Jazz guitarists

Bhumibol Adulyadej 1927–2016 · former King of Thailand (1927–2016) Amy Winehouse 1983–2011 · English singer-songwriter (1983–2011) Frank Zappa 1940–1993 · American musician (1940–1993) Eric Clapton b. 1945 · British musician Phil Collins b. 1951 · English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951) Joni Mitchell b. 1943 · Canadian musician Carlos Santana b. 1947 · American guitarist Paco de Lucía 1947–2014 · Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician… Nat King Cole 1919–1965 · American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965) Norah Jones b. 1979 · American musician (born 1979) Serge Gainsbourg 1928–1991 · French singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and… Les Paul 1915–2009 · American jazz guitarist, country guitarist, songwriter and… Antônio Carlos Jobim 1927–1994 · Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and… Etta James 1938–2012 · American singer (1938–2012) Scott Joplin 1867–1917 · American composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917) Tom Waits b. 1949 · American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1949) Gilberto Gil b. 1942 · Brazilian recording artist, singer, guitarist, songwriter… Jeff Beck 1944–2023 · English guitarist (1944–2023) Django Reinhardt 1910–1953 · Romani-Belgian /French jazz musician (1910–1953) João Gilberto 1931–2019 · Brazilian musician, pioneer of bossa nova (1931–2019) José Feliciano b. 1945 · Puerto Rican musician (born 1945) Chico Buarque b. 1944 · Brazilian singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso b. 1942 · Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and… Katie Melua b. 1984 · English-Georgian singer and songwriter Bobby Darin 1936–1973 · American singer and actor (1936–1973) Manu Dibango 1933–2020 · Cameroonian musician and songwriter, recording artist… George Benson b. 1943 · American guitarist and singer (born 1943) Toots Thielemans 1922–2016 · Belgian jazz musician (1922–2016) Al Green b. 1946 · American singer Henri Salvador 1917–2008 · French Caribbean recording artist; singer, songwriter… Robert Fripp b. 1946 · English guitarist, composer and record producer Pat Metheny b. 1954 · American jazz musician Chet Atkins 1924–2001 · American guitarist (1924–2001) John McLaughlin b. 1942 · English guitarist, founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra Esperanza Spalding b. 1984 · American jazz bassist and singer (born 1984) Achinoam "Noa" Nini b. 1969 · Israeli singer and political activist Jack Bruce 1943–2014 · British musician (1943–2014) Steve Morse b. 1954 · American guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1915–1973 · American gospel musician (1915–1973) Dr. John 1941–2019 · American singer-songwriter (1941-2019) Desi Arnaz 1917–1986 · Cuban-born American musician, actor and television… Thurston Moore b. 1958 · American guitarist (born 1958) EC Eva Cassidy 1963–1996 · American singer (1963–1996) Tony Levin b. 1946 · American rock bass player (born 1946) Erik Mongrain b. 1980 · Canadian composer and guitarist W. C. Handy 1873–1958 · American blues composer and musician (1873–1958) Kimbra b. 1990 · New Zealand singer Charley Patton 1891–1934 · American Delta blues musician (1891–1934) Buckethead b. 1969 · American guitarist Al Di Meola b. 1954 · American guitarist Duane Eddy 1938–2024 · American guitarist (1938–2024) Wes Montgomery 1923–1968 · American jazz guitarist (1923–1968) Toquinho b. 1946 · Brazilian musician Stanley Clarke b. 1951 · American bassist, film composer and founding member of… Ron Carter b. 1937 · American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer (born 1937) Eric Johnson b. 1954 · American guitarist and recording artist Marcus Miller b. 1959 · American musician, composer and producer Steve Lukather b. 1957 · American musician (born 1957) Douwe Bob b. 1992 · Dutch singer & songwriter Bojana Stamenov b. 1986 · Serbian singer André 3000 b. 1975 · American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer and… Tommy Emmanuel b. 1955 · Australian guitarist Jimmy Smith 1925–2005 · American jazz organist Corinne Bailey Rae b. 1979 · British singer Pino Daniele 1955–2015 · Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1955-2015) Jørgen Ingmann 1925–2015 · Danish musician (1925–2015) Charlie Christian 1916–1942 · American