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Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton
American musician
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Mike Stern
Mike Stern
American jazz guitarist
2
John Pizzarelli
John Pizzarelli
American jazz guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader
3
Chuck Domanico
Chuck Domanico
American musician
4
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
5
Royce Campbell
Royce Campbell
American musician
6
Anthony Wilson
Anthony Wilson
musician
7
Mitchel Forman
Mitchel Forman
American pianist
8
Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
American musician
9
Chris Laurence
Chris Laurence
musician
10
Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour
American jazz guitarist, session musician, and composer
11
The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
American vocal music group
12
Jay Graydon
Jay Graydon
American musician songwriter, recording artist, guitarist, singer, producer, arranger, and record engineer
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John Patitucci
John Patitucci
American jazz bassist and composer
14
Page Hamilton
Page Hamilton
American singer and guitarist
15
Kerry Marx
Kerry Marx
musician
16
Stanley Jordan
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
17
Dick Nash
Dick Nash
American musician
18
Dori Caymmi
Dori Caymmi
Brazilian musician
19
Johnny Mandel
Johnny Mandel
American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz (1925-2020)
20
Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson
American guitarist, recording artist
21
George Benson
George Benson
American recording artist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter
22
Eddie Lang
Eddie Lang
American jazz guitarist
23
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
24
John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
25
James Chirillo
James Chirillo
Jazz guitar
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John Scofield
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
27
Plas Johnson
Plas Johnson
American musician
28
Steve Lukather
Steve Lukather
guitarist
29
Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola
American guitarist
30
Smokey Hormel
Smokey Hormel
Guitarist; Session guitarist, Beck, Tom Waits
31
Brian Blade
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
32
Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
33
Tommy Flanagan
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
34
Derek Trucks
Derek Trucks
American guitarist, bandleader and songwriter
35
Bob James
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
36
Billy Childs
Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
37
Danny Gatton
Danny Gatton
American musician
38
Joe Louis Walker
Joe Louis Walker
Blues musician
39
Ted Nash
Ted Nash
American musician
40
Bukka White
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
41
Billy Bauer
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
42
Gary Burton
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
43
Walter Becker
Walter Becker
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
44
Kurt Elling
Kurt Elling
American jazz singer and songwriter
45
John Clayton
John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
46
Toninho Horta
Toninho Horta
Brazilian musician
47
Jack Marshall
Jack Marshall
American musician, conductor, composer (1921-1973)
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Nathan East
Nathan East
American musician
49
Jon Burr
Jon Burr
American musician
50
Jimmy Earl
Jimmy Earl
Musician, producer
51
Henry Kaiser
Henry Kaiser
American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver
52
Duke Robillard
Duke Robillard
American blues musician
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
54
Aaron Parks
Aaron Parks
American musician
55
Louis Shelton
Louis Shelton
musician
56
Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini
American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist (1924-1994)
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Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
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Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins
American guitarist and record producer
59
Cheryl Bentyne
Cheryl Bentyne
American singer
60
John Jorgenson
John Jorgenson
American musician
61
North Mississippi Allstars
North Mississippi Allstars
American southern rock/blues band
62
Vincent DeRosa
Vincent DeRosa
American musician
63
Janis Siegel
Janis Siegel
American singer
64
Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana
Mexican and American rock musician
65
Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
66
Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck
English rock guitarist
67
Paul Motian
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
68
Howard Roberts
Howard Roberts
American guitarist
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Wayne Johnson is an American jazz and acoustic guitarist. Johnson won a Grammy Award in 2004 for his contribution to the album Pink Guitar, which featured the songs of composer Henry Mancini.

Johnson attended Boston's Berklee College of Music in the late 1970s and soon after he worked as a studio musician and toured with the Manhattan Transfer. He has recorded most often in a trio with bassist Jimmy Johnson and drummer Bill Berg, who were founding members of the group Flim & the BB's. He has been the guitarist for Bette Midler at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.

Johnson has performed with Rickie Lee Jones, Elton John, John Tesh, Akiko Yano, and Lee Oskar. He is a music educator and serves as a clinician for Taylor Guitars.