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Looking for great jazz guitar recordings - any recommendations?

Hello All,

Here's the list I've put together so far, but I'm looking for more and better recordings...   I want good music AND great recordings of such...   I also use these as partial test tunes (streamed from Tidal in MQA) for evaluating sound quality.

Russ Freeman & the Rippingtons, the Album Topaz, Stories of the Painted Desert
Ron Cooley with Manheim Steamroller, the album Day Dreams
Michael Hedges, the album Aerial Boundaries (wow!)
Antoine Dufour,  the single Talk
Gordon Giltrap,  the album Fear of the Dark
Fourplay, the album Fourplay
Jenn Adams, the album Water, Blue Island (great recording)
Joe Bonamassa, the album Live from the Royal Albert Hall
John Williams, the album Guitar Transcriptions (I know this isn't jazz, but its so good)
Nils Lofgren, the album Acoustic Live, Keith Don't Go
Roger Shah and Sunlounger, A Balearic Dinner

What else should I add to my collection?   What moves you?



noodlyarm
ptss
1,964 posts
 
I second some relaxing enjoyable older school guitar from the  The Great Guitars recordings and the individual members and Almeida. These 4 guys were in high demand as session guys and in Hollywood and we’ve all heard them without knowing it’s them. 
I’d like to also mention Chet Atkins as different but also very enjoyable picking. I have very many of his early records
bima
30 posts
 
Joe Pass with Errol Garner, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.

And Garner plays a CLAVICHORD. Its intimate sweet tone, and plucked strings, match far better to guitar than grand piano.

"Summertime" is sublime.

On Pablo. You can sample on youtube, with allowances for their SQ.
martykl
3,578 posts
 
Great job by everyone here.  Pretty much every jazz guitar player I’d recommend has already been listed, so I’ll add one that’s “stealth jazz”.
Danny Dias played lead on a bunch of Steely Dan records and some of those are straight jazz. While the band regularly visited the pop charts, the guitar leads are frequently glorious and decidedly “not pop”. Check out the solo on “ Your Gold Teeth II” (from Katy Lied).....it will give you a flavor of what I’m talking about.
ewert
22 posts
 
Pat Metheny’s early stuff on acoustic and his “Brazilian” period with Lyle Mays are solid. Just saw him at the Blue Note and he’s still got the chops. 

Ralph Towner, Wolfgang Muthspiel and Slavs Grigoryan on Travel Guide. 

Maybe be not straight up Jazz, but Steve Tibbetts latest “Life of” is a great recording and pure music. 
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