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Jazz Guitarists: An Overview

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Introduction:
"A brief quiz covering 60 years worth of wonderful jazz guitarists. How many can you identify?"


1. What St. Louis native is well known for his funky recordings, such as "His Majesty King Funk", but also recorded some wonderfully bluesy, more straight-ahead jazz albums -- including "Born To Be Blue"?
    Bill Frisell
    Dee Itami
    Jim Martin
    Grant Green


2. What North Carolina-born guitar player made a name for himself as a giant of jazz guitar, even though he would disappear from the public scene for years at a time and recorded a relatively small number of albums -- including "Fuerst Set" and "Chromatic Palette"?
    Herb Ellis
    Tal Farlow
    Slap Murphy
    George Benson


3. What guitarist plays a unique 8-string guitar that allows him to play basslines and melodic guitar riffs at the same time?
    Eddie Lang
    Kevin Eubanks
    Charlie Hunter
    Stanley Jordan


4. Will Bernard, John Schott, Charlie Hunter and Scott Amendola make up what guitar and drum quartet?
    20 Strings and a Beat
    The Soul Searchers
    Troublefunk
    T. J. Kirk


5. Well known for playing with his thumb, rather than with a pick, what guitarist recorded the "Fingerpickin'" album in 1957 with his two brothers?
    Teddy Bunn
    Pat Martino
    Doug Raney
    Wes Montgomery


6. Having played with artists from Chet Baker to Miles Davis, what guitarist went on to record the popular "A Go Go" album with support from rhythm trio Medeski, Martin and Wood?
    Larry Carlton
    Pat Metheny
    Steve Khan
    John Scofield


7. This Washington, DC-area player made a lot of wonderful music with the help of his bass-playing brother Joe. Who is this guitarist, who is also well-known for his Brazil-influenced sound?
    Ralph Towner
    Derek Bailey
    Charlie Byrd
    Bucky Pizzarelli


8. What guitarist backed up Ella Fitzgerald on her memorable "Cole Porter Songbook" recordings in 1956?
    Barney Kessel
    Russell Malone
    Bernard Addison
    Kenny Burrell


9. What "modern swing" guitarist has recorded extensively with clarinet/saxophone player Ken Peplowski -- including the wonderful live recording "Concord Duo Series, Vol. 3"?
    Frank Vignola
    Earl Klugh
    Cal Collins
    Howard Alden


10. Finally, what Texan is almost universally acknowledged as being the father of modern jazz guitar? Hint: He passed away in 1941.
    Charlie Christian
    Floyd Smith
    Django Reinhardt
    Les Paul


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