Badass jazz and blues guitarists! Who are you digging?

WillEdmunds

Looking for some new inspiration. Thought it would be cool to get a discussion going as I love checking out new guitar players.

I'm a big fan of jazzers like Wes Montgomery, Grant Green and Kenny Burrell & John Scofield, bluesy guys like Robben Ford, Kirk Fletcher, Matt Schofield, Josh Smith & JD Simo and some of the more modern players like Oz Noy.

Who's everyone digging at the moment?

Bellycaster

You forgot Larry Carlton

Funkfingers

My reclusive Blues manic friend is very keen on the playing of the late Michael "Iron Man" Burks. He also recommends checking out Christone "Kingfish" Ingram.

interstellar

michael Landau

interstellar

menamestom

Been listening to the latest New Mastersounds album.

Fretwired

Mike Stern ..

WillEdmunds

Bellycaster said:

You forgot Larry Carlton

Of course! Always been way more of a Robben guy myself though. Larry is really tasteful but his playing doesn't really move me the way Robben's does.

markr76

Watched Josh smith with Ariel Posen the other week at the jam house in Birmingham. They were both fantastic. Josh plays jazz and blues effortlessly. Plus he had a live tone to die for. 

Fretwired

Philip Catherine

Fretwired

John McLaughlin

WillEdmunds

markr76 said:

Watched Josh smith with Ariel Posen the other week at the jam house in Birmingham. They were both fantastic. Josh plays jazz and blues effortlessly. Plus he had a live tone to die for. 

Yeah I was at the Swindon show. I've been wanting to see Josh live for a long time and his tone and playing was killer. So powerful and seemingly endless ideas when improvising. Really should've worn my earplugs but it just sounded too good! 

WillEdmunds

@Fretwired All incredible players but I'm not so into the fusion stuff (Oz Noy being a bit of an exception). I like the bluesier side of jazz. Each to their own though of course and as I said, they're all immensely good guitarists!

digitalkettle

Julian Lage...
https://youtu.be/q5ggv-5s4bs
https://youtu.be/5LgoR9A_ygE

WillEdmunds

@interstellar for sure. Landau is amazing! Impeccable tone and feel. The Michael Landau Group live album is so good.

@digitalkettle Lage is unbelievably gifted isn't he! Love his acoustic stuff especially.

designerseye88

All about 'Kingfish', check out his version of 'Hey Joe' 

WillEdmunds

@designerseye88 yeah he's great, and so young. Good vocals too. He's clearly learned a lot from Eric Gales. This version of Tin Pan Alley is cool 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RylJIVXVCfU

WillEdmunds

Check out Jack Pearson if any of you haven't heard of him already

Matt_McG

Love Julian Lage.

He's also a really wonderful interviewee. He seems to have an endless pile of inspiration and enthusiasm about what he does, and a refreshing lack of ego for someone with such an array of abilities.

Another favourite is Mark Lettieri, who can bring the funk, but on a more bluesy vibe here with the Bob Reynolds Guitar Band -- solo from about 5min 40. His tone here is so good, too:

west

Drew Zingg .... like larry on crack .....

west