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    Pat Metheny, Gilad Hekselman, Jonathan Kreisberg (the tone!), Julian Lage, plus a lot of the already mentioned older guys and of course, George Benson. Scott Henderson I often find very interesting and I really like what I have heard from Sandra Hempel.

    + another 2-3 who are out there but I haven't discovered yet.

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    ahh, lists.
    who can resist...

    i never ever get tired of these:

    1. grant green
    2. wim overgaauw
    3. eddie mcfadden
    4. doug raney
    5. sonny greenwich
    6. pat martino
    7. roland prince
    8. ted greene
    9. wes montgomery
    10. john webber

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    Wes Montgomery


    George Benson
    Pat Martino
    Barney Kessel
    Bireli Lagrene
    Charlie Christian
    Kenny Burrell
    Joe Pass
    Grant Green
    Django Reinhardt

    The space after Wes’ name was done on purpose because for me there is no one close to his greatness.

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    1. Lorne Lofsky
    2. Ed Bickert
    3. John Abercrombie
    4. René Thomas
    5. Romain Pilon
    6. Lage Lund
    7. Mike Moreno
    8. Kurt Rosewinkel
    9. Ben Monder
    10. Charles Altura

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    Not really a ranked top 10, but just some players I am into recently:

    Chris Whiteman

    Maybe best known around here for his solo guitar arrangements, Chris is a killin’ player all-around.



    Peter Farrell - dude taps his foot and makes it sound good. Suuuuuper locked-in.



    Bobby Broom - saw him live a couple of years ago. Performs with a ferocious and physical intensity. Pushes and pulls time with seemingly every phrase.



    Andy Brown - frequently live streams on YouTube with a vocalist and/or combo



    Doug Raney - no disrespect to Jimmy, but damn, his son was great, too.

    Cecil Alexander - just recently found this dude on YouTube. Lot of classic bop sounds here.



    Izzy Stradlin - Has a really expensive white ES-175
    Last edited by wzpgsr; 03-26-2021 at 09:42 AM.

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    Say what you will about lists, this thread showed me a couple of players I've been sleeping on--namely René Thomas. Also Royce Campbell.

    Also interesting to see the aversion to Kenny Burrell. He's like the Hank Jones of guitar to me--not a huge amount of personality, but I still hear him and say "I wish I could do that".





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    Quote Originally Posted by 44lombard
    Say what you will about lists, this thread showed me a couple of players I've been sleeping on--namely René Thomas. Also Royce Campbell.

    Also interesting to see the aversion to Kenny Burrell. He's like the Hank Jones of guitar to me--not a huge amount of personality, but I still hear him and say "I wish I could do that".




    10 guitarplayers is too short a list, there should be at least 20...without the aversion.:-)

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    p.s. some of my other favorites that are a little more under the radar, many of them in the 'soul jazz' category....

    Eddie McFadden [djg mentioned him, bravo]
    Wilbert Longmire
    Thornel Schwartz
    Melvin Sparks
    Ivan Boogaloo Joe Jones
    Ted Dunbar
    O'Donel Levy
    Bill Jennings
    Billy Butler
    Gene Edwards

    but still sure I'm leaving out a bunch more.......ah, lists....

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    Quote Originally Posted by wzpgsr
    #6 is not a jazz guitarist, though.
    But what is jazz? And what is guitar?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 44lombard
    Say what you will about lists, this thread showed me a couple of players I've been sleeping on--namely René Thomas. Also Royce Campbell.

    Also interesting to see the aversion to Kenny Burrell. He's like the Hank Jones of guitar to me--not a huge amount of personality, but I still hear him and say "I wish I could do that".




    I really like Kenny whenever I hear him, he's just not someone I've studied much.

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    OK some of these lists have an interesting vibe. OK then, all time I think the following have had the biggest impact. Mostly big names

    1) Charlie Christian
    2) Wes Montgomery
    3) Jimmy Raney
    4) Kurt Rosenwinkel (1998-2010)
    5) Lage Lund (I find his playing confusing & fascinating)
    6) Django (much as I hate to admit it)
    7) Allan Holdsworth somehow
    8) Grant Green
    9) Bill Frisell
    10) Peter Bernstein

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    Quote Originally Posted by christianm77
    OK some of these lists have an interesting vibe. OK then, all time I think the following have had the biggest impact. Mostly big names

    5) Lage Lund (I find his playing confusing & fascinating)
    Perfect description! I'll do my top 10 living and making music right now list (well aside from the still living and making music folks on my first list) Again, no real order...

