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The Jazz Guitar Roadmap

Along with the banjo, the guitar has held a unique role in the history of jazz, mostly as an instrument of rhythmic and harmonic accompaniment.

Conceived in the early 1930s, the electric guitar became a necessity, as jazz musicians sought to amplify their sound and be heard over the loud big bands.

It was with the legendary guitarist Charlie Christian that the guitar took a position on the front lines with all of the other important soloist instruments. Since then, new musical corridors — within jazz itself and in its interaction with other genres of music and art — opened up, as the instrument has evolved and expanded in its techniques, structures, sounds and technologies.

In this Roadmap, we seek historians, musicians and educators to piece together a roadmap of the jazz guitar through the artists that paved the way. 

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Django Rheinhardt

Charlie Christian

Wes Montgomery

Joe Pass

Kenny Burrell

Barney Kessell

Pat Metheny

John Abercrombie

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George Van Eps

Jim Hall

George Benson

Al Di Meola

John Scofield

Pat Martino

Biréli Lagrène

Tal Farlow

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Les Paul

Chuck Wayne

Egberto Gismonti

John McLaughlin

Charlie Byrd

Herb Ellis

Kurt Rosenwinkel

Stanley Jordan

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Allan Holdsworth

Lenny Breau

Jimmy Raney

Grant Green

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