Wes Montgomery

Wes Montgomery

male, deceased (1968)
jazzguitarist, Crossover jazz guitarist, Contemporary jazz guitarist, Jazz-pop guitarist, Mainstream jazz guitarist, Hard-bop guitarist…Soul-jazz guitarist, jazz guitar
John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (6 March 1923 - 15 June 1968) was an African American jazz guitarist and the grandfather of actor Anthony Montgomery.
Pat Metheny

Pat Metheny

male, 55 years old
Contemporary jazz guitarist, Progressive jazz guitarist, Jazz fusion guitarist, Post-bop guitarist, Jazz fusion, fusion…jazzguitarist, Smooth jazz, jazz, guitarist
Patrick Bruce Metheny (born August 12, 1954 in Lee's Summit, Missouri) is an American jazz guitarist. He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and...
George Benson

George Benson

male, 66 years old
Smooth jazz guitarist, American singer-guitarist, Jehovah's Witnesses, From Pittsburgh, American, jazz…jazz singer, Smooth jazz, jazzguitarist
George Benson (b. March 22 1943, Pittsburgh) is an American musician, whose recording career began at the age of 21 as a jazz guitarist. He is...
John Scofield

John Scofield

male, 57 years old
Berklee College of Music alumni, Jazz fusion guitarist, Jazz-funk guitarist, Post-bop guitarist, from Wilton, Connecticut, Contemporary jazz musician…jazz, jazzguitarist, Jazz composer, Jazz fusion
John Scofield (born December 26 1951 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American jazz guitarist and composer, who played and eventually collaborated with Miles...
Joe Pass

Joe Pass

male, deceased (1994)
Bebop guitarist, virtuoso, counterpoint, jazz, American, jazzguitarist…guitarist, jazz musician
Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, January 13, 1929, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, died May 23, 1994, Los Angeles, California), was a jazz...
Jim Hall

Jim Hall

male, 78 years old
Post-bop guitarist, Cool jazz guitarist, musician, guitarist, jazzguitarist, jazz
James Stanley Hall (born December 4, 1930, Buffalo, New York) is an American jazz guitarist.
Bill Frisell

Bill Frisell

male, deceased (1951) (Hoboken, New Jersey, United States)
jazz, delay, William Richard "Bill" Frisell, reverberation, Octave effect, distortion…jazzguitarist, guitarist
The defining characteristic of any given jazz musician is frequently his sound. The more control a player has over the nature of that sound, the...
Charlie Christian

Charlie Christian

male, deceased (1942)
swing music, Swing guitarist, modern jazz, cool, swing, hot…Bebop guitarist, jazz, jazzguitarist, guitarist
Charlie Christian (Charles Henry Christian) (29 July 1916 - 2 March 1942) was an American swing and bebop jazz guitarist. Christian was an...
Les Paul

Les Paul

male, 94 years old
electric guitar, inventor, guitar maker, Hollywood Walk of Fame, from Waukesha, Wisconsin, Wisconsin musician…jazz guitar, jazzguitarist
Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss on June 9 1915) is an American jazz guitarist and inventor. He is one of the most important figures in the...