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Having no phases would be a bad sign. Same here, except for me a phase takes 10 or more years :-)
Originally Posted by christianm77
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04-13-2021 09:28 AM
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In no particular order and with the caveat that there are hundreds of other great players I admire and have been influenced by:
- Jimmy Raney
- Allan Holdsworth
- Johnny Smith
- John Abercrombie
- Bill Frisell
- Jim Hall
- Ed Bickert
- Ben Monder
- Kazumi Wantanabe
- Nels Cline
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Hmmm. After some thought, my 10 favorites/most influential are probably the following in no particular order:
Grant Green
John McLaughlin
Kenny Burrell
George Benson
Django Reinhardt
Grant Geissman
John Scofield
Pat Metheny
Wes Montgomery
Larry Carlton
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Leaving out Wes is either i : a typo , or ii : you're like the guy that refuses to put Kind of Blue in a top 10 list of great Jazz albums because it's too obvious.... ? Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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I love Wes, but these are the players I've actively tried to steal the most from. Originally Posted by princeplanet
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I have to admit, this is also my criterion when rating my favorite rock/folk/blues guitarists. (I’m not good enough yet to imitate jazz guys.) Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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I didn't leave a list but someone who is in my top 10 - nay my top 5 - in terms of who I listen to the most and who has apparently not been mentioned in this thread before.
Ralph Towner.
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Charlie Christian
Jimmy Raney
Wes Montgomery
Kenny Burrell
Barney Kessel
Rene Thomas
I can't even think of more than 6 that are the top for me.
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Bireli Lagrene
Kenny Burrell
Wes
Tal Farlow
Jimmy Raney
Peter Bernstein
Graham Dechter
Ted Ludwig
Jim Mullen
Alessio MenconiLast edited by Simon1234; 11-25-2021 at 08:06 AM.
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These are the 10 jazz guitarist I listen to the most:
Tal Farlow
Wes Montgomery
Jimmy Raney
Barney Kessell
Grant Green
Joe Pass
Bireli Lagrene
Philip Catherine
Doug Raney
Rene Thomas
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Jim Hall
Wes
Toninho Horta
Joe Beck
Romero Lubambo
Joe Pass
Chico Pinheiro
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Wes
Joe Pass
Kenny Burrell
Johnny Smith
Bireli Lagrene
Pat Martino
Herb Ellis
Barney Kessel
Larry Coryell
George Benson
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First tier:
Barney Kessel
Ray Crawford
Charlie Christian
Second tier:
Wes
Grant Green
That’s about it for jazz guitarists. Other instruments do so much more.
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Geissman survived three versions of your top 10. Interesting. Are you an LA guy? Originally Posted by BlueWolf
I don’t know much about Grant but attended one of his gigs in LA back in ‘80. He was enjoying his success with Chuck Mangione and of course the big hit “Feels So Good”.
He played the hell out of that repeating signature lick of his. A good tension device but I think he used it too much. A hell of a picker, he was.
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Geissman is also an expert on Mad Magazine & EC Comics, and edited some of the Mad anthologies. Even did a guide to those collectibles: Collectibly Mad: The Mad and Ec Collectibles Guide Originally Posted by Donplaysguitar
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Thanks for that list! I love Brazilian styles but haven't kept up with the latest players. Checked out Pinheiro on youtube and first one I saw was Invisible Lights which I found pleasant, some tight playing and all, but frankly got a little bored. But super glad I checked out more of him. Next one was BOCA DE SIRI and I was blown away by his playing & singing. (Surprised to find out he is 45, thought at first he was a kid in his 20s.) Loved Smile also. Very versatile dude. Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
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Saw Geissman a few times at Donte's in West Hollywood. One time I took a rocker friend of mine that had never been to a jazz club. We were both 20 or so. I explained that one major difference was the intimacy of such clubs. E.g. one can often talk to the musicians. We get there really early and get a table. Later on Geissman shows up and comes to our table; he brought his very beautiful girlfriend and asked if she could sit at our table. Of course we said "of course"! Grant joined us during the breaks. I enjoyed his playing but he did have some riffs that he liked to use often and he did. Originally Posted by Donplaysguitar
PS: Don, since you lived in So Cal around the same time I did: Did you ever catch Tal Farlow and Red Norvo at Donte's? (with Monty Budwick on bass). Because out of the 50 or so shows I saw at Donte's that was the most special one. Seeing them play Move and other songs they recorded during the 50s is something I'll never forget.Last edited by jameslovestal; 10-27-2021 at 02:37 PM.
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1/ Kenny Burrell
2/ George Benson
3/ Django Reinhardt
4/ Wes
5/ Grant G
6/ Eddie Lang
7/ Bucky P
8/ Mark Whitefield
9/ Russell Malone
10/ Keith Richards
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I am finally going to bite on this thread.
1. Joe Pass
2. Wes
3. Pat Martino
4. Johnny Smith
5. Kenny Burrell
6. Barney Kessel
7. Lenny Breau
8. Al Di Meola
9. Django
10. Johnny Gray
I guess these would be my influences and who I still listen to the most. If you granted me the ability to play like any one of them I think I would take Lenny Breau. He could smoke bebop and then play Chet and to me no else in jazz guitar history has quite covered his mastery of very different styles of playing. The odd man out not known to many is Johnny Gray. He was a friend of Bill Barker and played a Barker guitar was responsible for my father getting his Barker guitar that I still have. Bill Barker gave me all of Johnny Gray's recordings. We would listen to them in the shop. At the time as a young 19 year old Gray's technique of using the pick and fingers for a really complete guitar sound comping and soloing was cool to me.
Al Di Meola because I went through the period of trying to speed, speed, speed before realizing he was not any faster as such than others he just played different type of lines. I still enjoy listening to Al he has fire and spirit especially in his acoustic work. However it is obvious for the record Joe Pass wins on all the tickets for influence. I think because for me at least he was the most real player I knew. I met Joe a few times and my father knew him in his earliest days. Joe was very humble about his playing the sense that he never made you feel intimated. He was just another fellow who enjoyed the guitar and good food and regular stuff. When you keep up with Oscar Peterson you don't need to worry if you have made it in the guitar world.
Finally two players who influenced my playing but not on the list. My old friend and teacher Fred Rundquist and Bill Barker, fine guitarist who could play with anyone.
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Mark, you and I have 6 players that make both our top 10 lists and I have to day that Django and Al Di Meola were VERY hard for me to leave out and are surely in my top 15. No wonder we are both big fans of Gibson and D'Angelico archtops, eh? Originally Posted by deacon Mark
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No I was a starving student and didn’t stay in town very long. Sorry I missed him. Those were good times for jazz in LA. Glad you got to see him though. Originally Posted by jameslovestal
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Tonight there can only be one.
Pat Martino
Tomorrow maybe I can add the other 9.
RIP PM, one of my greatest inspirations.
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In the order that they come to mind (and probably in the order of how much I listen to each):
Jim Hall
Barney Kessel
Kenny Burrell
Peter Bernstein
Joe Pass
Herb Ellis
Wes Montgomery
Charlie Christian
Julian Lage
Tal Farlow
Grant Green
Sorry. I guess I broke the rules, since this is eleven. I don't really want to remove one though.
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Just to be a bit different. In no particular order;
Charlie Byrd
Gene Bertoncini
Baden Powell
Joe Pass
Jim Hall
Grant Green
Wes
Emily Remler
Mimi Fox
Barney Kessel
???
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Pasquale Grasso
Lenny Breau
Chuck Wayne
Charlie Christian
Oscar Moore
Kenny Burrell
Tal Farlow
George Barnes
Joe Pass
Jimmy Raney
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