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Charlie Byrd
Charlie Byrd
American guitarist
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Bucky Pizzarelli
Bucky Pizzarelli
American Jazz guitarist
2
Ben Weinman
Ben Weinman
American musician
3
Logan Richardson
Logan Richardson
American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
4
Craig Taborn
Craig Taborn
American musician
5
Craig Safan
Craig Safan
American composer of film music
6
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
7
John Altman
John Altman
composer
8
Tortoise
Tortoise
American post-rock band
9
Vince Guaraldi
Vince Guaraldi
American jazz pianist and composer (1928-1976)
10
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Dillinger Escape Plan
American mathcore band
11
Ray Heindorf
Ray Heindorf
American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger (1908-1980)
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Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
13
Joey DeFrancesco
Joey DeFrancesco
American jazz musician
14
Kevin Eubanks
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
15
Freddy Cole
Freddy Cole
American jazz singer and pianist
16
John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Eric Appapoulay
Eric Appapoulay
Record producer and musician
18
Joey Santiago
Joey Santiago
Alternative rock musician
19
Chris Pennie
Chris Pennie
American musician
20
Nobukazu Takemura
Nobukazu Takemura
Japanese musician
21
James Hurt
James Hurt
American musician
22
Tom Ranier
Tom Ranier
Musician, Instrumentalist
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Jim Hall
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
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John Mayall
John Mayall
English blues musician
25
Kevn Kinney
Kevn Kinney
American musician
26
Danny Gatton
Danny Gatton
American musician
27
Grant Geissman
Grant Geissman
American jazz guitarist and Emmy-nominated composer
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Stanley Jordan
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
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Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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Seth Walker
Seth Walker
American electric blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Peter-John Vettese
Peter-John Vettese
British keyboardist, songwriter, arranger and record producer
32
Spud Murphy
Spud Murphy
American musician
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Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson
American jazz pianist
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George Gershwin
George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898-1937)
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John Klemmer
John Klemmer
American musician
36
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt
Belgian-born Romani French jazz guitarist and composer
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Eddie Duran
Eddie Duran
American jazz guitarist
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Nir Felder
Nir Felder
American musician
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Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
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Mike Longo
Mike Longo
American musician
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Royce Campbell
Royce Campbell
American musician
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Billy Hart
Billy Hart
American jazz drummer
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John Tropea
John Tropea
American musician
44
Johnny Mandel
Johnny Mandel
American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz (1925-2020)
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Matt Mitchell
Matt Mitchell
US jazz musician and composer
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Jimmy Haslip
Jimmy Haslip
American electric bass player and record producer
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Bill Connors
Bill Connors
American musician
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Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
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Craig Armstrong
Craig Armstrong
British composer
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Buddy Collette
Buddy Collette
American musician
51
Eugene Wright
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician
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Andy Rourke
Andy Rourke
British musician
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Stan Getz
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
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Clare Fischer
Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
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Eddie Condon
Eddie Condon
US musician
56
Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum
musician
Craig Sharmat
American composer and guitarist

Craig Sharmat

Intro
American composer and guitarist
Genres
Music

Craig Linden Sharmat (born October 8, 1957) is an American musician. He composes music for television and film and is an accomplished guitarist whose work has been noticed in the smooth jazz charts. He has scored a wide variety of reality shows, animation, television commercials, and documentary movies. He has also played guitar on thousands of cues and backed up a number of commercial artists as guitarist and or arranger. He released his first jazz single in 2009, "So Cal Drivin"; the album of the same name was released later that year. His second album, Outside In, contains the song "Ease Up", which reached number two on the Billboard Smooth Jazz chart.