Favorite jazz guitarist

django reinhardt of course. he's only the most technical and talented guitarist of ever

 

john mclaughlin-philip catherine and django reinhardt (born in belgium)

 

John Scofield

 

Wes Montgomery
I like his album - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)

 

Gotta rattle off some of my faves


Al di Meola
Django Reindhardt
Wes Montgomery
George Benson
Charlie Chritian
Joe Pass

 

John Scofield

Bola Sete

Larry Coryell

 

And Charlie fuckin Hunter

 

"hello" Any real jazz enthusiasts here?...
when you think jazz guitar you think....Wes, christian, django, gale, jordan, benson, hall. and many more that I doubt will even resonate. Now if any body can come up with the first names of these artists then perhaps they know what classic jazz is.

 

What? Can you make it more legible, please? I didn't understand any of that.

 

Jazz is many things my friend, those you mention were all great jazz musicians in their time, and now it is time for new jazz musicians to come about. Classic Jazz is,was, and always will be great. But so is a lot of other jazz

Scofield, Pass, Sete, Charlie Hunter and Andreas Kapsalis, Leo Kottke, are some of the most unique, original and technical jazz guitarists i know

 

I'll be sure to check them out. Thanks.

 

i gots to take issue here. He is absolutely fuckin fantstic, but the most technical? That crown would surely have to go to someone along the lines of al di meola, or someone like that?

 

Martin Taylor.

 

Mike Stern is my favourite, guys

 

Bill Frisell is the most interesting improviser on the planet.

 

Another one would be Les Paul

 

Les Paul

 

Martin Taylor, Steve Vai, Buckethead, Joe Pass, Rusty Cooley, Shawn Lane, Joe Satriani, Jason Becker, John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert. They are technically better than Django Reinhardt.

 

Wes Montgomery.

 

I can't say that I have a favorite, but some of my top picks are:

Bill Frisell
Django Reinhardt
Joe Pass
Grant Green
John McLaughlin
Charlie Hunter
Wes Montgomery

My jazz guitar playing is generally more influenced by horn players.