Best Guitar Players Nobody Has Ever Heard Of?

[MattC]

I'd put George Muscatello in this category. Not recorded enough, but he's on several records by sax player Brian Patneaude. When I first came upon Mike Moreno a few years back, someone I know said, "Oh, he's just doing a Muscatello thing." I don't agree, but that gives you an idea of his vibe (sort of). Here's a Patneaude vid:

Interesting surprise for me to see this post. I know George from back in the 90s when I still lived in Albany. He is at least known around New York's Capital Region (Albany-Schenectady-Troy), but it's nice to see him getting a little recognition beyond that area.

As for the point of the thread, I could go on all day about great blues players no one has ever heard of but for jazz, I might mention a few kind of obscure guys who are all deceased: Arv Garrison, Billy Bauer and Tiny Grimes.

Matt

[PMB]

Chuck Wayne!! Never gets enough mention. Just passed away last year. In this video . . he starts playing at about 1:10 into it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=_z__M86oe58

Agreed, Patrick. Chuck Wayne (who died back in 1997 by the way) was one of the greats but that clip does him a disservice as the band isn't happening at all. A better example of his soloing abilities might be this one @ 0:38:

... and here's one of his finest arrangements:

[Androo]

Tim Lerch

[nick1994]

I find that there are a lot of great players that teach in universities and are well known in some parts but aren't really internationally recognised.

[fep]

Peter Sprague

The tune starts around 1:00 of this video (after that loopy bit at the beginning)

[Boston Joe]

Craig Wagner.

[Chazmo]

Thanks for all the great responses. I'm sure the guitarists we've all named would love to know people are thinking of them. Let's keep 'em coming! The video links really help.

Chaz

[Chazmo]

Oscar Moore solo comes in about 0:30:

[Chazmo]

Belgian guitarist Philip Catherine:

http://www.cobra.be/cm/cobra/videozo...ziek/1.1466752

Still alive and playing. I wrote him to see if we would get the chance to see him in the States, but his manager replied it would not be cost effective to make the trip. Too bad.

[pingu]

Jim Mullen

[nick1994]

I doubt many people here have heard of Australian jazz guitarists like James Muller, peter O'Mara, Albare. There are some great guitarists from Australia such as Frank Gambale, I'm sure we all know him.

[Eric Rowland]

What about the best guitar players that guitar players never heard of?

Egberto Gismonti, Bill Connors, Peter Leitch, Stan Samole, John Clark, John Basile, Tom Giacabetti, Joaquin Lievano, etc............