Your 5 favorite living jazz guitar players

**hans halmackenreuter** · 07-09-2013, 01:25 AM

Originally Posted by Jazzpunk

I dig all of Moreno's records but I keep coming back to "First in Mind". Something about the sound of that record really gets me.

Some of my favorite playing by Bernstein is actually as a sideman with Dr. Lonnie Smith and Melvin Rhyne. Might want to check those out if you dig the organ trio thing.

thank you for the input

I do dig the organ trio thing

**cubian** · 07-09-2013, 07:07 AM

I’ve gone for three permanent and two maybe changeable but 'listening to a lot lately..current favourite' guitarists

George Benson
Earl Klugh
Kenny Burrell (Sorry Bobby Broom)

Russell Malone
Bireli Lagrene

**jdaguitar2** · 07-09-2013, 07:30 AM

George Benson
Pat Martino
Lee Ritenour
Kenny Burrell
Earl Klugh

**marcwhy** · 07-09-2013, 07:41 AM

Narrowing it to 5 "favorites" is hard, so how about this: looking at my stack of "CDs in recent heavy rotation," I have:

Nate Radley
Steve Cardenas
Chris Crocco
Mike Moreno
Steve Khan

I have so many more "favorites," but I'll stick to the rules of the game.

**wizard3739** · 07-09-2013, 10:04 AM

Doug Raney
Jim Hall
Ron Eschete
Ed Bickert
Howard Alden

My list is also much longer

wiz

**docbop** · 07-09-2013, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by marcwhy

Narrowing it to 5 "favorites" is hard, so how about this: looking at my stack of "CDs in recent heavy rotation," I have:

Nate Radley
Steve Cardenas
Chris Crocco
Mike Moreno
Steve Khan

I have so many more "favorites," but I'll stick to the rules of the game.

Like the list especiallly the last three.

Khan is a great musician, but doesn't seems to get mentioned much.

**Eddie Lang** · 07-09-2013, 12:32 PM

No particular order

Kenny Burrell
Bucky Pizzarelli
Marty Grosz
Howard Alden
Chris Flory

The underrated and often forgotten John Pisano deserves to be in there too.

EDIT: Wow! Six names, only two are under 80 y/o, and they're both in their 50s...

**M-ster** · 07-09-2013, 12:40 PM

Pat Martino and George Benson are way up there, for me ...

**sigmund.fraud** · 07-10-2013, 02:39 AM

Originally Posted by hodge12

votes tallied thus far:

jim hall: 13
kurt rosendinkel: 8
Bernstein: 7
metheny: 6
Kenny burrell: 5
p martino; 5
scofield: 5
kreisberg: 4
g benson: 3
frisell: 2
Julian lage: 2
hekselman: 2

Haha..thanks...I was going to get around to this eventually, but you nominated yourself.

No real plans for this list, but I think it would be interesting to compare it to the Downbeat poll once the votes stop coming in.

**P.J.** · 07-10-2013, 09:32 AM

Ed Bickert
Bill Frisell
John Abercrombie
Jimmy Raney
Ben Monder

PJ

**ESCC** · 07-10-2013, 10:45 AM

My Wednesday List of Five Favs:
George Benson
Kenny Burrell
Norman Brown
Lage Lund
Chuck Loeb

**jseaberry** · 07-10-2013, 11:07 AM

OK, I'm adding Mimi Fox to my list and taking someone out so its still 5, but I'm not saying who because I'm in a petulant, childish mood right now. Nyah.

**wolflen** · 07-10-2013, 12:17 PM

larry carlton
john McLaughlin
joe dioreo
chuck loeb
scofield

**jseaberry** · 07-10-2013, 12:39 PM

Aw hell, now I wanna add Joe Diorio...this is too hard.

**Jazzino** · 07-10-2013, 01:01 PM

1) John Scofield
2) Jimmi Bruno
3) Jim Hall
4) Bireli Lagrene
5) Stochelo Rosenberg
.......................... at least at this time

**AlanGM** · 07-10-2013, 02:35 PM

Lage Lund
Jonathan Kreisberg
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Julian Lage
Tim Miller
Mike Stern!

**P.J.** · 07-10-2013, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by docbop

Like the list especiallly the last three.

Khan is a great musician, but doesn't seems to get mentioned much.

Steve is wonderful. Loved his stuff w/ Dennis Chambers and Anthony Jackson.

PJ

**AndyV** · 07-10-2013, 07:57 PM

Julian Lage
David Lindley
Jim Hall
Amos Garrett
Russ Barenberg

**docbop** · 07-10-2013, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by AndyV

Julian Lage
David Lindley
Jim Hall
Amos Garrett
Russ Barenberg

David Lindley
Amos Garrett
Russ Barenberg

Great guitarists, but not names I would expect to see popup on a Jazz site.

**AndyV** · 07-10-2013, 08:38 PM

Ah, well, you're right of course. Too long a day. Okay, Jazzers only .... so make that ....

Julian Lage
Jim Hall
Ed Bickert
Martin Taylor
Mimi Fox

**Eddie Lang** · 07-10-2013, 08:46 PM

Well, Amos, who lives near me, can and does play in many genres, including jazz.

**sigmund.fraud** · 07-10-2013, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by P.J.

Ed Bickert
Bill Frisell
John Abercrombie
Jimmy Raney
Ben Monder

PJ

Did you mean Doug Raney or are you trying to cheat?

**sigmund.fraud** · 07-10-2013, 10:10 PM

Thanks for all the responses. This has been interesting to me. Keep 'em coming! I appreciate them all, but my "liking" finger is getting tired, so please accept my invisible likes from now on!

**srlank** · 07-11-2013, 01:46 AM

This is just today. I'm sure it changes tommorrow.

Not in any particular order:

Peter Bernstien
Rez Abbasi
Sylvain Luc
Jostein Gulbrandsen
Gilad Hekselman
Scofield

**kris** · 07-11-2013, 04:36 AM

As a musician,composer/a lot CD's with orginal music/,jazz guitar player with orginal style and sound nr 1 is John Scofield.
and I love all others jazz guitarist too..:-)