An annotated list of great recorded performances by influential guitarists.
Listen to these albums and CD's to learn about various guitar musical styles
and methods of performance:
| Artist | Album | Comments |
| Jimi Hendrix | Smash Hits | Still timeless 27 years later... |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | Live Music (double Album | A double live recording of the hottest blues which you won't want to end! |
| Robin Trower | Bridge of Sighs | Many say that Trower picked up where Hendrix left off; listen and see! |
| Allman Brothers | Live at the Fillmore | Hear why they could out-jam any band in the land! Duane = slide. |
| Santana | Viva Santana | A collection of Carlos' signature reverberated guitar at its finest. |
| Jeff Beck | Blow by Blow/Wired | One of the few to play electric guitar without a pick. Often imitated; rarely duplicated! |
| Phil Keaggy | The Master and the Musician | Incredible guitar work, primarily acoustic. The title is aptly named! |
| Buddy Guy | Damn Right I've Got the Blues | . See why he has influenced so many of the great ones . . . and vice-versa. |
| Charlie Christian | Solo Flights | The pioneer of the electric guitar. | Joe Pass | Virtuoso/Virtuoso NO.2 | If you don't think that a guitarist can be a one man band, check these albums out. They contain Joe's original compositions for solo guitar performed in a great finger style. | Wes Montegomery | Road Song | A great influence on today's guitarists (see our interviews page for some personal examples), his jazz styles still sound fresh. | Herb Ellis | Concord | Live from the Concord Jazz Festival. Demonstrates excellent lead line improvisation and great choices for chord voicings. | Bruce Foreman | There Are Times | Bay Area Jazz musician with great improvisational ideas and tasteful "inside" playing. | Pat Metheny Group | The Road to You | A double live sampling of the jazz guitarist of the 90's; ultra-fusion! | Andres Segovia | Espana | The finest classical guitarist of all time. This album contains all original works for the guitar, not transcriptions. |
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