Artists or Albums to get the groove from. The Beginner Edition

[JohnW63]

I'm sitting here, thinking about a new guitar I COULD have had today, but will get tomorrow, and pondering all my questions about amps and Bigsby bridges and the desire to have a nice "Jazzy" or warm tone and realized something. I don't really listen to Jazz or Blues. "Why the heck did you get the hollow body guitar for !?" you very well may ask. Well, because I do like the way guys can make them sound. Plenty of " I wish I could make it sound like that. " moments. So.. I bought the darn thing to , if nothing else, see a new and very cool guitar that wants me to PLAY it. Back to the question at hand.... I have some in my collection, but not many. I have a few Lee Ritenour and Larry Carlton and therefore, I have at least 1 Four Play album. What I don't have is something to start up, when I get the guitar, and WANT to be able to play ! So, what would you suggest as good intro to jazzy or blues guitar to get my toes tappin and fingers trying to follow ?

 

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Paladins!

 

[guildman63]

Jimmy Bruno, Frank Vignola, Barney Kessel, Grant Green, Charles Earland and Jimmy Smith get every part of me tapping. :emmersed: The first four are guitar, and the last two organ, and they can all swing hard and groove with the best of them.

Grant Green - Barney Kessel - Kenny Burrell Blue …: http://youtu.be/2p95lksHE5U

And I can't forget Oscar Peterson.

 

[dougdnh]

Duke Robillard - great all 'round blues/jazzer. Tasteful, not too intimidating.
T-Bone Walker - granddaddy of jazzy electric blues.
Jimmy Ponder - good traditional jazzer.
Howard Roberts - amazing jazz/session guitarist, can really swing.

 

[SFIV1967]

John,

I posted that in another topic, but as guildman63 already said, Barney Kessel is a good start: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnoXbqadcjU

Ralf

 

[dougdnh]

Yikes ! How could we forget George Barnes & Carl Kress - two of Guild's first endorsers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceyyCtAQTF0

 

[Walter Broes]

Yes, T-Bone Walker, by all means. And yes, the Paladins, by all means, for a more Rock and Roll side of it.

Charlie Christian, Kenny Burrell, Early B.B. King on Modern, check out Bill Doggett's "Honky Tonk" for one of the most elegant 12-Bar blues solos that crosses into Jazz, Grant Green, and ...CHUCK BERRY!!

 

[adorshki]

Ok, you want toe-tappin' tunes and classic hollow-body sounds.
Obviously a job for "the Thumb":

 

[kakerlak]

 

[griehund]

John Primer:

 

[Walter Broes]

john Primer! I toured with him for a week, ten days, some twenty years ago! The band I was in then backed him up for some dates in Belgium, Holland, and France. Sweet guy.

 

[JohnW63]

Here is the first album I grabbed, with the purpose of getting into more jazzy stuff. I stuck with an artist I already knew...

Larry Carlton, "Sapphire Blue"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bos_fTOIaK4

More blues than jazz, but easier for me to get into the feel of. Some of the Jazz stuff goes in directions I'm not used to or expecting, for now.