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The earliest guitars used in jazz were acoustic, but soon jazz guitarists started to performe on an electrically amplified guitar.
Charlie Christian was the one that got the guitar out of its rhythmic role into the spotlights as a solo instrument. He was also the first successful guitarist who amplified his guitar. Other important jazz guitar soloists of this early period include the Manouche virtuoso
Django Reinhardt and Oscar Moore of the Nat King Cole Trio.
In bebop era , the guitar began to be seen as a “serious” jazz instrument in hands such guitarists as
Kenny Burrell,
Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel, Jimmy Raney, and Tal Farlow,
Wes Montgomery,
Joe Pass and
Jim Hall.
In the early 1970s Jazz-rock fusion became to attention and many players switched to the more rock-oriented solid body guitars. Fusion players such as
John McLaughlin adopted powerful sound of rock guitarists such as Clapton and Jimi Hendrix into jazz.
Following new sound trends
Pat Martino,
Al Di Meola, Larry Coryell, [gt-john-abercrombie]John Abercrombie[/gt],
John Scofield and Mike Stern fashioned a new language for jazz guitar.
