The jazz guitar : its evolution and its players / by Maurice J. Summerfield.

Author/creator Summerfield, Maurice J., 1940-
Format Book
Edition3rd edition.
Publication InfoGateshead, [Durham] : Ashley Mark ; Winona, Minn. : Distributed by Hal Leonard Pub. Corp., 1980, ©1978.
Description239 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm
Subjects
Guitarists.
Jazz musicians--Biography.
Guitar.

Contents Foreward / Barney Kessel -- Its evolution. The blues -- New Orleans -- Dixieland -- Chicago -- Kansas City -- Swing -- Be bop -- Modern/West Coast -- Cool -- Bossa nova -- Avant garde (jazz/rock/soul/Indo/African/free) -- Its players. John Abercrombie -- Oscar Aleman -- Laurindo Almeida -- Irving Ashby -- Elek Bacsik -- Derek Bailey -- Mickey Baker -- Dave Barbour -- Danny Barker -- Everett Barksdale -- George Barnes -- Billy Bauer -- Billy Bean -- George Benson -- Skeeter Best -- Ed Bickert -- Luiz Bonfa -- Boulou -- Lenny Breau -- Big Bill Broonzy -- Dennis Budimir -- Teddy Bunn -- Kenny Burrell -- Billy Butler -- Charlie Byrd -- Al Casey -- Philip Catherine -- Pierre Cavalli -- Charlie Christian -- John Collins -- Eddie Condon -- Larry Coryell -- Bill De Arango -- Al Di Meola -- Joe Diorrio -- Sacha Distel -- Eddie Durham -- Herb Ellis -- Bus Etri -- Frank Evans -- Tal Farlow -- Al Gaffa -- Slim Gaillard -- Barry Galbraith -- Dick Garcia -- Hank Garland -- Arv Garrison -- Jimmy Gourley -- Freddie Green -- Grannt Green -- Tiny Grimes -- Marty Grosz -- Fred Guy -- Jerry Hahn -- Jim Hall -- Bill Harris -- Al Hendrickson -- Michael Howell -- Ike Isaacs -- Lonnie Johnson -- Barney Kessel -- Earl Klugh -- Carl Kress -- Nappy Lamare -- Eddie Lang -- Mundell Lowe -- Ivor Mairants -- Jack Marshall -- Pat Martino -- Carmen Mastrn -- Dick McDonough -- John McLaughlin -- Pat Metheny -- Wes Montgomery -- Oscar Moore -- Mary Osborne -- Remo Palmier -- Joe Pass -- Les Paul -- John Pisano -- Bucky Pizzarelli -- Baden Powell -- Joe Puma -- Snoozer Quinn -- Jimmy Raney -- Ernest Ranglin -- Django Reinhardt -- Allan Reuss -- Lee Ritenour -- Tony Rizzi -- Howard Roberts -- Terje Rypdal -- Johnny St. Cyr -- Sal Salvador -- Bud Scott -- Bola Sete -- Jimmy Shirley -- Roy Smeck -- Floyd Smith -- Johnny Smith -- Les Spann -- Jimmy Stewart -- Louis Stewart -- Gabor Szabo -- Toots Thielemans -- Rene Thomas -- Ralph Towner -- Phil Upchurch -- George Van Eps -- Al Viola -- Chuck Wayne -- Hy White -- Jack Wilkins -- Jimmy Wyble -- Attila Zoller -- Its instruments.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN0950622427 (pbk.)