• Jazz guitarists are guitarists who play jazz using an approach to chords, melodies, and improvised solo lines which is called jazz guitar playing. The...
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  • The Jazz Guitarist is an album by jazz guitarist Chuck Wayne which was released on the Savoy label in 1956. The album comprised two recording sessions...
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  • The following is a list of notable jazz guitar players, including guitarists from related jazz genres such as Western swing, Latin jazz, and jazz fusion...
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    undistorted "jangly" sound. The Soukous band TPOK Jazz additionally featured the unique role of mi-solo, (meaning "half solo") guitarist, playing arpeggio patterns...
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    1915 – September 11, 2005) was an American jazz guitarist who was a member of Fats Waller's band during the 1930s and early 1940s. Casey was born in Louisville...
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  • guitarist. He combined classical techniques with popular harmony and swing. He performed in many styles, including bossa nova, samba, Brazilian jazz,...
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    acoustic 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...
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    Django Reinhardt (category Belgian jazz guitarists)
    ʁenɑʁt]), was a Belgian Manouche or Sinti jazz guitarist and composer. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed...
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    which is a jazz piano technique. Jazz guitarists also have to learn how to add in passing tones, and use "guide tones" and chord tones from the chord progression...
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  • Beane may also refer to: Billy Bean (musician) (1933–2012), American jazz guitarist Billy Bean (footballer) (1915–1993), born Alfred Samuel Bean, English...
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    Gypsy jazz (also known as gypsy swing, jazz manouche or hot club-style jazz) is a musical idiom inspired by the Romani jazz guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt...
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    Mike Stern (category American jazz guitarists)
    Mike Stern (born January 10, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist. After playing with Blood, Sweat & Tears, he worked with drummer Billy Cobham, then with...
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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 jazz guitarist. A former child prodigy...
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  • Jazz Guitarist is a solo studio album by jazz guitarist Ted Dunbar that was released by Xanadu in 1982. "Winding Blues" - 4:05 (Ted Dunbar) "Total Conversion"...
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  • and guitarist Tamara Milashkina, 89, Russian opera singer 11 Annie Nightingale, 83, English radio disk jockey Sigi Schwab, 83, German jazz guitarist 12...
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    Al Di Meola (category American jazz guitarists)
    1954) is an American guitarist. Known for his works in jazz fusion and world music, he began his career as guitarist with the group Return to Forever...
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    Pat Metheny (category American jazz guitarists)
    mə-THEE-nee; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He was the leader of the Pat Metheny Group (1977–2010) and continues to work...
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  • Jazz fusion (also known as jazz rock, jazz-rock fusion, or simply fusion) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined...
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    British jazz fusion and progressive rock guitarist, violinist and composer. He contributed to numerous bands, including Soft Machine, U.K., The Tony Williams...
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  • Norman Brown (born December 18, 1970) is an American smooth jazz guitarist and singer. Brown was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1970 and grew up in Kansas...
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    – August 22, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist. His work explored jazz fusion, free jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Abercrombie studied at Berklee College...
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    American swing jazz guitarist. He was also a conductor, composer, arranger, producer, author, and educator. He was hired by the NBC Orchestra at the age of 17...
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  • Powers is a Seattle-based jazz guitarist who also plays blues. He has achieved national recognition. He has been active from the 1970s. He had chart success...
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  • (September 20, 1913 – October 4, 2001) was an American jazz guitarist who was a member of the Nat King Cole trio. A native of Alabama, Collins grew up...
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    Tommy Emmanuel (category Australian jazz guitarists)
    William Thomas Emmanuel AM (born 31 May 1955) is an Australian guitarist. Originally a session player in many bands, he has released many award-winning...
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    Matteo Mancuso (category Italian jazz guitarists)
    Italian jazz and rock guitarist and composer from Palermo, Sicily. Mancuso is known for adapting a quasi-flamenco/classical right-hand technique to the electric...
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    John McLaughlin (musician) (category Chamber jazz guitarists)
    Mahavishnu, is an English guitarist, bandleader, and composer. A pioneer of jazz fusion, his music combines elements of jazz with rock, world music, Western...
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    Russ Freeman (born February 11, 1960) is a smooth jazz guitarist who is the founder and leader of The Rippingtons. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Freeman...
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  • Retrieved January 26, 2024. van den Wildenberg, Norman (January 27, 2024). "Jazz Guitarist Dean Brown Has Passed Away". Maxazine. Retrieved March 16, 2024. Jacobs...
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    a right-handed guitarist might press down abruptly ("hammer") onto fret twelve with the index finger of the right hand and, in the motion of removing...
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