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Harv Inner circle I'm building a fence with 1127 Posts |
My son is a self taught (and very good) guitar player. He plays mainly classic rock and alternative rock but wants to expand his horizons and learn some jazz guitar. I don't know the name of one jazz guitar player. Who is your favourite jazz guitar player, and if you don't happen to have a favourite but can still provide the name of a few well known jazz guitar players that would be very helpful.
Thanks, Harv |
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
George Benson? Something Benson, had a hit with On Broadway many years ago but he is a very good jazz guitar player.
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MrHyde Special user 810 Posts |
Suggest that the work of Django Reinhardt is the most accessible introduction to jazz guitar.
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MickeyPainless Inner circle California 6065 Posts |
Al Dimeola (sp?)
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
My favorite is Tal Farlow. I really like Jim Hall. MrHyde is right in that you can't go wrong with Django--in fact, if your purpose is to buy a few CDs for instructional purposes, Django is a MUST BUY.
Pat Metheny is so incredibly popular that he tends to be overlooked on lists like these, but he can do it all from straight jazz to fusion. You just have to be careful, because he also did a couple of free jazz albums, which is...well...an acquired taste. More on the fusion side, I absolutely LOVE John Schofield. Still, Tal was the best. And don't every forget Joe Pass. Go buy a CD called "Virtuoso" and be amazed. |
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Doug Higley 1942 - 2022 7152 Posts |
Tony Motolla.
Higley's Giant Flea Pocket Zibit
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evolve629 Inner circle A stack of 3838 Posts |
Pat Metheny of the Pat Metheny Group is one my all time fave Jazz guitarists! Watch him at Pat Metheny Live in Switzerland -
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pvaVQZP6A_M
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in - Wayne Gretzky
My favorite part is putting the gaffs in the spectators hands...it gives you that warm fuzzy feeling inside! - Bob Kohler |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
Evolve, thanks for that clip. I had never watched it because I generally avoid "medleys", but it happens to have one of my two or three absolute favorite pieces of music: "September 15th: Dedicated to Bill Evans", which is on the As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls album, which is my single favorite musical album of all time.
My second favorite album by a "JAZZ" guitarist is Bill Frisell's The Willies--which I often give away as a gift. But both Pat and Bill (although Pat, as I said in an earlier post, can play straight up jazz up there with the greats) are musicians with an extremely eclectic range (which is why I love them both), and the music can only be called "jazz" because they are established "jazz" artists so everything they play is "jazz". If you want music that has all of the elements of what traditionally defines jazz, done by a master, just to get a taste of what jazz guitar can be, go to youtube and watch a bunch of Joe Pass videos. See, even my own answer of Tal Farlow was a bit biased in favor of bebob, so I take it back. Joe Pass. By the way, youtube is cool. It even has a clip of Eddie Lang. Maybe we should just make a list and the original poster can watch youtube videos until he finds something that fits his taste. Heres a partial, personal list of MUST LISTEN TO jazz guitarists: Eddie Lang Django Reinhart Charlie Christian Wes Montgomery Tal Farlow Joe Pass Jim Hall And then the modern dudes, like Dimeola and John Mclaughlin and Metheny and Schofield and those guys who have super chops but play what I would call fusion rather than jazz. But they are great musicians. Sorry for going on, but HEY, it's a difficult question. Not like asking about who the greatest banjo player of all time, for which there can only be ONE answer. There is the GOD of the banjo and a bunch of other very important players. Here's just one Joe Pass clip chosen at random: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QRiC1cbM4f8&feature=related Jeff |
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pepka Inner circle Uh, I'm the one on the right. 5041 Posts |
Check out a cat named Tino Gonzales. He leans more toward blues, but has wonderful improvisation chops. Also, as discussed in a similar thread about rock guitarists, check out Buckethead. He is a virtuoso, who plays rock, blues, jazz; this guy has it all; including a stupid KFC bucket on his head.
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
WHOA!
That Buckethead guy is...uh...cool and weird and can really play! WOW! And, like, he wears a bucket on his head. What more could anyone want? |
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kregg Inner circle 1950 Posts |
I'm not a huge fan of Jazz played on guitar as the featured instrument and I like fusion even less. Were I to choose, Wes Montgomery would be my all time favorite. His style was the epitome of kool.
POOF!
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Harv Inner circle I'm building a fence with 1127 Posts |
Thanks for all the responses!!! I've seen Buckethead on Youtube...the guy is unbelievable!! I'm passing on the list of names to my son. I really appreciate the input!
Harv |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
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On 2008-08-23 13:43, kregg wrote: Right. The horns, baby, the horns...that's what makes jazz. Which brings me to a serious and important point: If one wants to really expand one's horizons, one listens to OTHER instruments. That may be the best advice I've ever given here at the Café. Could we adapt it to magic somehow and post it elsewhere? |
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evolve629 Inner circle A stack of 3838 Posts |
Two of my all time faves of Pet Metheny are As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls and The Road To You.
