List of jazz guitarists

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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.

A[]

B[]

  • Elek Bacsik
  • Derek Bailey
  • Sheryl Bailey
  • Duck Baker
  • Biel Ballester
  • Carlos Barbosa-Lima
  • Dave Barbour
  • Danny Barker
  • Everett Barksdale
  • Junior Barnard
  • George Barnes
  • Claude Barthélemy
  • Billy Bauer
  • Billy Bean
  • Gerry Beaudoin
  • Joe Beck
  • David Becker
  • Kelvyn Bell
  • Roni Ben-Hur
  • George Benson
  • Randy Bernsen
  • Peter Bernstein
  • Gene Bertoncini
  • Skeeter Best
  • Ed Bickert
  • Raoul Björkenheim
  • Lee Blair
  • Jack Bland
  • Marek Bliziński
  • Paul Bollenback
  • Luiz Bonfá
  • Perry Botkin Sr.
  • Jean-Paul Bourelly
  • Tim Bowman
  • Joshua Breakstone
  • Lenny Breau
  • Zachary Breaux
  • Jakob Bro
  • Bobby Broom
  • Norman Brown
  • Sam Brown
  • Jimmy Bruno
  • Mike Bryan
  • Dennis Budimir
  • Hiram Bullock
  • Teddy Bunn
  • Kenny Burrell
  • Billy Butler
  • Jonathan Butler
  • Charlie Byrd

C[]

  • Al Caiola[5]
  • Royce Campbell
  • Jim Campilongo
  • Steve Cardenas
  • John Carlini
  • Larry Carlton
  • Al Casey
  • Oscar Castro-Neves
  • Chet Catallo
  • Lauderic Caton
  • Philip Catherine
  • Franco Cerri
  • Eugene Chadbourne
  • Emmett Chapman
  • Roger Chaput
  • Ed Cherry
  • Jean Chaumont
  • Andrew Cheshire
  • Pete Chilver
  • James Chirillo
  • Charlie Christian
  • Joe Cinderella
  • Bruce Clarke
  • Dave Cliff
  • Nels Cline
  • Joe Cohn
  • George Cole
  • Cal Collins
  • John Collins
  • Eddie Condon
  • Bill Connors
  • Robert Conti
  • Joyce Cooling
  • Larry Coryell
  • Pete Cosey
  • Henri Crolla
  • Pierre Cullaz

D[]

  • Rudolf Dašek
  • Bill DeArango
  • Angelo Debarre
  • Frank Deniz
  • Bob DeVos
  • Al Di Meola
  • Joe Diorio
  • Diz Disley
  • Sacha Distel
  • Pat Donohue
  • Christy Doran
  • Pierre Dørge
  • Jim Douglas
  • Scott DuBois
  • Marc Ducret
  • Ted Dunbar
  • Cornell Dupree
  • Eddie Duran
  • Eddie Durham

E[]

F[]

  • Dan Faehnle
  • Dalia Faitelson
  • Nelson Faria
  • Tal Farlow
  • Buzz Feiten
  • Nir Felder
  • Jim Ferguson
  • Baro Ferret
  • Boulou Ferré
  • Matelo Ferret
  • Scott Fields
  • Carl Filipiak
  • Barry Finnerty
  • Jacob Fischer
  • David Fiuczynski
  • Chris Flory
  • Antonio Forcione
  • Robben Ford
  • Bruce Forman
  • Marc Fosset
  • Mimi Fox
  • George Freeman
  • Russ Freeman
  • Bill Frisell
  • Fred Frith

G[]

  • Al Gafa
  • Slim Gaillard
  • Barry Galbraith
  • Eric Gale
  • Frank Gambale
  • Oliver Gannon
  • Dick Garcia
  • Hank Garland
  • Arv Garrison
  • Danny Gatton
  • Grant Geissman
  • Eddie Gibbs
  • João Gilberto
  • David Gilmore
  • Egberto Gismonti
  • George Golla
  • Jeff Golub
  • Mick Goodrick
  • Jimmy Gourley
  • Gismo Graf
  • Jack Grassel
  • Freddie Green
  • Grant Green
  • Ted Greene
  • Sonny Greenwich
  • Michael Gregory
  • Tiny Grimes
  • Marty Grosz
  • George Guesnon
  • Rune Gustafsson
  • Fred Guy

H[]

