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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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03-25-2021 07:26 PM
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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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- Lorne Lofsky
- Ed Bickert
- John Abercrombie
- René Thomas
- Romain Pilon
- Lage Lund
- Mike Moreno
- Kurt Rosewinkel
- Ben Monder
- 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-175Last 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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Originally Posted by 44lombard
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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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Originally Posted by wzpgsr
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Originally Posted by 44lombard
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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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Originally Posted by christianm77
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 RemlerLast 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 RaneyLast 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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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
[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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Originally Posted by AndyV
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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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Originally Posted by christianm77
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...
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