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List of jazz guitar artists

Here is a list of jazz guitar artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the jazz guitar genre. You can find out what jazz guitar genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#	name	Popularity	instrumentalness	danceability	energy	acousticness	Happiness	tempo	followers
1	George Benson	64	20	65	50	46	66	111	703597
2	João Gilberto	63	12	55	26	78	61	110	549483
3	Luiz Bonfá	56	71	54	22	88	51	111	80446
4	Django Reinhardt	51	62	66	36	92	70	111	372950
5	Pat Metheny	51	76	38	20	87	21	117	320922
6	Wes Montgomery	50	59	56	22	88	40	116	242295
7	Earl Klugh	48	79	66	53	43	67	109	163339
8	Jim Hall	47	71	51	27	89	48	121	66476
9	Charlie Byrd	46	79	70	25	80	60	129	25299
10	Kenny Burrell	46	41	57	22	83	44	104	77440
11	Baden Powell	46	73	46	40	78	58	101	153056
12	Charlie Hunter	46	75	57	58	18	56	110	54981
13	Lee Ritenour	46	20	68	54	46	61	105	155509
14	Joe Pass	45	75	50	17	90	35	115	117076
15	Tommy Emmanuel	45	77	45	35	74	38	110	171607
16	Julian Lage	45	84	49	33	78	23	114	97740
17	Bill Frisell	44	74	48	34	65	37	126	97045
18	John Scofield	44	63	58	38	45	50	111	162789
19	John McLaughlin	44	58	39	59	51	47	114	110871
20	Jeff Parker	43	76	45	40	59	36	107	37688
21	Al Di Meola	43	71	47	45	62	50	118	134932
22	Grant Green	43	37	55	34	79	47	122	109389
23	Joyce Cooling	42	75	78	66	24	79	116	41806
24	Larry Carlton	42	67	61	49	43	54	122	113454
25	Ken Navarro	41	78	67	57	53	73	102	26853
26	Kurt Rosenwinkel	40	74	44	30	91	29	106	64174
27	Dominic Miller	40	93	45	23	89	45	118	22989
28	Wes Montgomery Trio	40	74	46	7	94	31	97	30370
29	Laurindo Almeida	38	88	47	26	87	34	101	17383
30	Biréli Lagrène	38	83	67	57	71	64	113	41403
31	John Pizzarelli	37	1	49	32	60	44	95	24584
32	Pat Martino	37	89	46	33	91	69	130	59309
33	Herb Ellis	36	37	57	25	91	54	100	22080
34	Ralph Towner	36	88	37	10	95	20	85	26365
35	Pearl Django	36	71	71	32	91	60	107	13512
36	Lionel Loueke	35	83	74	30	79	43	149	27420
37	Barney Kessel	34	55	54	21	77	35	109	30109
38	Jakob Bro	34	59	43	5	98	20	88	15801
39	Allan Holdsworth	34	20	38	58	19	34	134	89401
40	Sylvain Luc	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	9011
41	Eivind Aarset	33	84	51	56	43	24	100	13487
42	Mike Stern	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	69664
43	Steve Tibbetts	32	87	47	18	90	16	140	9237
44	Babik Reinhardt	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	2061
45	Philip Catherine	32	78	54	23	97	21	95	8356
46	Joscho Stephan	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	22242
47	Johnny Smith	31	94	48	10	98	33	121	10621
48	Angelo DeBarre	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	17865
49	Toninho Horta	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	48114
50	Tal Farlow	31	83	60	17	95	45	100	18407
51	Rotem Sivan	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	8163
52	Jack Wilkins	30	87	47	26	84	29	111	11621
53	Patrick Saussois	30	74	76	42	88	72	119	1611
54	Charlie Christian	30	66	68	35	92	82	131	33985
55	Wolfgang Muthspiel	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	13854
56	Larry Coryell	30	60	61	61	31	59	98	30302
57	Ulf Wakenius	30	85	58	19	93	44	142	14057
58	Jimmy Raney	30	80	49	18	99	55	153	8869
59	Emily Remler	29	48	46	11	82	43	101	18721
60	Howard Roberts	29	90	45	19	96	15	102	4556
61	Stochelo Rosenberg	29	85	59	52	87	83	124	9488
62	Gilad Hekselman	29	72	47	28	83	31	113	26842
63	Jimmy Rosenberg	29	84	61	47	86	71	102	12653
64	Ted Greene	29	93	41	9	99	16	98	11936
65	John Abercrombie	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	34992
66	Kazumi Watanabe	28	71	56	66	26	65	115	15515
67	Terje Rypdal	28	75	24	15	75	6	120	21891
68	Peter Bernstein	28	89	42	36	93	48	78	13203
69	Stanley Jordan	28	82	38	46	69	26	146	28983
70	Russell Malone	28	84	52	33	94	47	127	10746
71	Dorado Schmitt	28	80	72	49	86	59	103	6765
72	Lenny Breau	28	81	53	19	93	61	114	11746
73	Oscar Aleman	27	63	63	34	90	65	116	10929
74	Martin Taylor	27	94	38	13	99	27	98	10417
75	Bucky Pizzarelli	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	7421
76	Jonathan Kreisberg	26	88	45	19	96	29	111	21894
77	Adam Rafferty	26	31	27	26	66	45	147	8762
78	George Van Eps	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	5490
79	Nels Cline	26	80	36	65	30	58	124	21691
80	Pat Metheny Trio	26	79	45	15	92	24	117	33604
81	Romero Lubambo	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	4281
82	Frank Vignola	25	97	92	22	96	77	100	5874
83	Jacob Young	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	2220
84	Howard Alden	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	3235
85	Sonny Sharrock	23	43	32	53	50	31	100	17664
86	Eddie Lang	23	71	66	31	97	61	124	5597
87	Adam Rogers	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	12397
88	Ryo Kawasaki	23	46	51	72	30	60	124	14484
89	Zachary Breaux	22	73	64	54	63	51	123	3074
90	Dave Stryker	22	87	46	16	98	10	125	3693
91	Billy Bauer	22	78	56	15	97	21	70	2143
92	Mike Moreno	22	91	41	22	94	14	95	9860
93	Jimmy Bruno	22	90	49	9	98	32	97	6249
94	Ferenc Snétberger	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	3237
95	Ben Monder	22	89	36	1	99	5	72	9565
96	Hank Garland	21	69	59	55	79	66	107	3170
97	David Torn	21	90	29	17	61	12	94	7163
98	Mary Halvorson	20	81	45	47	70	23	110	14828
99	Fapy Lafertin	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	2388
100	Jesse Van Ruller	19	89	56	28	90	29	123	7332
101	Vic Juris	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	2509
102	Mick Goodrick	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	2476
103	Mark Whitfield	18	18	62	59	51	81	93	4752
