Favorite Jazz Guitar Solo?

I've been getting into jazz lately, but it was always piano, until I heard Wes Montgomery (but always have loved solos by any guitarist from Steely Dan) and I'd thought I'd ask what you guys like...

 

Affirmation - George Benson comes to mind. I'm sure you'll receive bunch-o replies..

 

Listen to some Charlie Christian, "the father of the electric guitar." He died in 1942, aged 25. Most of his career was as a featured member of Benny Goodman's band, where he performed quite a few stunning solos on record.

When he was done performing downtown with BG, he would head uptown to Harlem and sit in with the cats who were developing what became later known as bebop at Minton's Playhouse; he didn't live to see the innovations he helped pioneer come to fruition. Fortunately, a music lover brought a wire recorder to Minton's one night and captured Charlie Christian stretching out.

Recorded at Minton's in New York in May 1941, this supposedly features Thelonius Monk on piano (although I'm not convinced) - alongside Joe Guy on trumpet, Nick Fenton on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums.

 

Wes Montgomery-No Blues, Twisted Blues
Grant Green-Go Down Moses
Pat Martino-On The Stairs, Special Door
If you want Steely Dan type guitar, get the Larry Carlton 3 album set on BGO Records.
I like pretty much anything by Kenny Burrell or John Scofield. And all the Pat Metheny stuff from the late 70s to early 90s.

 

Can't choose between several on Ask the Ages by Sonny Sharrock

 

Grant Green - Blue & Sentimental (Ike Quebec album)

Guitar solo begins about the 3:00 mark

 

Joe Pass "Django" is a classic.

 

Your like of Steely Dan solos and Wes tells me that you tend to dig Jazz with overtly bluesy phrasing, in which case Kenny Burrell is a "no-brainer":

The interplay between Kenny and Stanley Turrentine is simply incredible, one of the great collaborations in Jazz.
(This is one of those times when you should just get the whole album, you'll thank me later! )

 

Django Reinhardt. Choose a solo, any solo. They're all fantastic. Greatest guitarist of all time in my unpaid opinion.

 

Freddie Hubbard's Red Clay in the hands of Jack Wilkins.



I've won several contests with this track . Best solo will be just one more.

 

Two that I love that bridged rock with their jazz chops.

Larry Coryell...Sex, from his brilliant album "Coryell" in 1969

 

...and great jazz guitarist Jerry Hahn.

Jerry Hahn Brotherhood! Another rarity from 1969.
Martha's Madman especially, track one, with Jerry's ripping wah wah solo staring at around 1:10.

 

John McLaughlin on Miles' "Go Ahead John", a showcase for his considerable talents.

 

Prelude - Pete Cosey