Monday, December 24, 2007

Wes Montgomery is ''Greatest jazz guitarists'


In the world of improvised music, American jazz guitarist John Leslie “Wes” Montgomery, who passed on June 1968, has been deemed the Greatest guitarist of all times. He was for years considered one of the major jazz guitarists alongside Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian who were ranked as second and fifth respectively in the DigitalDreamDoor.com list.

Here are the DigitalDream Door Greatest jazz guitarists;

1. Wes Montgomery............. 11. Larry Coryell
2. Django Reinhardt............... 12. Kenny Burrell
3. Pat Metheny ........................ 13. Bill Frisell
4. Joe Pass.................................. 14. Larry Carlton
5. Charlie Christian.................... 15. Pat martino
6. John McLaughlin.................. 16. Mike Stern
7. Allan Holdsworth.................. 17. Al DiMeola
8. Grant Green..........................18. Lenny Breau
9. John Scofield......................... 19. Herb Ellis
10. Jim Hall..............................' 20. John Abercrombie

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