Jazz for aficionados

Thanks, i know not one of the guitarists you recommended...

@mahgister 

Re Marcin Patrzalek; Great young guitarist from Poland. I will definitely go to see him live if he ever comes to NYC.

Have you listened to the great Mexican acoustic guitar duo featuring musicians Rodrigo Sánchez and Gabriela Quintero?

I assume you also know of another young Guitarist phenom from Europe - Palermo, Sicily, Matteo Mancuso. Mancuso is playing live at Sony Hall in NYC on 13 August and I will be going to the show.

Mancuso interview with Rick Beato:

https://youtu.be/rASUoqbHhqY?si=EC4WRee6sGqgxBst

Matteo Mancuso album:

https://youtu.be/UvBrPb6VuVo?si=6_OJ1wd1FW-v1bPc

Marcin Patrzalek album:

https://youtu.be/R_WPzLH3LgE?si=7CpjpHuRVef_Yxh0

Rodrigo e' Gabriela:

https://youtu.be/PT9hvyDvKHA?si=7n46p7-maMOAa8Gj

A great from the past, the late Paco De Lucia:

https://youtu.be/2oyhlad64-s?si=IAkxotrAusjZdASF

However, none of the guitarist's I have mentioned yet are an equal to Guthrie Govan. The 2 young men from Europe may get there but not yet. Govan is unequaled in both virtuosity and improvisation. 

Before Govan, the late Allan Holdsworth was the improvisational great. Both of them can play the guitar like the saxophone, melding improvised notes and chords together. Many great guitarists listen and learn from the saxophone greats to improvise on the fly. Duane Allman had Kind Of Blue and A Love Supreme and has been quoted that they were a big influence for him.

Two years ago I saw the instrumental rock power trio, The Aristocrats, live at Gramercy Theater in NYC. Guthrie Govan is the guitarist of The Aristocrats. I was in a trance for 90 minutes watching them preform. The drummer and bass player are also 2 of the best, Marco Minnemann and Bryan Beller, respectively.

Rick Beato on Guthrie Govan:

https://youtu.be/k6ucIShHW7Q?si=AbdqKNcQbw4l7w5C

Govan:

https://youtu.be/bUZK9dasP8s?si=QIHkl4v-MNkHR6pd

The Aristocrats:

https://youtu.be/Bg_6CWcJqNM?si=rWTCbjevZIEt8IJS

It would be disrespectful if I did not add a tune by the late great Allan Holdsworth. Here is Allan playing a song from the great jazz tenor, Joe Henderson, Inner Urge:

https://youtu.be/Um_3_N67Vx0?si=CeWcwXQUg2EzFxOJ

European Guitarist

Never gets old!

Eastern Rebellion

@acman3 

+1 for Eastern Rebellion. 

@curiousjim 

I’m with you re: Stevie Nick’s. She's always sounded off-pitch to me. 

I tend to view musical taste as much more a function of psycho-acoustics than reason. Others may disagree. 

@stuartk 

In a Southpark episode years ago, there was a scene where reporters are chasing a goat and yelling Mis Nicks, Miss Nicks, wanting to get an interview. I have never laughed so hard.