Another jazz great guitarist is John McLaughlin. He's one of best and I believe Pat Metheny's music is greatly influenced by John; about a decade earlier than Pat. See John McLaughlin introduced by Johnny Carson - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Om6HDUKBbzE
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in - Wayne Gretzky
My favorite part is putting the gaffs in the spectators hands...it gives you that warm fuzzy feeling inside! - Bob Kohler |
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Douglas.M Elite user 465 Posts |
Here are my picks-
Larry Coryell: His early recording were more or less traditional jazz. In the Seventies, he experimented with Jazz Fusion. Try both! Albums: Twin House (w/ Philip Catherine, traditional acoustic jazz), Introducing the Eleventh House (electric fusion w/Alphonse Mouzon). Wes Montgomery: (mentioned already above) Wes didn't use a pick, he played with his thumb! A great improviser and an inspiration to George Benson. Albums: Small Group Sessions or Willow Weep for Me. Avoid the Creed Taylor stuff with the sappy strings...). Pat Martino: This guy was (is) a monster on the guitar. He had a brain hemorrhage and literally taught himself how to play all over again by listening to his own recordings. Albums: Desperado, Starbright/Joyous Lake, Impressions. Les Paul: Why not get some jazz from the guy who invented the electric guitar? Albums: Best of the Capitol Masters, Les Paul NOW, Chester & Lester (w/Chet Atkins). Danny Gatton: Not strictly jazz, but the guy was an acclaimed master of speed and killer technique. He played jazz, blues, rockabilly, (you name it). He made it look easy. He was also an inventor. Les Paul came to hear him play, and was so impressed that he gifted Danny one of his custom signature guitars. Albums: Crusin' Deuces, Unfinished Business, 88 Elmira Street, Redneck Jazz Explosion. Danny was from my neck of the woods here in the DC area. I used to see him play in local venues, often picking my jaw up off the floor afterwords. What a talent! Rest in Peace Danny. Emily Remler: (sigh) Another talent lost. Albums: East to Wes, Retrospective. Nice fluid improvisational jazz. Alan Holdsworth: Scary-fast "legato" finger tapping technique impressed even Eddie Van Halen (this guy can do with one hand what I do with two..). Not traditional jazz but rock/jazz "fusion". Albums: 16 Men of Tain, Road Games. Also try Believe it! (drummer Tony Williams album w/Alan on guitar). Enjoy! Douglas M. |
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Rimbaud Loyal user Saint Louis 291 Posts |
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On 2008-08-23 21:05, Douglas.M wrote: Great choice! I had been listening to Crusin Deuces pretty much non-stop for days when I heard the news that he had killed himself. The man could really play anything. (That's probably why his career faltered. The record companies never knew what to do with him.) I'd love to have been able to have seen him live. (Especially that "full bottle of beer" slide thing he used to do.) Another great player who is either a really jazzy blues guy or a really bluesy jazz guy is Ronnie Earl. Wonderful stuff. Especially "Language Of The Soul."
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"Saying 'Everyone is special' is just another way of saying 'No one is.'" --Dash from The Incredibles |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
Come on, dudes: Danny Gatton was one of the all time greats. Period. But if this thread is about jazz guitarists, well, lets make it about jazz guitarists. Danny could do it all--man, I loved the man and his playing--but he wasn't Joe Pass. He was great, but he wasn't jazz.
If we just want to talk about guitar geniuses, we can get all weepy about Michael Hedges again, like we did in this thread: http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......forum=32 Wait. Only I got weepy. Next post someone is gonna tell us to listen to Jimi Hendrix. Folks, I love em ALL! |
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Rimbaud Loyal user Saint Louis 291 Posts |
Okay, you're right--he wasn't strictly a jazz guy, so not quite on point.
How about Grant Green? Idle Moments was wonderful. And Charlie Christian? Another great lost way too soon.
http://www.DanLaddthehypnotist.com
"Saying 'Everyone is special' is just another way of saying 'No one is.'" --Dash from The Incredibles |
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foolsnobody Special user Buffalo, NY 843 Posts |
Jazz chord styles, progressions, inversions etc.: George Van Eps, Freddie Green.
Most exciting jazz CD with only guitar, no other instruments: "Friday Night in San Francisco" with Al Di Meola, John MacLaughlin, and Paco de Lucia. How about the winner of the Playboy Jazz poll year after year after year? Barney Kessell. Kenny Burrell. Jimmy Bruno. |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
"Friday Night in San Francisco" is a bit dangerous, however: it makes your jaw drop and want to give up the guitar because you know you're never going to reach that level of virtuosity.
It's another "must have" recording. I've got a funny Alan Holdsworth story, by the way. I went to a show here several years ago in a small club with tables. My wife and I went early and got a table right next to the one next to the stage--about six to eight feet away. I was THRILLED to get so close. So Alan and his band starts playing and some guy goes right up and STANDS right next to the stage--I mean his feet are actually right up against it--with his arms folded across his chest, staring right at Alan, who happens to be standing at the edge of the stage. (Remember, this is a very small club, so the stage is just a platform about six inches high and 10 feet by 10 feet.). I'm not exaggerating: this guy's face is less than three feet away from Alan's. And the guy just stands there staring. The people at the table in front of ours ask him to move, which he does for about two minutes and then returns. And there he remained. You've got to respect that kind of professionalism: Holdsworth had to play a concert with some creepy guy close enough to smell his beer breath just staring at his hands. But Holdsworth never missed a note. (And Holdsworth plays a LOT of notes.) Finally my wife convinced me to come back to the table and stop bugging Mr. Holdsworth. BaBOOM! OK, that last bit was a joke. The rest of the story was true. It was one of the strangest things I ever saw. (Of course, I've had drunks approach the stage when I'm playing, but they just want to sing along or something, so you invite them up for 20 seconds, they get their glory, and you usher them away. But this was something different.) Anyway, sorry for the digression. |
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