JAZZ GUITAR CONTEMPORARY SOLOISTS
Best recordings, 1970s and 80s
Dennis Budimir
- Dennis Budimir: Alone Together, Revelation: “All the Things You Are”; “No Cover, No Minimum”; solos over own comping on “East of the Sun,” “Embraceable You” and “Blues for Ray J.”
- Dennis Budimir: A Second Coming, Revelation: “All the Things You Are” (other great tracks as well)
- Dennis Budimir: Sprung Free, Revelation: “East of the Sun” (other great tracks as well)
Jack Wilkins
- Buddy Rich: Tough Dude, Denon: “Donna Lee”
- Jack Wilkins: Merge, Chiaroscuro: “FUM”; “What’s New?”; “What Is This Thing Called Love?”; “Invitation”; “Freight Trane”
- Jack Wilkins: Mexico, CTI: “Streets of Rio”; “7th
Variation on a Catalan Folk Song”; “You Must Believe in Spring”; “O Grand Amor”; “Dailey
Double”; “Opal”; “Captain Blued”; “Captain Marvel” (duet with guitarist Carl
Berry); “My Foolish Heart”
Pat Metheny
- Pat Metheny Trio: Bright Size Life, ECM: “Round Trip”; “Broadway Blues”
- Pat Metheny Trio: Rejoicing, ECM: “Lonely Woman”; “Tears Inside”; “Rejoicing”; “Blues for Pat”
- Pat Metheny-Dave Holland-Roy Haynes: Questions and Answers, Geffen: “Solar”; “Never Too Far Away”
Ralph Towner
- Oregon: Music of Another Present Era, Vanguard: “Land of Heart’s Desire”; “The Swan”
- Ralph Towner with Glen Moore: Trios/Solos, ECM: “Bruja”; “Raven’s Wood”; “RE: Person I Knew”; “Winter Light”; “Reach Me, Friend”; “1 x 12”; “Suite: 3 x 12”
- Ralph Towner: Old Friends, New Friends, ECM: “Special Delivery”; “Kupala”