swing and jazz guitarist (1916-1942) Andy Summers b. 1942 · British guitarist Tommy Bolin 1951–1976 · American guitarist (1951–1976) Melody Gardot b. 1985 · American jazz singer Jim Hall 1930–2013 · American jazz guitarist, composer (1930–2013) Allan Holdsworth 1946–2017 · British musician (1946–2017) Ringo Sheena b. 1978 · Japanese singer-songwriter (1978-) Meshell Ndegeocello b. 1968 · American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist (born 1968) Luigi Tenco 1938–1967 · Italian recording artist; singer, songwriter (1938-1967) Jeff Healey 1966–2008 · Canadian musician (1966–2008) Clifford Brown 1930–1956 · American jazz musician (1930–1956) Helge Schneider b. 1955 · German entertainer Barney Kessel 1923–2004 · American jazz guitarist (1923–2004) Omar Rodríguez-López b. 1975 · American musician and record producer Ferenc Snétberger b. 1957 · Hungarian musician Lisa Ekdahl b. 1971 · Swedish jazz pop singer-songwriter Terje Rypdal b. 1947 · Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer Sacha Distel 1933–2004 · French musician (1933–2004) Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen 1946–2005 · Danish jazz upright bassist (1946–2005) Larry Coryell 1943–2017 · American guitarist (1943–2017) Neal Schon b. 1954 · American guitarist Lee Ritenour b. 1952 · American male guitarist, musician, and composer Victor Wooten b. 1964 · American bass guitarist Joe Pass 1929–1994 · American jazz guitarist Lonnie Donegan 1931–2002 · Scottish-born skiffle musician (1931–2002) Kenny Burrell b. 1931 · American jazz guitarist (born 1931) Nathan East b. 1955 · American jazz, R&B and rock bassist, guitarist and singer… Philip Catherine b. 1942 · British-Belgian jazz rock guitarist Billy Eckstine 1914–1993 · American musician (1914–1993) Larry Carlton b. 1948 · American guitarist (born 1948) Timothy Buckley 1947–1975 · American musician (1947–1975) Hank Marvin b. 1941 · English musician; guitarist for the Shadows John Scofield b. 1951 · American jazz guitarist and composer (born 1951) Jamie Cullum b. 1979 · English jazz singer and pianist Randy Jackson b. 1956 · American bassist, singer, record producer, entrepreneur… Rickie Lee Jones b. 1954 · American singer (born 1954) Walter Becker 1950–2017 · American musician, songwriter, and record producer… Albert Mangelsdorff 1928–2005 · German jazz trombonist (1928–2005) Bill Frisell b. 1951 · American jazz guitarist Pat Martino 1944–2021 · American jazz guitarist and composer (1944–2021) Enzo Jannacci 1935–2013 · Italian singer songwriter, composer, actor, stand-up… Jan Akkerman b. 1946 · Dutch guitarist John Patitucci b. 1959 · American jazz bassist and composer Chris Poland b. 1957 · American guitarist John Abercrombie 1944–2017 · American jazz guitarist (1944–2017) Wayman Tisdale 1964–2009 · American basketball player and smooth jazz bass guitarist… Madeleine Peyroux b. 1973 · American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli 1926–2020 · American jazz guitarist (1926–2020) Boz Scaggs b. 1944 · American musician (born 1944) GG Grant Green 1935–1979 · American jazz guitarist and composer (1935–1979) Squarepusher b. 1975 · British musician Lisa Fischer b. 1958 · American vocalist and songwriter (born 1958) Herb Ellis 1921–2010 · American jazz guitarist (1921–2010) Mary Ford 1924–1977 · American musician (1924-1977) Paweł Mąciwoda b. 1967 · Polish bassist Arild Andersen b. 1945 · Norwegian jazz musician Steve Stevens b. 1959 · American guitarist Enver İzmaylov b. 1955 · Crimean Tatar folk and jazz guitarist (b. 1955) Gábor Szabó 1936–1982 · Hungarian-American guitarist (1936–1982) Alex Skolnick b. 1968 · American guitarist Mike Stern b. 1953 · American jazz guitarist Lonnie Johnson 1899–1970 · American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and… Ryo Kawasaki 1947–2020 · Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020) Ralph Towner 1940–2026 · American musician (1940–2026) Charlie Byrd 1925–1999 · American jazz guitarist (1925–1999) Baden Powell 1937–2000 · Brazilian musician (1937-2000) Tony MacAlpine b. 1960 · American musician and composer (born 1960) Bill Laswell b. 1955 · American musician (born 1955) Kyle Eastwood b. 1968 · American jazz bassist and composer Justin Guarini b. 1978 · American singer Luiz Bonfá 1922–2001 · Brazilian musician (1922–2001) Harri Stojka b. 1957 · Austrian musician Christian McBride b. 1972 · American jazz bassist, composer, and arranger Hugh Hopper 1945–2009 · English bass guitarist (1945–2009) Vernon Reid b. 1958 · American fusion and crossover guitarist (born 1958) Gordon Haskell 1946–2020 · British singer (1946-2020) Andrew Bird b. 1973 · American singer, musician and multi-instrumentalist (born… Thundercat b. 1984 · American musician and singer-songwriter (born 1984) Dave Van Ronk 1936–2002 · American musician (1936–2002) Djavan b. 1949 · Brazilian singer/songwriter Maxwell b. 1973 · American singer-songwriter and record producer Marc Ribot b. 1954 · American musician Biréli Lagrène b. 1966 · French guitarist and bassist Bob Welch 1946–2012 · American musician (1945–2012) Amos Lee b. 1978 · American singer-songwriter Stanley Jordan b. 1959 · American jazz guitarist Laurindo Almeida 1917–1995 · Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer (1917-1995) Derek Bailey 1930–2005 · British guitarist (1930–2005) Brian Setzer b. 1959 · American singer King Krule b. 1994 · English singer-songwriter Marcos Valle b. 1943 · Brazilian musician and singer John Pizzarelli b. 1960 · American jazz guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader Alphonso Johnson b. 1951 · American musician Don Paterson b. 1963 · poet Jesse Cook b. 1964 · Canadian guitarist, composer, and producer RL Reggie Lucas 1953–2018 · American musician, songwriter, record producer (1953–2018) Daryl Stuermer b. 1952 · American guitarist Shawn Lane 1963–2003 · American musician (1963–2003) Bill Dickens b. 1958 · American musician Ana Popović b. 1976 · Serbian blues guitarist and singer Ola Kvernberg b. 1981 · Norwegian jazz musician Badi Assad b. 1966 · Brazilian jazz/worldbeat musician Tony Rice 1951–2020 · American bluegrass musician (1951–2020) Michael Franks b. 1944 · American recording artist; singer and songwriter Jaki Byard 1922–1999 · American musician (1922-1999) Eddie Condon 1905–1973 · US musician (1905–1973) Edu Lobo b. 1943 · Brazilian singer Egberto Gismonti b. 1944 · Brazilian musician and composer Neal D. Barnard b. 1953 · American physician, author, and clinical researcher Lisa Ono b. 1962 · Brazilian Japanese bossa nova singer Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 1924–2005 · American blues musician (1924-2005) Frank Gambale b. 1958 · Australian guitarist Jeff Berlin b. 1953 · American musician Russell Malone 1963–2024 · American jazz guitarist (1963–2024) Earl King 1932–2003 · American songwriter and guitarist (1934–2003) Michael Landau b. 1958 · American musician Steve Khan b. 1947 · American musician Steve Swallow b. 1940 · American jazz bassist and composer James Blood Ulmer 1942–2026 · American jazz and blues guitarist and singer Tal Farlow 1921–1998 · American jazz guitarist (1921–1998) Anjani b. 1959 · American musician CK Carol Kaye b. 1935 · American bass guitarist Eddie Lang 1902–1933 · American jazz guitarist (1902–1933) Greg Howe b. 1963 · American musician Joe Henry b. 1960 · American musician Henry Kaiser b. 1952 · American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver Terry Callier 1945–2012 · American jazz, soul and folk guitarist and… Danny Thompson 1939–2025 · English double bassist (1939–2025) Carlos Lyra 1939–2023 · Brazilian singer (1933–2023) Georg Wadenius 1945–2026 · Swedish musician (1945–2026) Otomo Yoshihide b. 1959 · Japanese composer, guitarist (1959-) Aston Barrett 1946–2024 · Jamaican musician (1946–2024) Slim Gaillard 1916–1991 · American musician (1916–1991) Nels Cline b. 1956 · American guitarist and composer Jarle Bernhoft b. 1976 · Norwegian musician Salim Ghazi Saeedi b. 1981 · Iranian musician Michael Henderson 1951–2022 · American musician (1951–2022) Leon Redbone 1949–2019 · musician, songwriter, arranger, producer (1949-2019) Jacques Pellen 1957–2020 · French jazz guitarist (1957–2020) Vlatko Stefanovski b. 1957 · Macedonian musician DeWayne McKnight b. 1954 · American guitarist J. Geils 1946–2017 · American musician (1946–2017) Victor Bailey 1960–2016 · American musician (1960–2016) Martin Böttcher 1927–2019 · German composer (1927-2019) Gin Wigmore b. 1986 · New Zealand singer Jamaaladeen Tacuma b. 1956 · American musician Wynonie Harris 1915–1969 · American blues singer (1915–1969) Sanseverino b. 1961 · French singer Phil Miller 1949–2017 · English