Jazz Gitarre

Der Anfang
  • Lonnie Johnson (1889 - 1970)
  • Eddie Lang (1902 - 1933)

Frühe Jazzgitarristen
  • Django Reinhardt (1910 - 1953)
  • George VanEps (1913 - 1998)
  • Al Casey (1915)
  • Dick McDonough (1904 - 1938)
  • Carl Kress (1907 - 1965)
  • Charlie Christian (1916 - 1942)
  • Floyd Smith (1917 - 1982)
  • George Barnes (1921 - 1977)

Brasilianischer Stil
  • Laurindo Almeida (1917 - 1995)
  • Charlie Byrd (1925)
  • Luiz Bonfa
  • Bola Sete (1923 - 1987)
  • Baden Powell (1937)
  • Egberto Gismonti (1947)
  • Joao Gilberto (1931)

Cool Jazz
  • Billy Bauer (1915

Django Reinhardt Stil in den 50er und 60er Jahren
  • Les Paul (1915)
  • Gabor Szabo (1936 - 1982)
  • Attila Zoller (1927 - 1998)
  • Arthur Smith
  • Bireli Lagrene (1966)
  • Phillip Catherine (1942)

Swing & Bop
  • Oscar Moore (1912 - 1981)
  • Tal Farlow (1921 - 1991)
  • Herb Ellis (1921)
  • Barney Kessel (1923)
  • Jim Hall (1930)
  • Joe Pass (1929 - 1994)
  • Kenny Burrell (1931)
  • Ed Bickert (1932)
  • Linc Chamberlain
  • Joshua Breakstone
  • Jimmy Raney (1927 - 1995)

Experimentelles in den 50er Jahren
  • Lou Mecca
  • Joe Cinderella

Gitarristen der 60er Jahre
  • Wes Montgomery (1923 - 1968)
  • Jimmy Raney (1927 - 1995)
  • Howard Roberts (1929 - 1992)
  • Grant Green (1931 - 1979)

Acoustic Jazz
  • Bill Harris (1925)
  • Ralph Towner (1940)
  • Lenny Breau (1941 - 1984)
  • John McLaughlin (1942)
  • Larry Coryell (1943)
  • Earl Klugh (1953)
  • Al DiMeola (1954)
  • Paco DeLucia
  • Gene Bertoncini (1937)
  • Bucky Pizzarelli (1926)
  • John Pizzarelli (1960)
  • Howard Alden (1958)

Jazz Fusion

  • Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
  • Sonny Sharrock (1940 - 1994)
  • John McLaughlin (1942)
  • Larry Coryell (1943)
  • George Benson (1943)
  • John Abercrombie (1944)
  • Carlos Santana (1947)
  • Allan Holdsworth (1948)
  • John Scofield (1951)
  • Kazumi Watanabe (1953)
  • Pat Metheny (1954)
  • Earl Klugh (1953)
  • Al DiMeola (1954)
  • Kevin Eubanks (1957)
  • Mike Stern (1954)
  • Bill Connors (1949)
  • John Tropea (1948)
  • Lee Ritenour (1952)
  • Larry Carlton (1948)

Modern Jazz
  • Pat Martino (1944)
  • Emily Remler (1957)
  • Jack Wilkins

Avantgarde
  • James Blood Ulmer (1942)
  • Sonny Sharrock (1940 - 1994)
  • Derek Bailey (1932)
  • Eugene Chadbourne (1954)
  • Bill Frisell (1951)
  • Fred Frith
  • Ted Dunbar (1937 - 1998)
  • Raymond Boni
  • Jean-Paul Bourelly (1960)

Soul Gitarre
  • Melvin Sparks
  • Phil Upchurch (1941)
  • Wah-Wah Watson
  • Grant Green (1931 - 1979)
  • Billy Butler (1924)
  • Cornell Dupree
  • Eric Gale (1938 - 1994)
  • George Freeman
  • Freddie Robinson