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Lawrence Lucie
Lawrence Lucie
American musician
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Bucky Pizzarelli
Bucky Pizzarelli
American Jazz guitarist
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Art Ryerson
Art Ryerson
American musician
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Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt
Belgian-born Romani French jazz guitarist and composer
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Eddie Lang
Eddie Lang
American jazz guitarist
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Elmer Snowden
Elmer Snowden
American musician
6
Nappy Lamare
Nappy Lamare
American musician
7
Amancio D'Silva
Amancio D'Silva
Indian musician
8
Carl Kress
Carl Kress
American musician
9
Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
10
Tony Mottola
Tony Mottola
guitarist (1918-2004)
11
Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
12
Fred Van Eps
Fred Van Eps
American banjoist
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Mary Osborne
Mary Osborne
American musician
14
Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
15
Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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Ray Ellington
Ray Ellington
1915-1985, English singer, drummer, bandleader
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Joe Beck
Joe Beck
American musician
21
John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Cat Anderson
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
23
Dick McDonough
Dick McDonough
American musician
24
Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
25
Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
26
Jim Hall
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
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Carmen Mastren
Carmen Mastren
American musician
28
Arthur Parker Whetsol
Arthur Parker Whetsol
American jazz trumpeter
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Jackie Paris
Jackie Paris
American singer
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Jim Kweskin
Jim Kweskin
American musician
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Claude Bolling
Claude Bolling
French musician
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Eric Weissberg
Eric Weissberg
American musician
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Michael Danzi
Michael Danzi
American musician and banjoist
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Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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Jimmy Stewart
Jimmy Stewart
Guitarist and singer
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Harry Reser
Harry Reser
American musician
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Billy Bauer
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
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Teddy Bunn
Teddy Bunn
American musician
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Thurman Teague
Thurman Teague
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Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Bud Scott
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
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Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida
Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer
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Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli
French jazz violinist
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Harry Carney
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
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John Pizzarelli
John Pizzarelli
American jazz guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader
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Money Johnson
Money Johnson
American musician
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Sam Woodyard
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
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Gil Evans
Gil Evans
American pianist
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James Chirillo
James Chirillo
Jazz guitar
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
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Wellman Braud
Wellman Braud
American musician
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George Van Eps
George Van Eps
musician
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Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
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Jay Berliner
Jay Berliner
American musician
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Jimmy Raney
Jimmy Raney
American musician
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Mahavishnu Orchestra
Mahavishnu Orchestra
American jazz fusion band
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Billy Strayhorn
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
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Monk Montgomery
Monk Montgomery
American jazz bassist
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George Barnes
George Barnes
American musician
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Al Hendrickson
Al Hendrickson
American musician
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Béla Fleck
Béla Fleck
American banjo player
62
Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
Fred Guy
American musician

Fred Guy

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Frederick L. Guy (May 23, 1897, Burkeville, Virginia - Dec. 22, 1971) was an American jazz banjo player and guitarist.

Guy was raised in New York City. He played guitar and banjo with Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra. In the early 1920s, he joined Duke Ellington's Washingtonians, switching from banjo to guitar in the early 1930s. He remained with Ellington's orchestra until 1949. He retired, moved to Chicago, and for twenty years ran a ballroom. In 1971, he committed suicide.