Russell Malone, Smooth and Soulful Jazz Master
Russell Malone is jazz guitarist born 1963 in Albany, GA. He’s mostly a self-taught guitarist having been influenced by B.B. King as a kid but was heavily impacted musically at… Read more »
Category: Great Guitarists
Biréli Lagrène, a Jazz Guitar Powerhouse
Biréli Lagrène (born 4 September 1966) is a French jazz guitarist who came to prominence in the 1980s for his Django Reinhardt–influenced style. He often performs in jazz styles like… Read more »
Wes Montgomery, Jazz Guitar Legend and Master
Wes Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was one of the greatest jazz guitarist in American history. He is widely considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging… Read more »
Phil Keaggy, Divinely Inspired Guitar Virtuoso
One of my favorite guitarists that I learned about in the ealry 80’s was Phil Keaggy. Keaggy is an American acoustic (pick & fingerstylist) and electric guitaristist (blues/rock stylist) and… Read more »
John McLaughlin – Jazz-Rock Fusion Pioneer
When I first heard John McLaughlin, I was in my early teens learning to play guitar and listening to a number of the well known Rock bands like Led Zeppelin,… Read more »
Chuck Loeb, Crossover Jazz Guitar with Finesse
During the ’80’s and ’90’s when smooth jazz was popular and there was no shortage of Smooth Jazz radio stations, one artist really caught my ear, guitarist Chuck Loeb. What… Read more »
Lee Ritenour, Jazz-Rock-Funk Guitar Genius
Before the days of the internet, young musicians had to learn about other up-and-coming talent through other sources like music magazines, radio, concerts, vinyl record stores that played the newest… Read more »
Jimmy Rosenberg, Blazing Hot Acoustic Jazz Virtuoso
Guitarist, Jimmy Rosenberg has become one of my newest “favorite guitarists” which I had learned about from a Facebook post. I am completely flawed with this young virtuoso’s playing. Joseph… Read more »
Jan Akkerman, Multi-Genre Guitar Virtuoso
I first heard Jan Akkerman In the early 70’s on a cool & comical instrumental rock tune called “Hocus Pocus” performed by a Dutch band called Focus. At that time… Read more »
Brent Mason, Nashville Studio Guitarist / Virtuoso
I had a lot of guitar heroes since first picking up the guitar as a pre-teen. One of my most recent heroes is Nashville session guitarist, Brent Mason, who I’ve… Read more »