Jimmy Raney

Jimmy Raney

male, deceased (1995)
guitarist, Bebop guitarist, bebop, Cooljazzguitarist, jazz guitar, Kentucky musician…jazz, mainstream jazz, Mainstream jazz guitarist, Hard-bop guitarist, cool jazz
Jimmy Raney (20 August 1927-10 May 1995) was an American jazz guitarist born in Louisville, Kentucky most notable for his work from 1951-1952 and...
Johnny Smith

Johnny Smith

male, 87 years old
Cooljazzguitarist, mainstream jazz, Mainstream jazz guitarist, cool jazz, From Birmingham, Alabama, American…jazz, jazz guitarist
Johnny Smith, (born John Henry Smith, Jr. on June 25, 1922 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American cool jazz and mainstream jazz guitarist, although...
Tal Farlow

Tal Farlow

male, deceased (1998)
Bebop guitarist, Cooljazzguitarist, Mainstream jazz guitarist, Gibson Guitar Corporation, Verve Records, Concord Records…guitarist, jazz guitarist, jazz
Talmage Holt Farlow, better known as Tal Farlow, was a jazz guitarist and sign painter born in Greensboro, North Carolina. TALMAGE HOLT FARLOW’s ha...
Kenny Burrell

Kenny Burrell

male, 78 years old
Bebop guitarist, Cooljazzguitarist, Mainstream jazz guitarist, Hard-bop guitarist, Soul-jazz guitarist, Kenneth Earl Burrell…jazz, jazz guitarist, guitarist, jazz musician
Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American jazz guitarist. His playing is founded in bebop and blues but works...
Barney Kessel

Barney Kessel

male, deceased (2004)
West Coast jazz guitarist, Cooljazzguitarist, The Wrecking Crew member, Brain tumour death, Bebop guitarist, music arranger…jazz, jazz guitarist
Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 - May 6, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA. He began his career as a teenager...
Jim Hall

Jim Hall

male, 78 years old
Post-bop guitarist, Cooljazzguitarist, musician, guitarist, jazz guitarist, jazz
James Stanley Hall (born December 4, 1930, Buffalo, New York) is an American jazz guitarist.
Herb Ellis

Herb Ellis

male, 88 years old
West Coast jazz guitarist, Bebop guitarist, Cooljazzguitarist, Mainstream jazz guitarist, Swing guitarist, the Great Guitars…Jazz at the Philharmonic, jazz, jazz guitarist, guitarist
Mitchell Herbert (Herb) Ellis (born August 4, 1921) is an American jazz guitarist. He became prominent after performing with the Oscar Peterson...
Billy Bauer

Billy Bauer

male, deceased (2005)
Cooljazzguitarist, cool jazz, avant-garde, jazz, American, bebop…jazz guitarist, guitarist
Billy Bauer (1915-2005) was an American cool jazz guitarist. Bauer established himself early on in the New York jazz scene. He played with the...

Russ Freeman

male
Jazz-pop guitarist, James Russell Freeman, Contemporary jazz guitarist, Cooljazzguitarist, Jazz fusion guitarist, Smooth jazz guitarist…Smooth jazz, jazz guitarist, guitarist
James Russell Freeman is a jazz guitarist of multiple genres, composer and bandleader born in Galveston, Texas on February 11, 1960. He studied for...
Chuck Wayne

Chuck Wayne

male, deceased (1997)
jazz guitarist, American, Joe Puma, Sarah Vaughn, Brew Moore, Cooljazzguitarist
Chuck Wayne was a jazz guitarist who came to prominence in the 1940s. He is best known for his work with Woody Herman's First Herd, and for being...