progressive rock/jazz guitarist (1949–2017) Scott Henderson b. 1954 · American jazz fusion and blues guitarist Cornell Dupree 1942–2011 · American R&B/soul jazz guitarist (1942–2011) Emily Remler 1957–1990 · American musician (1957–1990) Barry Galbraith 1919–1983 · American guitarist (1919–1983) Dionne Bromfield b. 1996 · British singer Linda Lewis 1950–2023 · British musician (1950–2023) Page Hamilton b. 1960 · American singer and guitarist (born 1960) Chris Spedding b. 1944 · English rock and roll and jazz guitarist Franco Cerri 1926–2021 · Italian musician (1926–2021) Kazumi Watanabe b. 1953 · Japanese jazz guitarist, composer, producer and University… Jay Graydon b. 1949 · American musician songwriter, recording artist, guitarist… Earl Klugh b. 1954 · American acoustic guitarist and composer (born 1953) Don Costa 1925–1983 · American recording artist, conductor, record producer… Kurt Rosenwinkel b. 1970 · American jazz guitarist and keyboardist Richard Bennett b. 1951 · American musician and record producer Mino Cinelu b. 1957 · French musician Mark Whitfield b. 1966 · American musician Tiny Grimes 1916–1989 · American jazz and R&B guitarist (1916–1989) Ernest Ranglin b. 1932 · Jamaican guitarist and composer Bernie Williams b. 1968 · Puerto Rican baseball player Aldo Romano b. 1941 · French-Italian jazz drummer (1941-) Masayoshi Takanaka b. 1953 · Japanese guitarist, composer, arranger, producer (1953-) Danny Barker 1909–1994 · American jazz musician (1909–1994) Juan Francisco Ordóñez b. 1961 · Dominican Republic musician Rick Laird 1941–2021 · Irish jazz bassist (1941–2021) Mundell Lowe 1922–2017 · American jazz guitarist (1922-2017) Knut Reiersrud b. 1961 · Norwegian musician, composer, blues guitarist Steve Cardenas b. 1974 · American martial artist Mickey Baker 1925–2012 · American jazz and rock guitarist (1925–2012) Oregon 1970– · American jazz and world music group Hiram Bullock 1955–2008 · American jazz guitarist (1955–2008) Kevin Eubanks b. 1957 · American guitarist (born 1957) JR Jimmy Raney 1927–1995 · American musician (1927–1995) Alison Brown b. 1962 · American banjo player, guitarist, composer, and producer Roberto Menescal b. 1937 · Brazilian musician and composer Rune Gustafsson 1933–2012 · Swedish musician (1933–2012) Peter White b. 1954 · English musician David Torn b. 1953 · American guitarist Stochelo Rosenberg b. 1968 · Dutch musician Eugene Chadbourne b. 1954 · American musician and music critic EB Elek Bacsik 1926–1993 · Hungarian-American jazz guitarist and violinist; cousin of… Gerald Albright b. 1957 · American jazz saxophonist JC Joe Chambers 1942–2022 · American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer Alain Caron b. 1955 · Canadian bass player Ottmar Liebert b. 1959 · German guitarist Tom Kennedy b. 1960 · American musician Al Casey 1915–2005 · American jazz guitarist (1915–2005) Ronnie Earl b. 1953 · American blues guitarist Colin Hodgkinson b. 1945 · British musician Duke Robillard b. 1948 · American blues musician WL Will Lee b. 1952 · American bass guitarist Fred Guy 1897–1971 · American musician (1897–1971) Sophie Hunger b. 1983 · Swiss singer-songwriter and author Emmett Chapman 1936–2021 · American musician (1936–2021) Julian Lage b. 1987 · American musician Steve Rodby b. 1954 · American jazz musician Melvin Gibbs b. 1958 · American bassist RJ Ronny Jordan 1962–2014 · English guitarist (1962-2014) Randy Napoleon b. 1977 · American musician Eivind Aarset b. 1961 · Norwegian guitarist Chuck Loeb 1955–2017 · American smooth jazz guitarist and musician (1955-2017) Coco Schumann 1924–2018 · German jazz musician (1924–2018) Nguyên Lê b. 1959 · French jazz guitarist Colin James b. 1964 · Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer Rez Abbasi b. 1965 · American fusion and jazz guitarist, music producer, and… Larry Klein b. 1959 · American music producer, songwriter and bass guitar player Jon Larsen b. 1959 · Norwegian musician Oscar Castro-Neves 1940–2013 · Brazilian guitarist, composer, arranger (1940–2013) Jimmy Rosenberg b. 1980 · Dutch musician Ray Phiri 1947–2017 · South African jazz musician (1947–2017) Joe Beck 1945–2008 · American musician (1945–2008) Charnett Moffett 1967–2022 · American jazz bassist (1967–2022) Johnny Alegre b. 1955 · jazz guitarist and composer from Manila, Philippines Percy Jones