Looking for your Best Jazz Guitar Recommendations

satfrat · « **Reply #40 on:** 14 Dec 2010, 03:34 am »

Jay Soto: Long Time Coming (2005)

Impressive guitarist work

Long Playing SAMPLES

Cheers,
Robin

Exclusively heard on Hard Drive

Bill O'Connell · « **Reply #41 on:** 14 Dec 2010, 04:32 am »

Here is a 4 disc set that my brother in law bought me as a Christmas gift a few years back called 100 years of Jazz Guitar.

Well worth the $25 you can pick it up on Amazon.
Not every song will rock your world but still a nice compilation.

http://www.amazon.com/Progressions-100-Years-Jazz-Guitar/dp/B000AP2Z62

satfrat · « **Reply #42 on:** 14 Dec 2010, 04:47 am »

Jay Soto: Mesmerized (2009)

Smooth guitar jazz

long playing samples

Cheers,
Robin

Exclusively heard on Hard Drive

BrysTony · « **Reply #43 on:** 14 Dec 2010, 04:56 am »

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #44 on:** 16 Dec 2010, 07:47 am »

Diggin' through my Cd's...this was always top shelf....

Herb Ellis/Joe Pass - "Seven Come Eleven"

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #45 on:** 17 Dec 2010, 05:50 am »

Too good not to be mentioned....

Tal Farlow - "Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow"

Sonny Sharrock - "Ask the Ages"

blutto · « **Reply #46 on:** 24 Dec 2010, 05:12 am »

Quote from: lonewolfny42 on 11 Dec 2010, 08:38 am

Try this for funky jazz guitar....

"Boogaloo" Joe Jones.....

...Joe is a smokin' player and in a similar vein you could check out Billy Butler...

Cheers

blutto

irish 51 · « **Reply #47 on:** 26 Dec 2010, 04:22 pm »

I second Bags Meets Wes, Midnight Blue, Smokin' at The Half Note, Brazilian Soul, Idle Moments, and Tal Farlow. All terrific.

There are a bunch here I will check out like the ECM releases.

Nicely done recommendations...

giantsteps · « **Reply #48 on:** 2 Jan 2011, 12:16 am »

Frank

Hear Clifford Brown · « **Reply #49 on:** 2 Jan 2011, 01:14 am »

Many greats have already been mentioned. Here is a new player on the scene who is very good; you can tell by listening to him and also who he's playing with.

Graham Dechter.

http://www.grahamdechter.com/

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=34806

BobM · « **Reply #50 on:** 3 Jan 2011, 02:07 pm »

For recent releases I would suggest Lee Ritenour's "6 String Theory" for a wide variety of enjoyable styles and performers.

Wasatch · « **Reply #51 on:** 20 Jan 2011, 12:45 am »

Barney Kessel
Kenny Burrell
Jimmy Raney
Tal Farlow
Wes Montgomery
Grant Green
Joe Pass
Johnny Smith
Early George Benson

Leonidase · « **Reply #52 on:** 11 Mar 2011, 02:42 am »

Some fine, fine records listed here. Most of my favs have appeared. But here's an off-the-wall recommendation:

Tim Sparks, Mark Ribot and Bill Frisell. Wonderful playing.

Cheers.

lazydays · « **Reply #53 on:** 1 May 2011, 04:53 pm »

Quote from: mgalusha on 27 Oct 2010, 01:58 pm

Both of Ted's selections are superb. You also can't go wrong with Wes Montgomery.

I remember sneaking into the back door of the old White Front Bar & Grill out on 16th street to hear this new guy play his guitar! He was flat smoking!! His side man was just as good I might add here. The bouncer ran the two of us off (we were about twelve and fourteen years old). But we came often when we found out the bouncer couldn't catch us! He finally quit chasing us, and told us to stay in the back hallway out of sight.

Wes and Mel turned jazz upside down! That's about the simplist way to say it. Mel is still playing, and nobody out there does a B3 as well as he can. I see Mel a couple times a month here and there.
gary

lazydays · « **Reply #54 on:** 9 May 2011, 06:33 pm »

Quote from: lonewolfny42 on 28 Oct 2010, 01:28 am

From 1993....

Mick Goodrick - "Biorhythms"

From 1980....

Laurindo Almeida & Charlie Byrd - "Brazilian Soul"

From 2006...(who? )

Wolfgang Muthspiel - "Friendly Travelers"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwKgAQzATCU

I saw Wolfgang play a set at the International Bassist Convention with Marc Johnson! This guy has it all in spades!!! I'd also recommend the Wes Montgomery yellow album. This is the real Wes, and what the folks that knew him remember.
gary

lazydays · « **Reply #55 on:** 9 May 2011, 06:35 pm »

Quote from: ArthurDent on 28 Oct 2010, 04:55 pm

Of course it's going to depend on personal preference with regards to the style of jazz guitar you prefer, but have been listening to these guys since the 70's. They all have varying offerings from more classic jazz to rock-jazz fusion.

And Wes Montgomery is a given, and Pat Metheny is a winner as well, though I prefer his earlier work.

If you throw in Bass guitar, check out Eberhard Weber (another ECM artist).

how could anyone forget Timeless!!
gary

jackman · « **Reply #56 on:** 9 May 2011, 06:57 pm »

Quote from: Jazzman53 on 29 Oct 2010, 10:59 am

Idle Moments is one of my most listened to recordings and Grant Green, for this album alone, is one of my favorite Jazz guitarists. I don't care for any other Grant Green record and have sold every other one in my collection. Idle Moments (the RVG release) will be in my collection until I die or lose hearing.

Other suggestions/favorites of mine:

- Tal Farlow - he played with such sweetness, I was mesmerized from the first note. Freakishly large hands allowed him to do things impossible for most mortals.
- Joe Pass - Pass, IMO, is a true genius and my #1 Jazz guitar favorite of all time. He played impossible guitar pieces effortlessly, like his hands were guided by a higher force. A virtuoso in every sense of the word. See Virtuoso volumes 1-4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQfjm1m9MEI

jackman · « **Reply #57 on:** 9 May 2011, 07:09 pm »

Quote from: saisunil on 28 Oct 2010, 04:13 pm

Fireworks!

I was at this concert a million years ago and can still remember how amazing these three played. All acoustic set but the guitars were on fire by the end of the night. Steve Morse opened for them on acoustic and did a great job. I was a young man learning the guitar at that time and quickly realized I was witnessing a level of greatness few would ever attain! More fusion than Jazz but who cares. I'll never forget that show.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #58 on:** 9 May 2011, 08:13 pm »

Quote from: blutto on 24 Dec 2010, 05:12 am

...Joe is a smokin' player and in a similar vein you could check out Billy Butler...

Cheers

blutto

Oh man, Boogaloo is a cooker!

brother love · « **Reply #59 on:** 9 May 2011, 10:09 pm »

Quote from: mgalusha on 27 Oct 2010, 01:58 pm

Both of Ted's selections are superb. You also can't go wrong with Wes Montgomery.

At my local used cd store this afternoon, & came across a copy of this & scarfed it up (along w/ Sonny Rollins- Colossus). Sounds great. Thanks for the recommend mgalusha!.