List of jazz guitarists

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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

## A

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* Eivind Aarset
* Rez Abbasi[1]
* John Abercrombie[2]
* William Ackerman
* Bernard Addison
* Ron Affif[3]
* Noël Akchoté
* Jan Akkerman
* Howard Alden[4]
* Johnny Alegre
* Oscar Alemán
* Laurindo Almeida
* Peter Almqvist
* Chuck Anderson
* Tuck Andress
* Ron Anthony
* Marc Antoine
* Bill DeArango
* Bruce Arnold
* Irving Ashby
* Dave Askren
* Badi Assad
* Gustavo Assis-Brasil
* Jay Azzolina

## B

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* 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
* Jean Marc Belkadi
* Kelvyn Bell
* Roni Ben-Hur
* George Benson
* Pierre Bensusan
* 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

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* 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
* Ray Crawford
* Henri Crolla
* Pierre Cullaz

## D

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* Rudolf Dašek
* Bill DeArango
* Angelo Debarre
* Alex De Grassi
* 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

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* Jon Eberson
* Lars Edegran
* Roddy Ellias
* Herb Ellis
* James Emery
* Tommy Emmanuel
* Okan Ersan
* Ron Escheté
* Christian Escoudé
* Gene Ess
* John Etheridge
* Kevin Eubanks

## F

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* 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

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* Al Gafa
* Slim Gaillard
* Barry Galbraith
* Eric Gale
* Frank Gambale
* Oliver Gannon
* Dick Garcia
* Mondine Garcia
* Hank Garland
* Arv Garrison
* Danny Gatton
* Grant Geissman
* Eddie Gibbs
* João Gilberto
* David Gilmore
* Egberto Gismonti
* George Golla
* Jeff Golub
* Mick Goodrick
* Jocelyn Gould
* 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

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* 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

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* Ike Isaacs
* Enver İzmaylov

## J

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

## K

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

## L

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* Fapy Lafertin
* Julian Lage
* Biréli Lagrène
* Nappy Lamare
* Eddie Lang[6]
* Jon Larsen
* Attila László
* Nguyên Lê
* Harry Leahey
* Phil Lee
* Adrian Legg
* Peter Leitch
* Adam Levy
* O'Donel Levy
* Vic Lewis
* Arto Lindsay
* Rudy Linka
* Jeff Linsky
* Ulysses Livingston
* Chuck Loeb
* Lorne Lofsky
* Lionel Loueke
* Mundell Lowe
* Romero Lubambo
* Sylvain Luc
* Nick Lucas
* Reggie Lucas
* Lawrence Lucie
* Lage Lund
* René Lussier
* Jo David Meyer Lysne

## M

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* 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 Muñoz
* Doug Munro
* Wolfgang Muthspiel

## N

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* Randy Napoleon
* Ken Navarro
* Joe Negri[7]
* Calvin Newborn
* Bern Nix
* Robert Normann
* Ray Norris

## O

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* Andreas Öberg
* Ray Obiedo
* Jordan Officer
* Steve Oliver
* Mary Osborne
* Wim Overgaauw

## P

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* 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
* Chris Poland
* Jimmy Ponder
* Kenny Poole
* Baden Powell
* Doc Powell
* Jeanfrançois Prins
* Joe Puma

## Q

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* Snoozer Quinn

## R

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* 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
* Tony Rice
* Lee Ritenour
* Howard Roberts
* Duke Robillard
* Phil Robson
* Steve Rochinski
* Adam Rogers
* Romane
* Jimmy Rosenberg
* Stochelo Rosenberg
* Kurt Rosenwinkel
* Issi Rozen
* Ray Russell
* Art Ryerson
* Terje Rypdal

## S

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* Michael Sagmeister
* Luis Salinas
* Sal Salvador
* Dennis Sandole
* Gray Sargent
* Akio Sasajima
* Paulus Schäfer
* Dorado Schmitt
* Tchavolo Schmitt
* Diknu Schneeberger
* Thornel Schwartz
* John Scofield
* Andrew Scott
* Bud Scott
* Bola Sete
* Brian Setzer
* Marvin Sewell
* Eldon Shamblin
* Elliott Sharp
* Sonny Sharrock
* Brad Shepik
* Jimmy Shirley
* Ronnie Singer
* Roy Smeck
* Jarek Śmietana
* Floyd Smith
* Johnny Smith
* Richard Smith
* Terry Smith
* Ferenc Snétberger
* Fabrizio Sotti
* Les Spann
* Melvin Sparks
* Russ Spiegel
* Peter Sprague
* Chris Standring
* John Stein
* Joscho Stephan
* Leni Stern
* Mike Stern
* Jimmy Stewart
* Louis Stewart
* John Stowell
* Dave Stryker
* Rory Stuart
* Monnette Sudler
* Andy Summers
* Nelson Symonds
* Gábor Szabó

## T

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* Martin Taylor
* Tommy Tedesco
* Sister Rosetta Tharpe
* René Thomas
* Ole Thomsen
* Roberto Tola
* Jukka Tolonen
* David Torn
* Ralph Towner
* David Tronzo
* John Tropea

## U

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* James Blood Ulmer
* Phil Upchurch

## V

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

## W

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

## Z

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* Attila Zoller

## See also

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* Jazz portal

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

## References

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1. ^ Yanow, Scott (2013). The Great Jazz Guitarists. San Francisco: Backbeat. p. 1\. ISBN 978-1-61713-023-6.
2. ^ Barth, Joe (2006). Voices in Jazz Guitar. Pacific, Missouri: Mel Bay. p. 1\. ISBN 0786676795.
3. ^ Kennedy, Gary (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p. 17\. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
4. ^ Enright, Ed (February 2009). "75 Great Guitarists". DownBeat. 76 (2). Elmhurst, Illinois: Maher: 27–43.
5. ^ Carlton, Jim (2009). Conversations with Great Jazz and Studio Guitarists. Pacific, Missouri: Bill's Music Shelf/Mel Bay. p. 5\. ISBN 978-078665123-8.
6. ^ Sallis, James, ed. (1996). The Guitar in Jazz. Lincoln, Nebraska: Univ. of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803242500.
7. ^ Rose, Joel (9 August 2010). "Joe Negri: From handyman to jazz guitarist". All Things Considered. NPR, National Public Radio. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
8. ^ Peterson, Jonathon (2002). "Tuning in thirds: A new approach to playing leads to a new kind of guitar". American Lutherie: The Quarterly Journal of the Guild of American Luthiers. Number 72 (Winter). Tacoma, WA: The Guild of American Luthiers: 36–43\. ISSN 1041-7176. Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
9. ^ Griewank, Andreas (1 January 2010), Tuning guitars and reading music in major thirds, Matheon preprints, vol. 695, Berlin: DFG research center "MATHEON, Mathematics for key technologies" Berlin, MSC-Classification 97M80 Arts. Music. Language. Architecture

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