b. 1947 · Welsh musician Angelo Debarre b. 1962 · French Romani jazz musician Joseph Reinhardt 1912–1982 · Belgian musician and banjoist (1912-1982) Anders Jormin b. 1957 · Swedish double-bassist Carlo Domeniconi b. 1947 · Italian musician Gary Lucas b. 1952 · American musician Lee Morse 1897–1954 · American singer (1897-1954) Monk Montgomery 1921–1982 · American jazz bassist (1921–1982) Norman Brown b. 1970 · American jazz guitarist and singer Jakko Jakszyk b. 1958 · UK guitarist, singer and songwriter Lokua Kanza b. 1958 · singer-songwriter Howard Roberts 1929–1992 · American guitarist (1929–1992) Raul Midón b. 1966 · American musician Eddy Christiani 1918–2016 · Dutch guitar player and singer (1918–2016) David Fiuczynski b. 1964 · American musician Toninho Horta b. 1948 · Brazilian musician Ed Bickert 1932–2019 · Canadian musician (1932–2019) Hitoshi Ueki 1926–2007 · Japanese actor, comedian, singer, guitarist (1927-2007) Jill Barber b. 1980 · Canadian singer-songwriter Dominique Di Piazza b. 1959 · French jazz bassist HG Hank Garland 1930–2004 · American musician (1930–2004) Nick Lucas 1897–1982 · American jazz musician (1897–1982) Paul Jackson, Jr. b. 1959 · American musician Lionel Loueke b. 1973 · Beninese guitarist and vocalist Frank D'Rone 1932–2013 · American jazz singer and guitarist George Lewis 1900–1968 · American musician (1900–1968) Eric Gale 1938–1994 · American jazz guitarist (1938–1994) Sandy Bull 1941–2001 · American folk musician (1941-2001) Dan Hicks 1941–2016 · American singer-songwriter Tony Mottola 1918–2004 · American guitarist (1918-2004) Eddie Taylor 1923–1985 · American electric blues guitarist and singer Fenton Robinson 1935–1997 · American Chicago blues singer and guitarist Dušan Bogdanović b. 1955 · composer and guitarist KR Kenny Rankin 1940–2009 · American singer-songwriter (1940-2009) Peter Bernstein b. 1967 · American musician Mel Brown 1939–2009 · American jazz guitarist (1939–2009) OD Olu Dara b. 1941 · American musician Bob Dorough 1923–2018 · American pianist and singer (1923-2018) Rodney Jones b. 1956 · American jazz guitarist and bassist, born 30 August 1956… Nicola Conte b. 1964 · Italian DJ and nu jazz musician Oscar Alemán 1909–1980 · Argentine jazz musician Hans Reichel 1949–2011 · German improvisational guitarist, experimental luthier… Roy Babbington b. 1940 · British bassist Anthony Coleman b. 1955 · American musician Mary Osborne 1921–1992 · American jazz musician (1921–1992) Jorge Pardo b. 1956 · Spanish musician Mathias Eick b. 1979 · Norwegian musician (born 1979) Alex Machacek b. 1972 · Austrian jazz musician Alvino Rey 1908–2004 · American swing era musician (1908–2004) Pino Rucher 1924–1996 · Italian musician FC Frantz Casseus 1915–1993 · Haitian-American guitarist and composer Jean-Paul Bourelly b. 1960 · American jazz fusion guitarist Andrej Šeban b. 1962 · Slovak jazz fusion guitarist Peter Lipa b. 1943 · Slovak composer, manager, presenter and singer Keith Rowe b. 1940 · British artist Billy Bauer 1915–2005 · American jazz guitarist (1915–2005) Wilton Felder 1940–2015 · American musician (1940–2015) Ben Monder b. 1962 · American jazz guitar player Pierre Dørge b. 1946 · Danish avant-garde jazz guitarist, bandleader and composer Snooks Eaglin 1936–2009 · American musician (1936–2009) Louis Johnson 1955–2015 · American bass guitarist, songwriter (1955–2015) Javier Ruibal b. 1955 · Spanish musician Tyondai Braxton b. 1978 · American musician Paul Barrere 1948–2019 · American musician (1948-2019) Phil Upchurch 1941–2025 · American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist Henri Crolla 1920–1960 · French musician (1920-1960) Ioan Gyuri Pascu 1961–2016 · Romanian actor, musician and comedian (1961-2016) DG Danny Gatton 1945–1994 · American guitarist (1945–1994) Charlie Hunter b. 1967 · American musician Martin Taylor b. 1956 · British guitarist Mary Halvorson b. 1980 · US avant-garde jazz guitarist AZ Attila Zoller 1927–1998 · Hungarian Jazz guitarist (1927-1998) GW Gary Willis b. 1957 · American musician Helge Sten b. 1971 · Norwegian musician Magdalena Thora b. 1952 · German guitarist and singer Joscho Stephan b. 1979 · German musician PV Pierre Van Dormael 1952–2008 · Belgian musician (1952-2008) Marc-Édouard Nabe b. 1958 · French writer (born 1958) Jeff Golub 1955–2015 · American guitarist (1955–2015) LM Lou Monte 1917–1989 · American singer (1917–1989) Tim Sparks b. 1954 · American musician Preston Reed b. 1955 · American musician Roy Smeck 1900–1994 · American virtuoso guitarist, banjoist and ukulele player… Christian Escoudé 1947–2024 · French Gypsy jazz guitarist (1947–2024) Mo Foster 1944–2023 · British session musician, playing primarily jazz… Paulinho Nogueira 1929–2003 · Brazilian musician (1929–2003) Oscar Moore 1916–1981 · American jazz guitarist (1916-1981) Ross Mintzer b. 1987 · American jazz saxophonist, guitarist, singer-songwriter… Johnny Smith 1922–2013 · American jazz guitarist (1922–2013) Aleksey Kuznetsov b. 1941 · guitarist James Genus b. 1966 · American musician SS Sonny Sharrock 1940–1994 · American guitarist (1940-1995) Howard Alden b. 1958 · American jazz guitarist Johnnie Bassett 1935–2012 · American electric blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter… Grant Geissman b. 1953 · American jazz guitarist and Emmy-nominated composer Harvey Brooks b. 1944 · American bass guitarist Volker Kriegel 1943–2003 · German musician (1943–2003) WS Wanda Sá b. 1944 · Brazilian singer Mads Vinding b. 1948 · Danish jazz musician Andreas Öberg b. 1978 · Swedish guitarist LB Lenny Breau 1941–1984 · Canadian-American guitarist (1941–1984) Claude Williams 1908–2004 · American musician (1908–2004) Jonathan Butler b. 1961 · South African singer-songwriter and guitarist John Jorgenson b. 1956 · American musician Mark Egan b. 1951 · American jazz musician Bob Cranshaw 1932–2016 · American musician (1932–2016) Melvin Taylor b. 1959 · American electric blues guitarist Issei Noro b. 1957 · Japanese jazz fusion guitarist (born 1957) FG Freddie Green 1911–1987 · American jazz guitarist (1911–1987) Christy Doran b. 1949 · Swiss musician SM Stephan Micus b. 1953 · German composer Francesco Buzzurro b. 1969 · Italian guitarist Becca Stevens b. 1984 · American jazz, pop, and folk singer, and guitarist Gerald Veasley b. 1955 · American musician Ulf Wakenius b. 1958 · Swedish musician Marc Ducret b. 1957 · French jazz guitarist Hubert Giraud 1920–2016 · French composer, lyricist (1920–2016) Ed Wynne b. 1961 · English guitarist and keyboardist Patrick Scales b. 1965 · German musician Gene Perla b. 1940 · American musician Franny Beecher 1921–2014 · Rock and roll musician (1921–2014) Frank Vignola b. 1965 · American guitarist John Etheridge b. 1948 · British rock and jazz fusion guitarist, composer… A Armik b. 1949 · Armenian-American guitarist and songwriter PP Pekka Pohjola 1952–2008 · Finnish musician (1952–2008) Attila László b. 1953 · Hungarian musician Sergio Caputo b. 1954 · Italian musician Mats Eilertsen b. 1975 · Norwegian musician and composer Stian Carstensen b. 1971 · Norwegian musician Jarek Śmietana 1953–2013 · Polish musician (1951–2013) PB Pierre Bensusan b. 1957 · French musician Jacob Young b. 1970 · Norwegian jazz guitarist Rudy Linka b. 1960 · Czech jazz musician and guitarist WA Will Ackerman b. 1949 · American guitarist, composer, and producer RD Rosinha de Valença 1941–2004 · Brazilian musician (1941-2004) Reuben Rogers b. 1974 · American musician Lonnie Plaxico b. 1960 · American jazz bassist Joe Barbieri b. 1973 · Italian singer Brian Hopper b. 1943 · British saxophonist Apostolis Anthimos b. 1954 · Polish musician Wayne Krantz b. 1956 · American guitarist Jack Marshall 1921–1973 · American musician, conductor, composer (1921-1973) Benoît Charest b. 1964 · Canadian musician Craig Chaquico b. 1954 · American guitarist Adrian Legg b. 1948 · British musician Niño Josele b. 1974 · Spanish guitarist Fareed Haque b. 1963 · American musician Gerardo Núñez b. 1961 · Spanish guitarist and composer CR Carline Ray 1925–2013 · American jazz instrumentalist and vocalist Bobby Sherwood 1914–1981 · American actor and trumpeter (1914-1980) Gyula Babos 1949–2018 · Hungarian jazz guitarist (1949-2018) JE Jan Erik Kongshaug 1944–2019 · Norwegian recording engineer (1944–2019) Alex Cuba b. 1974 · Cuban-Canadian musician Adam Rogers b. 1965 · American jazz guitarist (born 1965) Thomas T. Dahl b. 1973 · jazz musician Raphaël Faÿs b. 1959 · French musician Simone Eriksrud b. 1970 · German-Norwegian jazz vocalist and composer Jukka Tolonen b. 1952 · Finnish musician Ximo Tébar b. 1963 · Spanish jazz guitarist and guitarist Terrace Martin b. 1978 · American