One of the things one couldn't help but notice when examining my
collection is that I have a whole mess of Jazz guitar; I mean seriously
obsessive numbers of artists and recordings. These 30 guitar voices are
my personal choices over the 2 days that I put the mix together - I have
no doubt at all that if I did this again tomorrow, there would be a
fair number of changes. The problem is, what do you cut?
The picture? A teenaged George Barnes outside the Chelsea Hotel in Chicago - he was first recorded on electric guitar at 16 and had a weekly radio appearance by age 17. He preceded both Les Paul and Charlie Christian in being recorded on the instrument.
George later looked like this -
This is a delightful collection! Thanks for the enjoyable listen and introducing me to some new (for me) guitarists.
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Great compilation KC, My collection reflects quite a number of guitarists as well.
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