104	Eric Gale	18	35	61	44	47	56	107	9348
105	Lage Lund	18	88	41	24	96	28	88	10245
106	Royce Campbell	17	77	81	46	87	80	94	1012
107	Kevin Eubanks	17	95	43	53	94	47	99	5465
108	George Barnes	17	74	68	30	41	62	116	1720
109	Jimmy Ponder	17	27	51	33	47	63	105	1522
110	Hiram Bullock	17	48	62	66	26	50	110	9121
111	Bobby Broom	17	85	59	48	50	46	113	5440
112	Freddie Green	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	3411
113	Jon Larsen	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	893
114	Graham Dechter	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	860
115	Steve Khan	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	6795
116	Ed Bickert	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	5545
117	Doug Raney	15	10	43	43	48	62	132	3184
118	Steve Cardenas	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2373
119	Joe Beck	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2489
120	Bill Connors	14	85	40	86	22	42	147	3039
121	Derek Bailey	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	9201
122	Joe Negri	14	88	61	34	98	81	104	671
123	Barry Galbraith	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	569
124	Oscar Moore	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1698
125	Mundell Lowe	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1307
126	David Fiuczynski	12	89	49	53	67	57	120	4094
127	Bruce Forman	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1195
128	John Etheridge	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	909
129	Jim Mullen	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	744
130	Tuck Andress	12	8	53	28	80	66	179	3378
131	Ed Cherry	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1125
132	John Jorgenson Quintet	11	65	55	72	24	84	123	1570
133	Alvino Rey	10	0	60	29	81	75	138	930
134	Matelo Ferret	10	85	42	21	82	40	98	941
135	Attila Zoller	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1238
136	René Thomas	10	75	50	17	99	41	79	1693
137	Gene Bertoncini	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1564
138	Peter Sprague	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	649
139	Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	9541
140	Lorne Lofsky	9	27	37	19	84	33	120	617
141	Anthony Wilson	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3208
142	Tiny Grimes	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2886
143	Louis Stewart	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1869
144	Mimi Fox	9	94	42	3	99	24	93	2304
145	Marty Grosz	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	637
146	Rudy Linka	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1547
147	Diz Disley	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	111
148	Rez Abbasi	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1709
149	Carl Kress	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	343
150	Jeff Linsky	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	327
151	Roni Ben-Hur	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	874
152	Jerry Hahn	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	195
153	Baro Ferret	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	217
154	Christian Escoudé	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	890
155	Joe Cohn	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	713
156	Robert Normann	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	632
157	Monnette Sudler	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	547
158	Joe Diorio	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3769
159	John Pisano	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1515
160	Chuck Wayne	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	880
161	Corey Christiansen	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1306
162	Ximo Tebar	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1263
163	John Stein	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	945
164	Al Viola	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	407
165	Sonny Greenwich	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	429
166	Paul Bollenback	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	764
167	Sheryl Bailey	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1137
168	Teddy Bunn	3	80	62	3	98	25	83	420
169	Christy Doran	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	390
170	Randy Napoleon	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	522
171	Joshua Breakstone	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1415
172	Jimmy Gourley	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	199
173	Peter Leitch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	628
174	Sal Salvador	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	699
175	Brad Shepik	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	550
176	Dan Adler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	542
177	Chris Flory	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	166
178	Ted Dunbar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	167
179	Jon Eberson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	255
180	Oliver Gannon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	128
181	Randy Johnston	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	467
182	James Emery	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	92
183	Bern Nix	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	159
184	Nelson Symonds Quartet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	110
185	Eddie Duran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	168

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