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  • MikeKMikeK Asheville, NCNew Altamira M-10, Epiphone Zephyr Regent
    Posts: 414
    https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/110480#Comment_110480

    Nice, Phil. Or, in the words of Angela on the show "The Office", "Jazz is stupid. Why dont they just play the right notes?!"

    vanmalmsteenbillyshakesBuco
  • Lango-DjangoLango-Django Niagara-On-The-Lake, ONModerator
    Posts: 1,875

    The legends…

    Lang the Father, Django the Son, and Oscar the Holy Ghost

    The contemporary players..

    Howard Alden, Frank Vignola, Amos Garrett

    MikeKBonesWillieChrisMartin
    Paul Cezanne: "I could paint for a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing."

    Edgar Degas: "Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.... To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."

    Georges Braque: "In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that can’t be explained."
  • PhilPhil Portland, ORModerator Anastasio
    edited March 2022 Posts: 783

    Gilad Hekselman

    John Abercrombie

    Jonathan Kreisberg

    MikeKSwedeinLA
  • billyshakesbillyshakes NoVA✭✭✭ Park Avance - Dupont Nomade - Dupont DM-50E
    Posts: 1,419

    I'm surprised no one mentioned:

    David St. Hubbins

    Derek Smalls

    and of course, Emmet Ray

    MikeKBuco
  • SwedeinLASwedeinLA New
    Posts: 42

    Wow. That's a tough one. Out of the more modern guys I'll go Julian Lage ( probably the best pure improviser I've ever seen live, on any instrument. Antoine Boyer, Kurt rosenwinkel, Mike Moreno. My favorites earlier in life used to be Doug Raney, Bruce Forman. A very special shout-out to Holdsworth. Which yet is decades away from being duplicated.

    MikeKWillie
  • StringswingerStringswinger Santa Cruz and San Francisco, CA✭✭✭✭ 1993 Dupont MD-20, Shelley Park Encore
    Posts: 465

    Wes, Joe and Kenny. In that order. In fact, you can throw Gypsy jazz guitarists, rock guitarists and even classical guitarists in the mix and those three would still be my favorites.Bireli and Jimi would be 4 and 5.

    MikeKbillyshakesWilliebbwood_98Bones
    "When the chord changes, you should change" Joe Pass
  • MaFrMaFr AustriaNew G. Mateos Jazz B
    Posts: 4

    Julian Lage

    Andy Brown

    Joe Pass

    MikeK
  • MarkAMarkA Vermont✭✭✭ Holo Epiphany, Gibson L-5, Recording King M-4
    Posts: 108

    Freddie Green

    Dave Stryker

    Marty Grosz

    bbwood_98Lango-DjangoMikeK
  • BebopTomBebopTom New
    Posts: 1

    Wes Montgomery (by far)

    George Benson

    third place alternates between Barney Kessel, Pat Martino, Bireli, Joe Pass and Grant Green

    BillDaCostaWilliamsMikeKvanmalmsteenMichaelHorowitzStringswinger
  • Elroy MontanoElroy Montano New
    Posts: 20

    Angelo Debarre, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass

    billyshakesMikeK
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