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The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery is an album by the American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery. Most of its tracks exemplify two of Montgomery's distinguishing techniques: "thumb picking" and the use of octaves. In 2017, the album was selected for the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically ...
Attila Zoller. Categories: Free jazz musicians by instrument. Jazz guitarists by genre.
Jazz guitar may refer to either a type of electric guitar or a guitar playing style in jazz, using electric amplification to increase the volume of acoustic guitars. In the early 1930s, jazz musicians sought to amplify their sound to be heard over loud big bands. When guitarists in big bands switched from acoustic to semi-acoustic guitar and ...
Guitar. Years active. 1940s–present. George Freeman (born April 10, 1927) is an American jazz guitarist and recording artist. He is known for his sophisticated technique, collaborations with high-profile performers, and notable presence in the jazz scene of Chicago, Illinois. [1] He is the younger brother of tenor saxophonist Von Freeman and ...
Musician, composer. Instrument (s) Guitar. Years active. 1976–present. Website. www .grantgeissman .com. Grant Geissman (born April 13, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist and Emmy -nominated composer. He has recorded extensively for several labels since 1976 and played guitar on the theme for Monk and other TV series.
Mary Osborne (July 17, 1921 – March 4, 1992) was an American jazz guitarist. She began performing at a young age and was featured on a radio program in North Dakota, where she grew up. In New York City during the 1940s, she played with jazz musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, and Thelonious Monk.
Musician, singer, songwriter. Instrument. Guitar. Years active. 1992–2014. Labels. Island. Robert Laurence Albert Simpson, known professionally as Ronny Jordan (29 November 1962 – 13 January 2014) was a British guitarist and part of the acid jazz movement at the end of the twentieth century. [ 1][ 2] Jordan described his music as "urban ...
Free jazz musicians make use of free improvisation to alter, extend, or break down jazz convention, often by discarding fixed chord changes, tempos, melodies, or phrases. Ornette Coleman was an early and noted advocate of this style. 1950s -> Gypsy jazz: A style of jazz music often said to have been started by guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt ...