Looking for Jazz emsembles with a guitar flair

there's a new box set of "jazz guitar" came out a few months ago $40 - looked great from the cover

Oscar Peterson when Joe Pass and Niels Henning are with him are stellar discs if you don't know about them

Wes of course, Steve Masakowski from Astral Project
is Pat Methany too sugar coated for you? Bill Frisell

Audiotomb,
thanks for the suggestions. I was not aware of Steve Masakowski unit now.
I own a couple of Frisell CD's that I listen to form time to time. As far as Pat Methany goes, I listened to only one of his CD's - Way Up - and was not impressed. I'd describe it as "cofectionary" - to me it just lacks soul.

I always liked Oscar's music however I don't have any of his discs. I remember catching a telecast of the last 30 minutes of a concert he performed at the Montreal Jazz festival a year ago. Don't know wheather it was recorded but I have been looking with no success. There was something very special about that concert that "brough me home". All the musicians played wonderfully but the guitarist solos were incredibly fluid. I don't know who he was.

i have to second a vote for Django Reinhardt and if you want a real treat find a record with Stephan Grapelli playing with him on violin. Grapelli kills.

If you want to be amazed at what one man and 7 strings can accomplish check out Charlie Hunter. More fusiony than you may want but worth a try.

I also agree regarding Dhango, the only problem is it's near impossible to find anything hi-fi, it's all that 40's recording quality. There are a number of Django desciples though, some who emulate him closely. Philip Catherine is one who does not. Bireli Lagrene does.

i have two concord jazz guitar records. The first one is the from like 1972-73 and features herb ellis, joe pass and ray brown. I think this is a fantastic recording. the interplay between the atrists is exquisite and the arrangements are wonderful.

the second is a compilation, also from concord, featuring charlie byrd, herb ellis and bernie kessel, titled the great guitars, which i do not like nearly as much but i think just reflects how great i think the other recording is.