitar Moods<\/li>\n
  74. Nguyen Le – Walking on the Tiger’s Tail<\/li>\n
  75. Norman Brown – After the Storm<\/li>\n
  76. Pat Martino – El Hombre<\/li>\n
  77. Pat Martino – Footprints<\/li>\n
  78. Pat Metheny – Bright Size Life<\/li>\n
  79. Pat Metheny – Question and Answer<\/li>\n
  80. Pat Metheny\/Charlie Haden – Beyond The Missouri Sky<\/li>\n
  81. Pat Metheny\/John Scofield – I can see Your House From Here<\/li>\n
  82. Peter Bernstein – Earth Tones<\/li>\n
  83. Peter White – Caravan of Dreams<\/li>\n
  84. Phillip Catherine – Summer Night<\/li>\n
  85. Ralph Towner – Solstice<\/li>\n
  86. Rene Thomas Quintet – Guitar Groove<\/li>\n
  87. Robben Ford – Tiger Walk<\/li>\n
  88. Ronny Jordan – The Antidote<\/li>\n
  89. Rosenberg Trio – Caravan<\/li>\n
  90. Stanley Jordan – Stolen Moments<\/li>\n
  91. Steve Kahn – The Suitcase (Live)<\/li>\n
  92. Sylvain Luc – Trio Sud<\/li>\n
  93. Tal Farlow – Verve Jazz Masters 41<\/li>\n
  94. Ted Greene – Solo Guitar<\/li>\n
  95. Tuck Andress – Wreckless Precision<\/li>\n
  96. Wes Montgomery – Boss Guitar<\/li>\n
  97. Wes Montgomery – Bumpin’<\/li>\n
  98. Wes Montgomery – Full House<\/li>\n
  99. Wes Montgomery – Smokin’ at the Half Note<\/li>\n
  100. Wes Montgomery – The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Top 10 of Jazz Guitarists<\/h2>\n

    Here’s the Top 10 of jazz guitarists, sorted according to how many times they showed up in the Top 100 thread at the forum:<\/p>\n

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    \"Boss<\/div>\n
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    1. Wes Montgomery<\/li>\n
    2. Joe Pass<\/li>\n
    3. Jim Hall<\/li>\n
    4. Pat Metheny<\/li>\n
    5. George Benson<\/li>\n
    6. Grant Green<\/li>\n
    7. Kenny Burrell<\/li>\n
    8. Pat Martino<\/li>\n
    9. Django Reinhardt<\/li>\n
    10. John Scofield<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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