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Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out For navigation instructions please click here Search Issue | Next Page DOWNBEAT 75 GREAT GUITARISTS JACK BRUCE DAVID BINNEY JAZZ CLUB GUIDE BRUCE DAVID JACK GUITARISTS 75 GREAT DownBeat.com FEBRUARY 2009 FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 2009 U.K. £3.50 Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out For navigation instructions please click here Search Issue | Next Page A D Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page BEF MaGS A D Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page BEF MaGS A D Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page BEF MaGS ___________ A D Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page BEF MaGS A D Previous Page | Contents | Zoom in | Zoom out | Front Cover | Search Issue | Next Page BEF MaGS February 2009 VOLUME 76 – NUMBER 2 President Kevin Maher Publisher Frank Alkyer Editor Jason Koransky Associate Editor Aaron Cohen Art Director Ara Tirado Production Associate Andy Williams Bookkeeper Margaret Stevens Circulation Manager Kelly Grosser Intern Mary Wilcop ADVERTISING SALES Record Companies & Schools Jennifer Ruban-Gentile 630-941-2030 [email protected] Musical Instruments & East Coast Schools Ritche Deraney 201-445-6260 [email protected] Classified Advertising Sales Sue Mahal 630-941-2030 [email protected] OFFICES 102 N. 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In fact, the inclusion of many of the guitarists on this list of 75—we chose 75 because this is the first in a series of features that celebrate DownBeat’s 75th anniversary— were imperative. When it came down to closing the list at 75, the hard choices emerged. Which jazz, blues and beyond masters would we have to leave out? In this feature, we tried to offer a wide range of guitarists, from different time periods and different musical styles—from Charlie Christian early swing and bebop to blues and fusion— DOWNBEAT ARCHIVES who have played a pivotal role in the develop- George Benson ment of improvised music. So, of course we could not include every “great” guitarist. Who do you think we should have included? We’d love to hear your opin- ions. Also, we know that books can (and have) been written about some of these artists. This made Enright’s job of whittling down each entry to about 100 words a Herculean writing task. 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