Johnny A -

[MikeJump]

Anyone heard of this guy...
http://www.mikejump.com/mp3/JA

I have his 2 albums
-Sometime Tuesday Morning
-Get Inside

they are both amazing.

Can anyone recomend a guitar instrumental album as well put together as these.

[rubbishwithnames]

I've only heard what you posted, and it's awesome.

[MikeJump]

try to get his cd's for christmas.. they are so awsome.


Its VERY hard to find good instrumental stuff

[DemBonez]

Are you just looking for instrumental albums with guitar as the main attraction, or does it have to sound like Johnny A here? Because if you are asking the latter, you've asked in the wrong place. The guy is a blues-rock guitarist, and the only "jazz" guitartists that I could think of that sounded like him would be the smooth guys (Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Lee Ritenour, Russ Freeman, etc). While I don't find anything wrong with these guys, it seems the common opinion is that they are hell on earth.

If you were asking for the former, I'd say check out Wes Montgomery. The guy had a nack of improvising melodically measure after measure after measure. I think Steve Khan put it best when he said, "I was constantly seeking verbal answers to the question, 'How do you do that?' The 'that' being improvising so melodically, for chorus after chorus, from single lines to octaves and finally to chords, and that gorgeous, warm, dark sound- all of it done with no pick, just with his unaided, unbelievable thumb. Wes' answer was always the same: 'I don't know. I just do it.'" Wes had some beautiful guitar playing. Bumpin' by Wes Montgomery is my favorite album of his. He's backed by Don Sebesky's Orchestra to give it a very laid back sound. Other albums to check out are Full House, Far Wes, Smokin' At The Half-Note with the Wynton Kelly Trio, West Coast Blues by Harold Land, Work Song by Nat Adderley.

Johnny Smith is a great cool guitarist who always seemed like he played the right notes. He is best showcased on his album Moonlight In Vermont which features Stan Getz.

Jim Hall is my favorite jazz guitarist and easily one of my favorite jazz musicians to listen to. His playing is lush like a piano, he can back just as good as anyone, and the ideas he conveys in his solos are remarkable. His Concierto is a great example of his playing. He's surrounded with great musicians, playing music arranged by Sebesky, and he still steals the show. The concert is topped off with them doing a coll version of Rodrigo's "Concierto De Aranjuez". Other good albums are Jim Hall Live!, Alone Together with Ron Carter, Telephone with Ron Carter, The Bridge by Sonny Rollins, and Undercurrent with Bill Evans.

Happy hunting.

[joshmay]

i have a wes montgomery live album, and its really wonderful. you can recognize his playing right away, on any tune.

[lit_girl11]

from what ive heard of him, John Scoffield is a pretty damn good guitarist.

[IbanezSamurai]

I've seen him in concert when he opened up for Eric Johnson this summer. Yeah he was one heck of a guitar player, he played wide variety of styles from Rockabilly to Jazz, plus he had a cool looking custom LP. Through out the gig, he played sitting down through 2 Marshall combos.

[lit_girl11]

pat metheny is also a killer guitarist