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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 .
Attila Zoller. Categories: Free jazz musicians by instrument. Jazz guitarists by genre.
Steven Halpern – Grammy -nominated recording artist and proponent of music therapy [ 1] Paul Hardcastle – composer, synthesizer player, guitarist. Michael Allen Harrison – composer, pianist, songwriter. Fiona Joy Hawkins – pianist. Michael Hedges – composer, guitarist. Scott Helland – composer, guitarist. Barbara Higbie – pianist ...
Jazz guitarists are guitarists who play jazz using an approach to chords, melodies, and improvised solo lines which is called jazz guitar playing. The guitar has fulfilled the roles of accompanist ( rhythm guitar) and soloist in small and large ensembles and also as an unaccompanied solo instrument. Until the 1930s, jazz bands used banjo ...
John Mayall in 1970. John Mayall was an English blues rock musician. Originally from Macclesfield, he began his career in 1963 when he moved to London and formed John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. The band's original lineup included Mayall on vocals, keyboards and harmonica, guitarist Bernie Watson, bassist John McVie and drummer Peter Ward.
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]
Los Angeles, California (1996–2007) Windham Hill Records was an independent record label that specialized in instrumental acoustic music. It was founded by guitarist William Ackerman and Anne Robinson (née McGilvray) [ 2] in 1976 and was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. The label was purchased by BMG through a series of buyouts from 1992 ...
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 ...