Singing jazz guitarists

[omphalopsychos]

You already mentioned him but he definitely deserves a YouTube clip on this thread. Vilray is so great.

[guitouttaheah]

Bireli sings too.

[EarlBrother]

is the Henricksen jazz 10 good for singing and playing or should i get 2 seperate set ups.The gigs that starting to line up are indoor/out door wineries and dining establishments.The TOOB is a curiousity.Any gear recommendations $1,000.or under?Some have heard me foolin around with singing and they prefer it over just guitar music.

[sgosnell]

Ed Laub, who played in a duo with Bucky Pizzarelli for a long time, also sings.

[wintermoon]

Slim Gaillard

[MarkRhodes]

Another bit of Slim Gaillard---here playing piano first and then guitar. Quite the showman!

[John A.]

Tiny Grimes

John

[rpjazzguitar]

Serious composer/singer/jazz guitarist:

Toninho Horta
Chico Pinheiro

Dori Caymmi: Great player/composer/singer, innovative and harmonically brilliant, but I haven't heard him solo.
Guinga: Not a jazz player, but harmonically brilliant and an astonishing player. Sings too.

Howard Alden (sang a couple of standards last time I saw him, but more as a novelty, I think).

[christianm77]

Kirt Rosenwinkel

[ronjazz]

is the Henricksen jazz 10 good for singing and playing or should i get 2 seperate set ups.The gigs that starting to line up are indoor/out door wineries and dining establishments.The TOOB is a curiousity.Any gear recommendations $1,000.or under?Some have heard me foolin around with singing and they prefer it over just guitar music.

Bose Compact; you'll need a little processing for vocals and guitar, no effects on Bose, but it's perfect for your gig descriptions, sounds great, small footprint. I've been doing guitar-vocal gigs with Bose L! stuff for 15 years, don't even own a conventional guitar amp any more.

[Matt Milton]

Fred Sokolow.

I'm new to learning jazz on the guitar and I took advantage of a special offer on the guitarvideos.com website to buy downloads of all Fred's jazz guitar instructional DVDs. I would enjoy hearing him sing and play these tunes even if there wasn't a very good lesson attached!

He's maybe not the most accomplished of singers but he has a really honest, conversational no-nonsense voice and his guitar tone and playing is really charming.

His 'Building a Jazz Chord Solo' book is really good too, the most approachable beginner's guide to chord melody playing I've yet found.

[RJVB]

Miché Fambro has long been one of my favorite guitarists (in addition to being a wonderful singer).

I noticed him yesterday, of all places in a sort of promo video for Kodak Vision3 5213 stock.
He doesn't have much of a role, so I actually mostly noticed his instrument and then how he held it.
He's maybe the 3rd or 4th player I now know of who is clearly a 100% self-taught "lefty" who just flipped a regular guitar without even inverting the strings (like he now does on his lefty instruments).

I'm already impressed by anyone who can sing and play at the same time, without the additional challenge of playing melody with the sole thumb and using multiple fingers for the bass ...

[equenda]

Hi!
My dear friend Gigi Cifarelli is one of the most respected Jazz guitar player in Italy.
His career started more than 40 years ago and he has played with many Jazz greats in Italy and Europe.
To me is a real genius with immense musicality and amazing technique. The influence of George Benson and Wes Montgomery are evident but Gigi can play also in a very personal way.
He's a great singer too, check his version of "A FOGGY DAY" at 45:30 in this video:

Ettore

[paulkogut]

Frank D'Rone!

[Little Jay]

No mention of John Pizzarelli yet?

John Pizzarelli Trio “Stage & Screen” - Millennium Stage (June 22, 2023) - YouTube

[AndyV]