List of jazz guitarists
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The following is a list of notable jazz guitar players, including guitarists from related jazz genres such as Western Swing, latin jazz, and jazz-rock fusion. For an article giving a short history of the most influential guitarists, see the jazz guitarists article.
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- Elek Bacsik
- Derek Bailey
- Sheryl Bailey
- Danny Barker
- George Barnes
- Frode Barth
- Billy Bauer
- Billy Bean
- Jeff Beck
- Joe Beck
- George Benson
- Peter Bernstein
- Gene Bertoncini
- Mads Berven
- Skeeter Best
- Ed Bickert
- Paul Bollenback
- Luiz Bonfá
- Terry Bradds
- Lenny Breau
- Zachary Breaux
- Bobby Broom
- Norman Brown
- Sam Brown
- Jimmy Bruno
- Jimmy Bryant
- Buckethead
- Hiram Bullock
- Billy Butler
- Jonathan Butler
- Teddy Bunn
- Kenny Burrell
- Charlie Byrd
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- Al Caiola
- Royce Campbell
- Jim Campilongo
- Steve Cardenas
- Larry Carlton
- Stian Carstensen
- Deirdre Cartwright
- Philip Catherine
- Franco Cerri
- Andrew Cheshire
- James Chirillo
- Charlie Christian
- Bruce Clarke
- Dave Cliff
- Nels Cline
- George Cole
- Joyce Cooling
- Cal Collins
- Bill Connors
- Robert Conti
- Larry Coryell
- Steve Cropper
- David Cullen
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- Barry Galbraith
- Eric Gale
- Frank Gambale
- Hank Garland
- Danny Gatton
- Nigel Gavin
- Grant Geissman
- Greg Ginn
- Egberto Gismonti
- Jamie Glaser
- Jeff Golub
- Mick Goodrick
- Pedro Javier González
- Jimmy Gourley
- Guthrie Govan
- Davy Graham
- Douglas B. Green
- Freddie Green
- Grant Green
- Ted Greene
- Sonny Greenwich
- Tiny Grimes
- Igor Grigoriev
- Marty Grosz
- Ivar Grydeland
- John Goodsall
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- Michael Gregory Jackson
- Paul Jackson Jr.
- Ron Jackson
- Bert Jansch
- Denny Jiosa
- Nils-Olav Johansen
- Lonnie Johnson
- Henry Johnson
- Wayne Johnson
- Randy Johnston
- Rodney Jones
- Ronny Jordan
- Stanley Jordan
- John Jorgenson
- Vic Juris
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- Alex Machacek
- Russell Malone
- Jack Marshall
- Eddie Martinez
- Pat Martino
- Hans Mathisen
- Dick McDonough
- John McLaughlin
- Coleman Mellett
- Pat Metheny
- Paul Meyers
- Fredrik Mikkelsen
- Chieli Minucci
- Roman Miroshnichenko
- Ben Monder
- Wes Montgomery
- Oscar Moore
- Joe Morris
- Tony Mottola
- Jim Mullen
- Tisziji Munoz
- Wolfgang Muthspiel
- Kim Myhr
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- Luis Salinas
- Sal Salvador
- Thomas Sankara
- Akio Sasajima
- Paulus Schäfer
- Philip Schjetlein
- Marzio Scholten
- John Scofield
- Bud Scott
- Spencer Seim
- Bola Sete
- Brian Setzer
- Agboola Shadare
- Elliott Sharp
- Sonny Sharrock
- Jon Sholle
- Ronnie Singer
- Kenneth Sivertsen
- David Aleksander Sjølie
- Alex Skolnick
- Johnny Smith
- Kenn Smith
- Terry Smith
- Pete Smyser
- Jay Soto
- Les Spann
- Melvin Sparks
- Tim Sparks
- Peter Sprague
- John Stein
- Joscho Stephan
- Leni Stern
- Mike Stern
- Chris Standring
- Håkon Storm-Mathisen
- Dave Stryker
- Håvard Stubø
- Thorgeir Stubø
- Monnette Sudler
- Andy Summers
- Nelson Symonds
- Gábor Szabó
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- Martin Taylor
- Tommy Tedesco
- Toots Thielemans
- René Thomas
- Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen
- Kåre Thomsen
- Ole Thomsen
- Wayman Tisdale
- Jukka Tolonen
- David Torn
- Gisle Torvik
- Ralph Towner
- John Tropea
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- James "Blood" Ulmer
- Phil Upchurch
- Stein Urheim
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See also
- Jazz guitar
- Category:Jazz guitarists by genre
Notes
- ↑ Rose, Joel (9 August 2010). "Joe Negri: From handyman to jazz guitarist". All Things Considered (NPR, National Public Radio). Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ↑
- Peterson, Jonathon (2002). "Tuning in thirds: A new approach to playing leads to a new kind of guitar". American Lutherie: The Quarterly Journal of the Guild of American Luthiers (8222 South Park Avenue, Tacoma WA 98408: USA.: The Guild of American Luthiers). Number 72 (Winter): 36–43. ISSN 1041-7176.
- Griewank, Andreas (1 January 2010), Tuning guitars and reading music in major thirds, Matheon preprints 695, Rosestr. 3a, 12524 Berlin, Germany: DFG research center "MATHEON, Mathematics for key technologies" Berlin, MSC-Classification 97M80 Arts. Music. Language. Architecture
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