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Downbeat's 75 Great Guitarists

DownBeat's 75 Great Guitarists. In 2009, jazz magazine DownBeat published their list of 75 great guitarists in honor of their 75th anniversary. While the list is primarily composed of jazz guitarists, blues, rock and international guitarists are included as well. The list is unranked but arranged by the following sections:
#1-9: Early Pioneers
#10 - 16: Inventing Bop
#17 - 23: Post-Bop Leaders
#24 - 32: Blues Masters
#33 - 42: Modern Jazz Maestros
#43 - 50: Beyond Men
#51 - 54: Avant-Strings
#55 - 63: Fusion & Pop Matters
#64 - 69: Beyond U.S. Borders
#70 - 75: New-Breed Slingers
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Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt
1
Freddie Green (The Count Basie Orchestra)
Freddie Green (The Count Basie Orchestra)
2
Eddie Lang (The Paul Whiteman Orchestra)
Eddie Lang (The Paul Whiteman Orchestra)
3
Carl Kress
Carl Kress
4
Eddie Durham
Eddie Durham
5
George Van EPs
George Van EPs
6
Eddie Condon
Eddie Condon
7
Oscar Moore (Nat King Cole)
Oscar Moore (Nat King Cole)
8
Les Paul
Les Paul
9
Billy Bauer
Billy Bauer
10
Tiny Grimes
Tiny Grimes
11
Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
12
Charlie Christian (The Benny Goodman Orchestra)
Charlie Christian (The Benny Goodman Orchestra)
13
Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
14
Jimmy Raney
Jimmy Raney
15
Tal Farlow
Tal Farlow
16
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
17
Joe Pass
Joe Pass
18
George Benson
George Benson
19
Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery
20
Jim Hall
Jim Hall
21
Grant Green
Grant Green
22
Johnny Smith
Johnny Smith
23
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
24
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
25
T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Walker
26
B.B. King
B.B. King
27
Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
28
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
29
Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
30
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
31
Albert King
Albert King
32
Bill Frisell (Naked City)
Bill Frisell (Naked City)
33
John McLauglin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
John McLauglin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
34
Pat Metheny (Pat Metheny Group)
Pat Metheny (Pat Metheny Group)
35
Russell Malone
Russell Malone
36
Jimmy Bruno
Jimmy Bruno
37
John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie
38
Bucky Pizzarelli
Bucky Pizzarelli
39
John Scofield
John Scofield
40
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