JAZZ GUITAR SWING SOLOISTS
Best recordings, 1940s and 50s
Les Paul
- Jazz at the Philharmonic: The First Concert, Verve: “Blues,” a guitar-piano conversation between Les Paul and Nat “King” Cole
Barney Kessel
- Oscar Peterson Trio: The Trio Set Jazz at the Philharmonic 1952, Verve: “C Jam Blues”; “Tenderly”, “Seven Come Eleven”
- Barney Kessel: The Poll Winners, OJC/Contemporary: “Green Dolphin Street” (other great tracks as well)
- Barney Kessel: The Poll Winners Ride Again!, OJC/Contemporary: “Foreign Intrigue” (other great tracks as well)
- Barney Kessel: Poll Winners Three!, OJC/Contemporary: “Easy Living”; “Soft Winds” (other great tracks as well)
- Hampton Hawes Quartet: Four! Hampton Hawes!!!!, OJC/Contemporary: “Up Blues”, “Yardbird Suite”
Bucky Pizzarelli
- Bucky Pizzarelli With Bud Freeman: Bucky & Bud, Flying Dutchman: “Tea for Two” (other great tracks as well)
- Bobby Hackett: Strike Up the Band, Flying Dutchman: “Bobby’s Tune” (other great tracks as well; group also includes Zoot Sims, tenor sax; Hank Jones, piano; Richard Davis, bass, and Mel Lewis, drums—quite an assemblage!)
- Zoot Sims: A Summer Thing, LaserLight: “Honeysuckle Rose”’ “Memories of You”; “Come Rain or Come Shine”, “Send in the Clowns”
- Bucky Pizzarelli: Green Guitar Blues, Monmouth-Evergreen: “Tangerine”; “Satin Doll”; “Green Guitar Blues”; “Cry Me a River”, “Girl Talk” medley; “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”, “Dreamsville” medley; “Bizarre”; “I Don’t Know How to Love Him”