View Poll Results: Favourite Guitarist
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John Scofield
132 10.57% -
Bill Frisell
92 7.37% -
Django Reinhardt
156 12.49% -
Wes Montgomery
349 27.94% -
Jim Hall
169 13.53% -
Joe Pass
278 22.26% -
Pat Metheny
161 12.89% -
Kurt Rosenwinkel
80 6.41% -
John Mclaughlin
66 5.28% -
John Abercrombie
29 2.32% -
Lee Ritenour
26 2.08% -
Pat Martino
106 8.49% -
Tal Farlow
64 5.12% -
Barney Kessel
94 7.53% -
Allan Holdsworth
61 4.88% -
George Benson
148 11.85% -
Grant Green
124 9.93% -
Jimmy Raney
51 4.08% -
Charlie Christian
77 6.16% -
Kenny Burrell
164 13.13%
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Now here's one of the most brilliant and well rounded and versatile Guitarists on this entire list.
And one of the best. As many of you know , playing fancy single lines even over 'difficult ' changes requires skills to make it sound good - and if you don't have the chops or 'time' it won't work no matter what anyway.
But making Solo Guitar Arrangements sound really great is exponentially more rare ..
And to my ears the above sounds great - and only twenty or fewer Guitarists ( maybe 50 ?at most ) could in History could Play it nearly as well....
AND it's musical and sounds great not just Technical .
So Jon Kriesberg - in addition to everything else can play- great Solo Guitar - great guitar arranger too.
Rare skillset and Musical - not a trick ...should be on the list.
Along with Yamandu Costa ....Last edited by Robertkoa; 11-24-2019 at 07:15 AM.
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09-01-2019 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by snoskier63
I wish I had a right hand like Frank V
he kind of throws it at the strings and
it bounces back like a ball .... wonderful
great great playing by all
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Yes Jonathan Kreisberg is my favourite so unfortunately I cannot vote. Glad to see him mentioned by some others.
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Wes & Kenny; 1 & 1A.
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I would appreciate to expand the list. There's none of the the young players, like Julian Lage.
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Joe Pass with Wes close behind
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Last week Julian Lage, the week before Grant Green, this week Bill Frisell, and so on
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MARTIN TAYLOR! The most important, innovative, finger style jazz player in the history of jazz guitar. How could you not include him?
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Are my eyes deceiving me? Where is Herb Ellis?!
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Originally Posted by takefive
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
I remember as a kid seeing Herb Ellis on one of the talk show bands , recognizing him from Guitar Player Magazine coverage - and remember thinking I could not hear his chords cause he was mixed so low ..( Merv Griffin Show or Tonight Show ? ).
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I tend to usually pick the player with the most ideas! Obviously when soloing. I also really dig original tone like Frank Zappas tone! He was also a great ideas player being a composer! Technique/chops are just a means to an end. So I pick Wes because he always had great original ideas and a unique tone. Crazy that everybody says not only he couldn't read but didn't know much theory either! That I find hard to believe because his playing was definetly theory sound! I even read somewhere that he didn't know his chords but I know for a fact that isn't true! I have a live video where in between tunes he tells the piano played what chords/changes to use. Plus his brother played piano!
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Originally Posted by Gabriel
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I need to write in Rene Thomas.
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Originally Posted by Big Mac
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Metheny is favourite. A brilliant, allround player with a unique style, but above all: composer. Magnificant stuff that man made and is still making. Beautifull colaborations with other heroes of mine: hancock, brecker, pastorius.
Last edited by Marcel_A; 08-07-2020 at 12:20 PM.
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George van Eps, my favourite jazz guitarist, didn't make the list.
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Originally Posted by Matt Milton
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Tal is my #1 favorite. Barney Kessel and Grant Green are next and also Charlie Christian and Kenny Burrell.
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I'm surprised Charlie Christian is not top 5! I voted for Wes.
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Originally Posted by S F
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I'd have liked to vote for almost all of those players!
and write in Angelo Debarre!
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Originally Posted by jameslovestal
And as for "short career due to dying so young", I'd also mention Eddie Lang.
Also, why were players like Les Paul, Emily Remler, Herb Ellis, Gabor Szabo, etc. not on the list?
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Wes and Kenny 1&2. All is right with the world.
KA PAF info please
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