Looking for great jazz guitar recordings - any recommendations?

Noodlyarm, I have Tidal and couldn't find any of those titles in MQA. I found them on CD. What am I missing? 

Hey...I mentioned Scofield first...also note that he absolutely IS jazz in every way...music doesn't have to be dissonant or hard to dance to to be jazz (although I like dissonant or more unhinged stuff also). There's a great Frisell documentary on Netflix or Amazon that I recently watched...is he jazz? Oh yeah.

These are full Albums / CD's / Downloads that are exceptionally well recorded IMO.  Enjoy ...

Stanley Turrentine - "Straight Ahead"
Rippingtons - " Black Diamond", "Live Across America" , "Life in the Tropics"
Jesse Cook - "Vertigo" ( amazing )
Larry Carlton - "Friends"
3rd Force - " Collective Force" ( best of ) ( really good )
Dave Grusin/Lee Ritenour - "Harlequin"
Bill Laurance - "Swift" , " Flint "
Brian Culbertson - " Come on Up "

The late great John Abercrombie! Checkout his recordings on ECM!

I need to second moofoo's  mention of John Abercrombie.  All of his recordings are great, and no one is like him.

there's a lot of other good ones above . . . Joe Pass, Charlie Bird, 

finally Al Dimeola, though he's more fusion.

I too am heavily into jazz and beyond guitar. Totally agree with Viridian and Wolf. Will add John Abercrombie for some more challenging and rewarding listening and any ECM recording sounds great. Larry Coryell did some fine straight ahead records and his last Eleventh House lp is high energy and his records on Wide Hive label are rockish but very good.Pat Martino Joyous Lake and Tony Williams Lifetime with Allan Holdsworth are fusion classics. Laurindo Almeida/Charlie Byrd has a couple of great Brazilian duet records...as others said the list is long. But Emily Remler, wow, I have all her work on vinyl except her last which was CD only. What a talent and sad story. Beautiful touch, phrasing, melody, comping and composition. There is a very good website documenting her work. Leni Stern’s first couple of lps are good also and well recorded. The ECM records by Gary Burton with Mick Goodrick and Pat Metheny are recommended also. Have fun in the hunt and listening!

Come on... no one suggested John Scofield? Really....

His tribute to Ray Charles is wonderful and the recording is great... Uberjam is stunning...

These two are not “jazz” in the pure form but go from here and go backwards. I have never heard a recording of his that doesnt sound great.

If you're interested in newer things I'd highly recommend Julian Lage (his jazzier trios are brilliant) including his stuff with Nels Cline (the sort of recent "Nels Cline 4" is great). Bill Frisell kills me...John Scofield's "66" album is hot...I'll see any of these guys when they're around. Peter Bernstein's recent trio ("Toy Tunes") with the amazing Bill Stewart and Larry Goldings is in heavy rotation around here. I'm also a huge Joe Pass fan...saw him live once in '76. Lenny Breau (I know his brother Denny...also a great guitar player) was sort of an off the charts genius.

I have many Jazz Guitar albums.  Many Charlie Byrd. My favourite is an old mono "The Guitar Artistry Of Charlie Byrd". It sounds so good, recommended.

John McLaughlin Trio - Que Alegria. Excellent music, average recording quality
John McLaughlin/Paco de Lucia/Al di Meola - Passion Grace&Fire. Great performance. Best acoustic guitar album of all times, in my view.

@Toneranger58,

Thank you for the Peter Bernstein intro.   Great riffs and well recorded too!   Thanks!

OP,  I would say the Mobile fidelity pressing is the best version of bumping.  

John Pizzarelli and his Dad Bucky.
Wes Montgomery
Jim Hall
Charlie Byrd

Julian Lage’s album Love Hurts.  The title song and Crying are my favorites on it.
Great music and a killer recording.  Available via Tidal.

An Introduction to Django Reinhardt

George Benson- White Rabbit 

Seems all a bit vanilla so far 😏 what about a bit of Mary Halvorson or Nels Cline?

John McLaughlin!Ry Cooder also

Lee Ritenour, Wes Bound. Amazing tribute to Wes Montgomery, top shelf production and he can really cover the Wes material, with respect and authority. Not an easy task.

Ron Affif trio, Mark Whitfield True Blue, Jimmy Bruno with Joey Defrancesco, Like That, smokin guitar with B3, one of my favorite formats. Peter Bernstein on Smoke Session Records, all the Smoke Session artists are great and all recordings are top shelf production.

If you like these I have many more to recommend, with great production, fellow guitarist here also. Enjoy.

+1 on Wes Montgomery, especially his albums with the Wynton Kelly Trio... like Smokin' at the Half Note  and Full House recorded live in Berkeley.

Kenny Burrell for sure. 

Benson's early jazz recordings with verve, and his "Sunday Afternoon" recordings.  Imaginative and technically brilliant.

Pat Martino!!  Any of it, but particularly pre-accident. "Exit".  DIstinctive chromatic soloing.

Joe Pass "Virtuoso" albums. Can get a little repetitive, but it's a really good trick to repeat.

Tal Farlow.  Unique sound, if sometimes a little sloppy.

Among current guitarists, you might check out Freddie Bryant.

Tommy Emmanuel not exactly jazz, but if you like guitar, gotta check that out.

All of Jim Hall’s records.
George Benson "White Rabbit".

Aside the usual suspects, here are a few recordings off the beaten path with great performances AND fine recordings.

Andy Brown - Soloist
Charlie Haden - Jim Hall (the one with two cats on the cover)
Jason Vieaux - Images of Metheny

Jason Vieaux is a classical virtuoso guitarist who recorded some solo acoustic Metheny tunes. The recording is great although the guitar sounds a little thin without volume as I believe levels were set a little low. Turn it up and its amazing.

Kenny Burrell, Midnight Blue
Grant Green, The Complete Quartets w/Sonny Clark or Feelin' the Spirit album or any of Grant's early work
Pat Metheny Group, self-titled and Offramp to start

Danny Gatton. He’s not a Jazz purist, also playing Rockabilly, Blues, 50’s Rock ’n’ Roll, and lots more. He’s a favorite of many pro’s (Vince Gill nicknamed him The Humbler). He was (rip) REAL good.

Tuberist, excellent suggestion!  What’s the best recorded version of Bumpin?

WES MONTGOMERY!!!