TOP 100 Jazz Guitar Albums

[Parsnipfingers]

Mike Walker - 'Madhouse and The Whole Thing There'

Mike Walker has played and recorded with George Russell, Peter Erskine, Steve Swallow, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor and performed with Dave Holland, Tal Farlow, Vince Mendoza, Anthony Braxton, Bill Frisell and many others. An unassuming yet ubiquitous player (and ubiquitous for a reason.) I think Mike warrants consideration for this list.

[MichaelWallace]

George Van Eps: Mellow Guitar, My Guitar, Seven String Guitar, Soliloquy. And his later work with Howard Alden, especially Seven and Seven.

[peter47]

Hi
My favorite albums

-René Thomas Quintet - Guitar Groove
-Biréli Lagréne Gipsy Trio (recorded in 09 & 12/2008)
-Joe Pass -Intercontinal
-Joe Pass -Complete Pacific Jazz Quartet- Disc V

[borsatti]

"I can see your house from here": this album is art

[scas]

I want to add a couple of albums to your top 100 list
David Becker Tribune/Where's Henning
Pat Martino/Live at Yoshi's

[zenguitar]

Pat Martino-Consciousness
Wes Montgomery-Incredible Jazz Guitar Of
Wes Montgomery-Smokin' At The Half Note
Allan Holdsworth-All Night Wrong
Joe Pass-Virtuoso
Pat Metheny-Bright Size Life
Charlie Christian-Genius of the Electric Guitar
John McLaughlin-Extrapolation

[nado64]

Grant Green - Green Street
Serge Gainsbourg - Confidentiel (with Elek Bacsik)
Kenny Burell - Midnight Blue
Joe Pass - Virtuoso
Kurt Rosenwinkel - Intuit
Howard Roberts - Good Pickin'
Django Reinhardt - complete jazz series 1951-1953 (the last sessions)

[Harry]

There you go Dirk :

Paco de Lucia - Zyryab
Kevin Eubanks - Live at Bradley's
Pat Martino -We'll be together again
Ronny Jordan -The Antidote (So What..)
Philip Catherine - September
Jim Hall (+P.Desmond) - Easy living
Russell Malone (+Benny Green) - These are soulful days
Larry Coryell - Spaces (revisited)
Joe Pass (+ Zoot Sims) - Blues for 2
Stochelo Rosenberg (+ trio) - Gipsy Summer
Jesse van Ruller (Dutch...) - European Quintet

So far, Cheers !

[bluesman39]

I personally like "Solo Flight," with Charlie Christian and Benny Carter. I like "King of the Delta Blues Singers" by Robert Johnson, and anything by Wes Montgomery or Nick Cassarino. I don't really understand this whole Pat Metheny craze though. I've listened to some and it seems kind of muzaky, if that's a word. Maybe I've been listening to the wrong stuff.
I also like Moonlight in Vermont by Johnny Smith.

[davegambale]

hi, thanks for interesting in our opinion, this is my short list:
joe pass - virtuoso
steve kahn - the green field
mike stern - who let te cats out
wes montgomery - the incredible jazz guitar
bireli lagrene - blue eyes

[musakfan]

Grant Green - The Latin Bit
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue
Wes Montgomery - Impressions: The Verve Jazz Sides
Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, John Mclaughlin - Friday Night in San Francisco
Paco De Lucia, Al Di Meola, John Mclaughlin - Passion, Grace and Fire

There are a lot of great compilation albums, one of my favourites is this one:
Various - Come Together - Guitar Tribute to the Beatles

Other artists likely to have albums in the top 100:
Barney Kessel
Django Reinhardt
Stanley Jordan
Birelli Lagrene
Romane
Stochelo Rosenberg
George Benson
Earl Klugh

How is the list coming along?

[gg-fan]

Kenny Burrell: Moon and Sand
Giorgio Crobu: Abarossa
Grant Green: Nigeria
Bireli Lagrène & Sylvain Luc: Summertime
Ferenc Snétbeger: Nomad

[Anatoliy F]

Jim Hall&Pat Metheny 1999
John Abercrombie Third Quartet 2007

[SinnedStone]

CASINO LIGHTS!!
Live at montreux!!

[runnerlk]

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]

Bireli Lagrene- Live In Marciac

[TODAL]

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"

[rogerl]

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

[santos_sanabria]

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

[ussr]

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

[Michael Keller]

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]

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

[Dirk]

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

TOP 100 Jazz Guitar Albums | TOP 10 Jazz Guitarists


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[Brad]

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.

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[sammy7]

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