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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 fusion. For an article giving a short history, see jazz guitarists .
Thompson was awarded the Orville H. Gibson Award for best acoustic guitar player in 1997. [6] [48] In 1992, he performed with David Byrne. Their joint acoustic concert at St. Ann & The Holy Trinity in Brooklyn Heights, New York on 24 March, produced the album An Acoustic Evening, which was released the same year. [49]
Craig Clinton Chaquico (or Chaquiço, / tʃ ə ˈ k iː s oʊ / chə-KEE-soh; born September 26, 1954 [1]) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and composer.From 1974 to 1990 he was lead guitarist for the rock bands Jefferson Starship and Starship.
Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 15 April 2017) [ 1] was a British jazz fusion and progressive rock guitarist, violinist and composer. He contributed to numerous bands, including Soft Machine, U.K., The Tony Williams Lifetime, Pierre Moerlen's Gong and Bruford, in addition to solo work.
Jesse Arnaud Cook is a Canadian guitarist. He is a Juno Award winner, Acoustic Guitar Player's Choice Award silver winner in the Flamenco Category, and a three-time winner of the Canadian Smooth Jazz award for Guitarist of the Year. He has recorded on the EMI, E1 Music and Narada labels and has sold over 1.5 million records worldwide. [ 1][ 2][ 3]
Okeh. Bluebird. King. Bluesville. Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1899 [ 1][ 2] – June 16, 1970) was an American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter. He was a pioneer of jazz guitar and jazz violin and is recognized as the first to play an electrically amplified violin. [ 3][ 4]
Since the band's first album in 1977, he has played a 1975 Ibanez Artist, [29] featured on every album and almost every song, including "My Brown Guitar" (which appears on the band's last album, Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)). Joe Pass (1929 - 1994) notable jazz guitarist. Joe became an Ibanez endorser in 1980, and his signature JP20 model ...
Guitar 1954 Jazz fusion, post-bop Joe DeRenzo: Drums 1958 Jazz fusion, world music Yellowjackets. Al Di Meola: Guitar 1954 Jazz, jazz fusion, Latin jazz, world fusion Return to Forever, Stanley Clarke, Jan Hammer, Jean-Luc Ponty, John McLaughlin. As leader: Land of the Midnight Sun (1976), Elegant Gypsy (1977), Casino (1978), Splendido Hotel (1980)