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Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
1
Theo Jörgensmann
Theo Jörgensmann
German musician
2
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
3
Albert Mangelsdorff
Albert Mangelsdorff
German jazz trombonist
4
John Scofield
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
5
Elliott Sharp
Elliott Sharp
American musician
6
Duke Robillard
Duke Robillard
American blues musician
7
James Emery
James Emery
American musician
8
John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
9
Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine
American musician
10
Otomo Yoshihide
Otomo Yoshihide
Japanese composer, guitarist (1959-)
11
Markus Reuter
Markus Reuter
German musician
12
Evan Parker
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
13
Torsten de Winkel
Torsten de Winkel
German musician
14
Dick Oatts
Dick Oatts
American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator
15
Charnett Moffett
Charnett Moffett
American musician
16
Frank Vignola
Frank Vignola
American guitarist
17
Maybe Monday
Maybe Monday
American experimental music group
18
Philip Catherine
Philip Catherine
musician
19
Martin Taylor
Martin Taylor
British guitarist
20
Jo Thönes
Jo Thönes
German drummer
21
Michael Manring
Michael Manring
American musician
22
Ryo Kawasaki
Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)
23
Russ Spiegel
Russ Spiegel
jazz musician
24
Tim Hodgkinson
Tim Hodgkinson
English experimental music composer and performer
25
Derek Bailey
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
26
Joseph Bowie
Joseph Bowie
American musician
27
John Wolf Brennan
John Wolf Brennan
Irish-Swiss pianist, organist, melodica player, and composer
28
Robert Hurst
Robert Hurst
American jazz bassist
29
Ensemble Modern
Ensemble Modern
band
30
Joe Nay
Joe Nay
German drummer
31
John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
32
Rolf Riehm
Rolf Riehm
German composer and oboist
33
Philip Aaberg
Philip Aaberg
pianist
34
Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
35
Vitold Rek
Vitold Rek
Polish musician
36
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty
French musician
37
Malachi Favors
Malachi Favors
American bassist
38
Don Preston
Don Preston
American musician
39
Richard Bona
Richard Bona
Cameroon-American jazz bassist and musician
40
Andrei Krylov
Andrei Krylov
Russian musician
41
Giovanni Hidalgo
Giovanni Hidalgo
Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator
42
Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
American musician
43
Adam Rogers
Adam Rogers
American musician
44
Kerry Marx
Kerry Marx
musician
45
B. J. Cole
B. J. Cole
British musician
46
Bobby Previte
Bobby Previte
American drummer
47
Peter Beets
Peter Beets
Dutch musician
48
Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
49
Duško Gojković
Duško Gojković
Serbian musician
50
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Mark-Anthony Turnage
English composer
51
Richard Barrett
Richard Barrett
British composer
52
Randy Napoleon
Randy Napoleon
American musician
53
Spain
Spain
American rock band
54
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
55
Mike Cooper
Mike Cooper
British guitarist
56
David Torn
David Torn
American guitarist
57
Alex Skolnick
Alex Skolnick
American musician
58
Claudio Roditi
Claudio Roditi
Brazilian musician
59
John Medeski
John Medeski
American jazz keyboards player and composer
Michael Sagmeister
German guitarist

Michael Sagmeister

Intro
German guitarist
Genres
Music

Michael Sagmeister (born 27 July 1959 in Frankfurt, Germany) is a German jazz guitarist.

Sagmeister gained first prominence when he performed in 1975 at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival. The following year he founded the Michael Sagmeister Trio with Udo Kistner (playing bass) and Michael Kuettner on drums which became his most successful ensemble. In the 1980s he toured as a supporting act with the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble by which he became well known in the jazz scene.

From 1993 to 1997 Sagmeister was a lecturer at Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1999 he became a tenured professor at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. Sagmeister published three primers about Jazz guitar.