    1. Lage Lund
    2. Matthew Stevens
    3. Rotem Sivan
    4. Dan Wilson
    5. Cecil Alexander
    6. Mike Moreno
    7. Peter Bernstein
    8. John Moulder
    9. Jakob Bro
    10. Nir Felder

    And Ed Cherry...and Martijn Van Iterson....and JVR...and Boulou Ferre...and...
    Last edited by mr. beaumont; 03-26-2021 at 10:40 AM.

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    In no particular order, except for #1:

    Joe Pass
    Django
    Kenny Burell
    Herb Ellis
    Grant Green
    Pat Martino
    George Benson
    Jimmy Rainey
    Tal Farlow
    Emily Remler
    Last edited by citizenk74; 03-26-2021 at 07:57 PM. Reason: Grant Green

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    hmm, can i come up with 10 living ones?

    1 .john webber
    2. rodney jones
    3. cecil alexander
    4. dan wilson
    5. tisziji munoz
    6. jesse van ruller
    7. pete bernstein
    8. vinnie corrao
    9. bireli lagrene
    10. isiah sharkey

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    Hank Garland
    Julian Lage
    Lenny Breau
    Wes Montgomery
    Charlie Christian
    Richard Harding
    Ollie Halsall
    Django Rheinhardt
    Scotty Anderson
    Pat Martino
    ...... but if you asked me in a couple of weeks, half of these names wouldn't be there, it's a constantly changing thing.

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    Sorry had to go to at least 20, so I went with a 2 x 10 list concept.
    List#1
    Jim Hall
    Grant Green
    Ed Bickert
    Wes Montgomery
    Peter Bernstein
    Kurt Rosenwinkel
    Lenny Breau
    Jesse Van Ruller
    Scott Henderson
    Django
    List#2
    Ed Cherry
    Lage Lund
    Rene Thomas
    John Scofield
    Johnny Smith
    Kenny Burrell
    Pat Metheny
    Allan Holdsworth
    Adam Rogers
    Doug Raney
    Last edited by Ronstuff; 03-26-2021 at 02:31 PM.

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    Django appears a lot less than I would have guessed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
    Perfect description! I'll do my top 10 living and making music right now list (well aside from the still living and making music folks on my first list) Again, no real order...

    8. John Moulder
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    Great list!
    [Fr. John Moulder was the priest who did my wedding in Chicago! He's such a great guy, and an amazing guitarist!]

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    I'll give it a try..jazz (ish?) only... if I included blues, rock, and country in this, it would be impossible.

    Charlie Christian
    Johnny Smith
    Kenny Burrell
    Jim Campilongo
    Duke Levine (not strictly jazz, but no one knows where to put him)
    Brian Setzer (again, not strictly jazz, but there's alot of jazz in his playing- especially with the big band... he is the one who actually got me interested in trying to PLAY jazz, actually... my gateway drug lol)

    ...and that's it. I could easily drop famous names like Pass & Montgomery, or even Moore since I listen to the Nat King Cole Trio... but in all honestly, I don't listen to them ENOUGH to call them "favorites". The above players, I do. I HAVE been listening to LAGE alot, but he's a new discovery for me, so, I didn't include him either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyV
    Django appears a lot less than I would have guessed.
    Django for me is like Yngwie... I love him, but in small doses.

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    Each selected guitarist should also contain the number of CDs that the typist has.

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    Django is like Yngwie? No.

    If I had to say he was like a shredder it would be Vai.

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    Django's dangerous. I listen sparingly. He's undoubtedly the easiest player to do a shitty impersonation of. I never want to be that guy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by christianm77
    Django is like Yngwie? No.

    If I had to say he was like a shredder it would be Vai.
    OK, six of one, half dozen of the other (wink)

    And I didn't mean to imply he was a "shredder" (altho he IS!), I just mean his stuff is very... heavy. Very fast, alot of notes, superb musicianship... and that's down 2 fingers. Maybe INTIMIDATING would be a good descriptor.

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    I gotta say about Django, to my ears his playing never sounded flashy for the sake of being flashy.

    Which is NOT something I can say about "Django style" players in general...