multi-instrumentalist and record producer (born… Roni Ben-Hur b. 1962 · Israeli-American jazz guitarist ED Eddie Durham 1906–1987 · American musician (1906-1987) Marek Bliziński 1947–1989 · Polish musician (1947-1989) Lorne Lofsky b. 1954 · Canadian musician Charles Pasi b. 1984 · French singer-songwriter Kevin Drumm b. 1970 · American musician Romero Lubambo b. 1955 · Brazilian musician Alec Dankworth b. 1960 · English jazz bassist and composer AA Ahmed Abdul-Malik 1927–1993 · American bassist (1927–1993) Chuck Wayne 1923–1997 · American jazz guitarist (1923-1997) Russ Freeman b. 1960 · American jazz guitarist; founder and leader of The… AT Abu Talib 1939–2009 · American guitarist; born Fred Leroy Robinson (1939–2009) Johnny St. Cyr 1890–1966 · American musician David Gilmore b. 1964 · American jazz guitarist Robert Bell b. 1950 · American musician, founder of Kool & the Gang Deacon John Moore b. 1941 · American musician, singer and bandleader AD Ara Dinkjian b. 1958 · Armenian-American musician Teddy Powell 1905–1993 · American musician (1905-1993) Lage Lund b. 1977 · Norwegian guitarist and jazz musician Matt Garrison b. 1970 · American musician Jakob Bro b. 1978 · Danish guitarist, composer and bandleader JD Joe Diorio 1936–2022 · American musician (1936–2022) MP Mike Pratt 1931–1976 · British actor and writer (1931–1976) Vittorio Camardese 1929–2010 · Italian physician (1929-2010) Jesse Harris b. 1969 · American musician (born 1969) Finn Guttormsen b. 1968 · Norwegian musician Wolfgang Muthspiel b. 1965 · Austrian jazz guitarist and record label owner PC Pete Cosey 1943–2012 · American guitarist (1943–2012) Chris Cain b. 1955 · American blues and jazz guitarist Eddie Duran 1925–2019 · American jazz guitarist (1925–2019) David Kollar b. 1983 · Slovak guitarist and composer Dean Brown 1955–2024 · American jazz fusion guitarist and session musician… Carl Kress 1907–1965 · American musician (1907-1965) Torsten de Winkel b. 1965 · German musician Jiří Jirmal 1925–2019 · Czech classical guitarist (1925-2019) Wawau Adler b. 1967 · German gypsy jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel b. 1974 · Gypsy jazz guitarist ML Mark Ledford 1960–2004 · American jazz musician (1960–2004) Mike Moreno b. 1978 · prominent contemporary jazz guitarist and educator from… Louis Stewart 1944–2016 · Irish jazz guitarist (1944-2016) Tchavolo Schmitt b. 1954 · Romani guitarist Andrea McEwan b. 1978 · Australian actress and musician Barry Finnerty b. 1951 · American musician Ernst Ulrich Deuker b. 1954 · German musician Peter Schilperoort 1919–1990 · Dutch musician (1919–1990) Chucho Merchán b. 1952 · Colombian bassist and guitarist Dario Chiazzolino b. 1985 · Italian guitarist Jimmy Gourley 1926–2008 · American jazz guitarist (1926-2008) Bola Sete 1923–1987 · Brazilian musician (1923–1987) Michal Pavlíček b. 1956 · Czech composer, jazz musician and guitarist TT Tommy Tedesco 1930–1997 · American guitarist (1930–1997) Paul Turner b. 1968 · English bass guitarist BB Brian Bromberg b. 1960 · American musician Scott Fields b. 1956 · American musician Ray Russell b. 1947 · British musician Raoul Björkenheim b. 1956 · Finnish musician Knut Værnes b. 1954 · Norwegian jazz guitarist John Stowell b. 1950 · American guitarist John Parricelli b. 1959 · British musician JC John Collins 1913–2001 · American jazz guitarist (1913-2001) Jimmy Dludlu b. 1957 · Mozambican guitarist Jesse Ruller b. 1972 · Dutch guitarist and composer Nils-Olav Johansen b. 1966 · Norwegian musician B. J. Cole b. 1946 · British musician Leonard Ware 1909–1974 · American musician (1909-1974) Erik Wøllo b. 1961 · Norwegian composer Peter Autschbach b. 1961 · German guitarist and music educator Floyd Smith 1917–1982 · American jazz guitarist (1917–1982) Fapy Lafertin b. 1950 · jazz guitarist Peter O'Mara b. 1957 · Australian musician Günter Lenz 1938–2026 · German jazz musician Frankie Masters 1904–1991 · big band leader (1904-1991) Irio De Paula 1939–2017 · Brazilian composer (1939–2017) Calvin Newborn 1933–2018 · American guitarist (1933-2018) BR Babik Reinhardt 1944–2001 · French musician (1944–2001) JC Jeff Clyne 1937–2009 · British bassist (1937–2009) Halvard Kausland 1945–2017 · Norwegian civil servant and musician (1945–2017) Bao Vang 1934–2016 · Vietnamese prince JB Jimmy Bruno b. 1953 · American musician