Who's your favourite jazz blues player?

[Thumpalumpacus]

+1 on the Grant Green tip Tommo laid out.

[Stevebol]

[jim_alexander]

Thanks for the replies, I've been checking out these suggestions! I hope people will keep posting their favs!

Here is a guitar tutorial I came across, it kinda put me on this search. I know it's a very basic one, but I like the simplicity of it.

If this makes anyone think of something similar, I'd love to hear about it.

Thanks to all!


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[Jazzstdnt]

Burrell and Wes for sure. Lots of jazz/blues. Doesn't get any better. Coryell and Pat Martino too.


Not as much with Benson, but have you heard Giblet Gravy? Who else played/plays like that?

[Thumpalumpacus]

Another guy on the blues side of the ledger is T-Bone Walker. Subs, extensions, and alterations in the harmonies, and mostly a pentatonic blues approach to melody.

[gggomez]

Benson and MacDuff

Lee Morgan

Stanley Turrentine and his wife

Green and Forrest

Green and Hodges

[matt.guitarteacher]

[TOMMO]

You also may want to check out Richie Zellon's series of easy to play jazz blues heads on youtube. He is "jazzcapade" on this forum.

[fep]

Not sure if this fits, this is more a blues player with some jazz chops (as opposed to a bluesy jazz player).

[John A.]

Rick Holmstrom (mostly blues, but he plays changes rather than licks)
Slim and Slam (one of the acts that bridged the gap between jump blues and modern jazz)
Ronnie Earl (if you like Duke Robillard, you should like him)
Jay McShann (John Scofield's first recordings were with him)
Danny Gatton (he's a blend of pretty much everything you can imagine, but lots of jazz and blues)
Pee Wee Crayton (kind of sloppy, but fun)
Johnny Guitar Watson (early stuff, before he turned into a funk act)
Chris Cain (uses a lot of the same harmonic pallette as Robben Ford, but manages to sound completely different and sing way better)
Memphis Slim (especially the records with Matt Murphy)
Paul Butterfield (post-Bloomfield/Bishop, especially the stuff with horns and Buzzy Feiten)
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee (Brownie is like the Joe Pass of Delta blues)
James Blood Ulmer (he does some really deep blues stuff that has some of this free-funk-jazz aesthetic)

Probably goes without saying, but BB King, Larry Carlton, BB King

John

[marcwhy]

Check out Bob DeVos; great blend of bop/blues/groove, and a super-nice guy!

Bob DeVos

[Stevebol]

This might not be exactly what you're looking for but close. Fats was more of a blues guy with a touch of jazz. He was just amazing in regards to groove.

[destinytot]

I think it's better to listen to one recording a thousand times than to a thousand recordings only once.

A vocal version, followed by Benson's instrumental take. Benson puts a lot of Blues into everything, even with just one note - such as the one repeated at 1m53 in the second video below:

[J.T.]

The albums The Inside Story and Blues Connotation (which is a compilation of sides under the leadership of Jerry Granelli and Charlie Haden) are more jazz orientated.