[R_burke]

Try
John Jorgenson's Franco American Swing
Hot Club of San Francisco (especially the Clarity Recordings)
Hot Club of 52nd Street and Swing Live (Bucky Pizarelli and others)
and for a really surprising twist...J. Geils Plays Jazz

http://www.gypsyjazz.net

This is a great site to find new musicians in this vein, prices on their CDs are a little steep, but good place to do some research

 

[Sketch]

Another Wes Montgomery endorsement

Grant Green - Idle Moments
John Scofield - Works for Me, A Go Go
Soulive - Soulive

The last one is a bit more funk/jamband and features a guy named Eric Krasno, who is comparatively young and has some serious chops.

 

[scompton]

Another good Martin Taylor album is Tone Poems 2 with David Grisman on mandolin. The each play a different vintage instrument on each track.

 

[bhjazz]

So much to choose from.

On the Django -> Rosenberg Trio front, also try Pearl Django. They are from the Seattle area, and are quite good. Decent recordings as well.

tonym's suggestion of Ralph Towner is certainly of a different style, but I give an A to the recordings. Open Letter by Towner is my favorite.

Early Pat Metheny is more traditional jazz, less synthetic. Try Pat Metheny Group (with Mark Egan) from 1978. A favorite. (Yes, even though it's quite a different style.)

Have fun!

 

[rlanger]

For those of you who dig Jim Hall, you will probably also like the somewhat lesser known, but equally gifted Canadian guitarist, Ed Bickert.

 

[musicmind]

Quote:

Originally Posted by rlanger /img/forum/go_quote.gif For those of you who dig Jim Hall, you will probably also like the somewhat lesser known, but equally gifted Canadian guitarist, Ed Bickert.

Ed Bickert is awesome. I have the album "Third Floor Richard" which I'd recommend too.

 

[rlanger]

Quote:

Originally Posted by musicmind /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ed Bickert is awesome. I have the album "Third Floor Richard" which I'd recommend too.

Hmm, don't know that one. It's often difficult to find Ed's stuff, where'd you pick it up musicmind?

 

[musicmind]

Seems to be available on amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Third-Floor-Ri.../dp/B0000006HQ

 

[Voltron]

Quote:

Originally Posted by R_burke /img/forum/go_quote.gif Try John Jorgenson's Franco American Swing Hot Club of San Francisco (especially the Clarity Recordings) Hot Club of 52nd Street and Swing Live (Bucky Pizarelli and others) and for a really surprising twist...J. Geils Plays Jazz http://www.gypsyjazz.net This is a great site to find new musicians in this vein, prices on their CDs are a little steep, but good place to do some research

I was going to recommend all of these except the J Geils, which I haven't heard.

For great sounding recordings any of the Bucky and/or John Pizarelli discs from Chesky are excellent. Also try to find anything by Dorado Schmitt and the Django Reinhardt Festival. I also think the Progressions CD collection is very cool too, but for a wide range of styles.