who you mentioned above. He played the most lyrical fluid lines and made it seem so effortless. I love Pat Metheny, too. I loved the late great Joe Pass and saw him play in clubs several times. I saw Barney Kessel, another old time great, at a small club in Paris, the Chameleon. When his last set ended at 4:00 am he came and talked to a bunch of admiring guitarists including myself until well past dawn. Nobody could swing with such abandon as Barney Kessel. The late great Lenny Breau was another giant. Unfortunately, he was found murdered years ago and the murderer was never found. Lenny Breau played on a 7 string guitar with an added extra A string tuned above the high E and approached the instrument like a piano, comping chords beneath his riffs (like Joe Pass came to do later in his career). Lenny Breau in my opinion was possibly the greatest jazz guitar player who ever lived after Wes Montgomery. Charlie Hunter is another pioneer who plays bass, chords, and solo and guitar at the same time, thanks to an 8 string guitar with special fanned frets made by Novax guitars (the fanned frets allow a guitarist to play in a smaller area without large stretches and therefore make playing bass notes, chords, and single lines at the same time more doable). His technique is something special. I could go on an on about my own favorites (Django Reinhardt, Johnny Smith, Tal Farlow, Jimmy Raney, Charlie Byrd, George Van Eps, Ed Bickert, the late great Ted Green, Howard Alden, Ron Eschete, and so many others), but I'll leave it there.
= new reply since forum marked as read