  • Jerry Hahn
  • Jim Hall
  • René Hall
  • Mary Halvorson
  • Fareed Haque
  • Bill Harris
  • Jerome Harris
  • Leroy Harris Sr.
  • Joel Harrison
  • Ken Hatfield
  • Gilad Hekselman
  • Scott Henderson
  • Al Hendrickson
  • Steve Herberman
  • Jimmy Herring
  • Carl Hogan
  • Clarence Holiday
  • Allan Holdsworth
  • Toninho Horta
  • Diane Hubka
  • Brian Hughes
  • Charlie Hunter

I[]

J[]

  • Ron Jackson
  • Maceo Jefferson
  • Billy Jenkins
  • Bill Jennings
  • Henry Johnson
  • Lonnie Johnson
  • Wayne Johnson
  • Randy Johnston
  • Rodney Jones
  • Ronny Jordan
  • Stanley Jordan
  • Steve Jordan
  • John Jorgenson
  • Tyler Joseph
  • Vic Juris

K[]

  • Henry Kaiser
  • Ryo Kawasaki
  • Louis Keppard
  • Barney Kessel
  • Calvin Keys
  • Steve Khan
  • Earl Klugh
  • Ludwik Konopko
  • Wayne Krantz
  • Jonathan Kreisberg
  • Carl Kress
  • Uwe Kropinski
  • Aleksey Kuznetsov
  • Allen Kwela

L[]

M[]

  • Alex Machacek
  • Billy Mackel
  • Ivor Mairants
  • Russell Malone
  • Jack Marshall
  • Pat Martino
  • Steve Masakowski
  • Carmen Mastren
  • Rick Matle
  • Dick McDonough
  • Eddie McFadden
  • Dan McIntyre
  • John McLaughlin
  • Jimmy McLin
  • Richard McPartland
  • Coleman Mellett
  • Pat Metheny
  • Rale Micic
  • Chieli Minucci
  • Roman Miroshnichenko
  • Ben Monder
  • Wes Montgomery
  • Oscar Moore
  • Juarez Moreira
  • Mike Moreno
  • Joe Morris
  • Tony Mottola
  • Ronald Muldrow
  • Jim Mullen
  • Tisziji Munoz
  • Doug Munro
  • Wolfgang Muthspiel

N[]

O[]

P[]

  • Remo Palmier
  • Jeff Parker
  • John Parricelli
  • Joe Pass
  • Rosa Passos
  • Ralph Patt[8][9]
  • Les Paul
  • Oscar Peñas
  • Jack Petersen
  • Reynold Philipsek
  • Chico Pinheiro
  • John Pisano
  • Bill Pitman
  • Bucky Pizzarelli
  • John Pizzarelli
  • Jimmy Ponder
  • Kenny Poole
  • Baden Powell
  • Doc Powell
  • Jeanfrançois Prins
  • Joe Puma

Q[]

  • Snoozer Quinn

R[]

  • Adam Rafferty
  • Doug Raney
  • Jimmy Raney
  • Ernest Ranglin
  • Hans Reichel
  • Babik Reinhardt
  • Django Reinhardt
  • Joseph Reinhardt
  • Lousson Reinhardt
  • Nitcho Reinhardt
  • Emily Remler
  • Allan Reuss
  • Alvino Rey
  • Marc Ribot
  • Lee Ritenour
  • Howard Roberts
  • Duke Robillard
  • Phil Robson
  • Adam Rogers
  • Romane
  • Jimmy Rosenberg
  • Stochelo Rosenberg
  • Kurt Rosenwinkel
  • Issi Rozen
  • Ray Russell
  • Art Ryerson
  • Terje Rypdal

S[]

T[]

  • Martin Taylor
  • Tommy Tedesco
  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  • Toots Thielemans
  • René Thomas
  • Jukka Tolonen
  • David Torn
  • Roberto Tola
  • Ralph Towner
  • David Tronzo
  • John Tropea

U[]

  • James Blood Ulmer
  • Phil Upchurch

V[]

  • George Van Eps
  • Jesse van Ruller
  • Rick Vandivier
  • Frank Vignola
  • Al Viola
  • Harry Volpe

W[]

  • Ulf Wakenius
  • Mike Walker
  • Leonard Ware
  • Kazumi Watanabe
  • Chuck Wayne
  • Lloyd Wells
  • Peter White
  • Mark Whitfield
  • Jack Wilkins
  • Staffan William-Olsson
  • Anthony Wilson
  • Stephane Wrembel
  • Denny Wright
  • Jimmy Wyble

Z[]

  • Attila Zoller

See also[]

  • Jazz guitar
  • Category:Jazz guitarists by genre
  • Category:Jazz guitarists by nationality

References[]

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