This article is about jazz guitar performers. For the musical style, see jazz guitar. For the Ted Dunbar album, see Jazz Guitarist (album).
Jazz guitarists are guitarists who play jazz using an approach to chords, melodies, and improvised solo lines which is called jazz guitar playing. The guitar has fulfilled the roles of accompanist (rhythm guitar) and soloist in small and large ensembles and also as an unaccompanied solo instrument.
Until the 1930s, jazz bands used banjo because the banjo's metallic twang was easier to hear than the acoustic guitar when competing with trumpets, trombones, and drums. The banjo could be heard more easily, too, on wax cylinders in the early days of audio recording. The invention of the archtop increased the guitar's volume. In the hands of Eddie Lang it became a solo instrument for the first time. Following the lead of Lang, musicians traded their banjos for guitars, and by the 1930s the banjo hardly existed as a jazz instrument.
Charlie Christian was the first guitarist to explore the possibilities created by amplification. Although his career was brief, it was influential enough for critics to divide the history of jazz guitar into pre-Christian and post-Christian eras.
Jazzguitarists are guitarists who play jazz using an approach to chords, melodies, and improvised solo lines which is called jazz guitar playing. The...
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...
and guitarist Tamara Milashkina, 89, Russian opera singer 11 Annie Nightingale, 83, English radio disk jockey Sigi Schwab, 83, German jazzguitarist 12...
sections. Jazzguitarists are expected to have deep knowledge of harmony. Jazzguitarists use their knowledge of harmony and jazz theory to create jazz chord...
guitars. In the early 1930s, jazz musicians sought to amplify their sound to be heard over loud big bands. When guitarists in big bands switched from acoustic...
Gypsy jazz (also known as gypsy swing, jazz manouche or hot club-style jazz) is a musical idiom inspired by the Romani jazzguitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt...
The JazzGuitarist is an album by jazzguitarist Chuck Wayne which was released on the Savoy label in 1956. The album comprised two recording sessions...
Metheny (/məˈθiːni/ mə-THEE-nee; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazzguitarist and composer. He was the leader of the Pat Metheny Group (1977–2010)...
Jacobi Passalacqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazzguitarist. Pass is well known for his work stemming from numerous collaborations...
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1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazzguitarist. A former child prodigy...
Swiss jazz singer, 59 (cancer) January 26 Dean Brown, American jazz fusion guitarist and session musician, 68 (cancer) Michel Hausser, French jazz vibraphonist...
that: "Jazz as We Know It Is Dead". AllMusic states that "until around 1967, the worlds of jazz and rock were nearly completely separate". Guitarist Larry...
Healey (March 25, 1966 – March 2, 2008) was a Canadian blues, rock and jazzguitarist, singer and songwriter who attained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s...
Mike Stern (born January 10, 1953) is an American jazzguitarist. After playing with Blood, Sweat & Tears, he worked with drummer Billy Cobham, then with...
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars...
American jazzguitarist. Known in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was a member of many prominent jazz groups...
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