WW Wah-Wah Watson 1951–2018 · American guitarist JP Joe Puma 1927–2000 · American musician (1927–2000) DB Dave Barbour 1912–1965 · American jazz guitarist (1912–1965) CJ Cousin Joe 1907–1989 · American blues and jazz singer (1907-1989) Pedro Javier González b. 1962 · guitarist EW Eric Weissberg 1939–2020 · American musician (1939–2020) Canut Reyes b. 1954 · French singer, painter, songwriter and jazz musician SZ Stuart Zender b. 1974 · British bass guitarist ZB Zachary Breaux 1960–1997 · American jazz guitarist (1960–1997) Marc Jordan b. 1947 · American-born Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer… MS Melvin Sparks 1946–2011 · American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist… Steven Springer 1951–2012 · Trinidad and Tobago musician (1951-2012) Staffan William-Olsson b. 1959 · Swedish jazz guitarist Roman Miroshnichenko b. 1977 · Ukrainian jazz guitarist OF Osvaldo Fattoruso 1948–2012 · Uruguayan drummer, guitarist, composer, and singer Megitza b. 1984 · Polish singer, double bass player, and composer BL Bill Lawrence 1931–2013 · German-American musician and guitar maker SS Sal Salvador 1925–1999 · American bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music… NL Nappy Lamare 1907–1988 · American musician (1907-1988) Paulo Schroeber 1973–2014 · Brazilian guitarist (1973–2014) SL Smiley Lewis 1913–1966 · American musician (1913-1966) Svante Henryson b. 1963 · Swedish musician SB Scoville Browne 1915–1994 · American musician (1915–1994) CM Celia Mara b. 1961 · Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer Bill Pitman 1920–2022 · American guitarist LL Lawrence Lucie 1907–2009 · American musician (1907-2009) JB Jimmy Bryant 1925–1980 · American musician (1925-1980) AG Adrian Gurvitz b. 1949 · English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer JN Jamil Nasser 1932–2010 · American bassist (1932–2010) MF Malachi Favors 1927–2004 · American bassist (1927-2004) MG Mick Goodrick 1945–2022 · American musician (1945–2022) BM Bill MacCormick b. 1951 · British musician Ole Børud b. 1976 · Norwegian singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record… JP Jimmy Ponder 1946–2013 · American guitarist (1946–2013) HL Huey Long 1904–2009 · American musician (1904–2009) GB Gene Bertoncini 1937–2026 · American jazz guitarist KS Kenneth Sivertsen 1961–2006 · Norwegian musician (1961–2006) NA Noël Akchoté b. 1968 · French musician DB Dennis Budimir 1938–2023 · American musician (1938–2023) YM Yoshiaki Miyanoue b. 1953 · Japanese jazz guitarist (1953-) Tony Romano 1915–2005 · American musician (1915–2005) RT René Thomas 1927–1975 · Belgian musician (1926–1975) Nelson Faria b. 1963 · Brazilian musician MA Marc Antoine b. 1963 · French musician JS Johnny Scott 1938–2010 · Canadian jazz musician BB Bea Booze 1920–1986 · American musician (1920–1986) CH Clarence Holiday 1895–1937 · American musician ST Steve Tibbetts b. 1954 · musician TG Ted Greene 1946–2005 · American musician (1946–2005) Greg Howard 1964–2023 · American musician (1964–2023) DR Doug Raney 1956–2016 · American musician (1956-2016) DG Dick Garcia b. 1931 · American musician BC Bill Connors b. 1949 · American musician DG Dominique Gaumont 1953–1983 · French guitarist Antal Pusztai b. 1978 · Hungarian musician TB Teddy Bunn 1910–1978 · American musician (1910–1978) Jackie Orszaczky 1948–2008 · Hungarian-Australian musician, record producer (1948-2008) MF Mimi Fox b. 1956 · American musician MG Michael Gregory Jackson b. 1953 · American jazz, blues and rock musician (born 1953) RM Ronald Muldrow 1949–2007 · American jazz musician (1949–2007) LR Lousson Reinhardt 1929–1992 · French gipsy jazz guitarist LL Lindsay L. Cooper 1940–2001 · Scottish bassist (1940–2001) GV George Van Eps 1913–1998 · musician (1913-1998) JP Jackie Paris 1924–2004 · American jazz musician (1924–2004) PL Phil Lee 1943–2024 · British guitarist JT John Tropea b. 1946 · American musician EB Everett Barksdale 1910–1986 · American jazz guitarist (1910-1986) DB Duck Baker b. 1949 · American guitarist DC Dave Carpenter 1959–2008 · American bass player (1959–2008) CD Chuck Domanico 1944–2002 · American musician (1944–2002) VC Victor Conte 1950–2025 · American musician (1950–2025) GG Gary Grainger b. 2000 · English musician JA Jean-Marie Aerts 1951–2024 · Belgian guitarist and producer (1951–2024)