Important Musicians and Innovators (by date of birth).
- Modern Guitar Innovations – 1922 – F-hole Archtop GuitarWho: Lloyd Loar; born: 1886; With: Gibson Guitar Company
- Lonnie JohnsonWho: Lonnie Johnson; born: 1894; With: Victoria Spivey, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Eddie Lang, Roosevelt Sykes, Lonnie Donegan, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann ...
- Malvina ReynoldsWho: Malvina Reynolds; born: 1900; With: Pete Seeger
- T-Bone WalkerWho: T-Bone Walker (Aaron Thibadeaux "T-Bone" Walker); born: 1910; With: Dizzy Gillespie, Teddy Wilson, Louis Bellson, Clark Terry, Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Moody, Benny Carter and Bob Cranshaw, Della Reese, Willie Dixon,Sonny Terry, Brownie Mcghee, Lonnie Johnson, Charlie Christian, B.B. King
- Modern Guitar Innovations – 1937 – The Seven String GuitarWho: George Van Eps; born: 1913; With: Epistopheles Statopoulo (The "Epi" in Epiphone)
- Pete SeegerWho: Pete Seeger; born: 1919; With: Woody Guthrie, The Weavers, Arlo Guthrie, Lead Belly, The Almanac Singers and just about everyone else ...
- Jazz Guitarists – Herb EllisWho: Herb Ellis; born: 1921; With: Jimmy Dorsey, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Barney Kessel, Ben Webster, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Sweets Edison, Buddy Rich, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, The Great Guitars ...
- Jazz Guitarists – Mary OsborneWho: Mary Osborne; born: 1921; With: Charlie Christian, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Ben Webster, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Tatum ...
- Jazz Guitarists – Johnny SmithWho: Johnny Smith; born: 1922
- Neal HeftiWho: Neal Hefti; born: 1922; With: Woody Herman, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra
- Jazz Guitarists – Wes MontgomeryWho: Wes Montgomery; born: 1923; With: Lionel Hamption, Jimmy Smith, The Montgomery Brothers (his brothers Monk and Buddy) John Coltrane, Milt Jackson, Melvin Rhyne, ...
- Jazz Guitarists – Barney KesselWho: Barney Kessel; born: 1923; With: Chico Marx, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Sonny Rollins, Phil Spector, The Beach Boys, The Monkees, The Wrecking Crew, ...
- Jazz Guitarists – Charlie ByrdWho: Charlie Byrd; born: 1925; With: João Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stan Getz, Herb Ellis and Barnie Kessel
- Jazz Guitarists – Bucky PizzarelliWho: Bucky Pizzarelli; born: 1926; With: Les Paul, Tal Farlow, John Bunch, Benny Goodman, John Pizzarelli, Skitch Henderson, Doc Severinson
- Jazz Guitarists – Joe PassWho: Joe Pass; born: 1929; With: Les McCann, George Shearing, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Williams, Della Reese, Johnny Mathis, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown ...
- Fifty Years of Jim HallWho: Jim Hall; born: 1930
- Peggy SeegerWho: Peggy Seeger; born: 1935; With: Ewan MacColl, Mike Seeger, Pete Seeger,
- Jazz Guitarists – George BensonWho: George Benson; born: 1943; With: Jack McDuff, Miles Davis, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Chet Atkins, Al Jarreau ...
- Leo Kottke ConcertWho: Leo Kottke; born: 1945-09-11
- Kristin LemsWho: Kristin Lems; born: 1950
- Jazz Guitarists – Jimmy BrunoWho: Jimmy Bruno; born: 1953; With: Buddy Rich, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Tommy Tedesco ...
- Jazz Guitarists – Russell MaloneWho: Russell Malone; born: 1963; With: Jimmy Smith, Harry Connick Jr, Diana Krall, Dianne Reeves, Dr. Lonnie Smith ...
- Abigail WashburnWho: Abigail Washburn; born: 1977; With: Uncle Earle, Sparrow Quartet, Bela Fleck
- Jane MonheitWho: Jane Monheit; born: 1977; With: John Pizzarelli, Michael Buble, ...
- Aoife O’DonovanWho: Aoife O'Donovan; born: 1982; With: Crooked Still, Yo Yo Ma, Chris Thiele, Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins, ...
- Sarah JaroszWho: Sarah Jarosz; born: 1991; With: Sara Watkins, Aofie O'Donovan, ...
- Kate DavisWho: Kate Davis; born: 1991; With: Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, Ladybugs, ...
