Tuesday, September 23, 2014

30 Jazz Guitar Masters

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 -

2 comments:

  1. This is a delightful collection! Thanks for the enjoyable listen and introducing me to some new (for me) guitarists.
    -peacenik

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  2. Great compilation KC, My collection reflects quite a number of guitarists as well.

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