1970s Jazz guitar

as jazz-rock fusion emerged in 1970s, many players switched more rock-oriented solid body guitars. other jazz guitarists, grant green , wes montgomery, turned applying skills pop-oriented styles fused jazz soul , r&b, such soul jazz-styled organ trios. younger jazz musicians rode surge of electric popular genres such blues, rock, , funk reach new audiences. guitarists in fusion realm fused post-bop harmonic , melodic language of musicians such john coltrane, mccoy tyner, ornette coleman, , miles davis hard-edged (and loud) rock tone created guitarists such cream s eric clapton had redefined sound of guitar unfamiliar black blues players of chicago and, before that, delta region of mississippi upon whom style based. john mayall s bluesbreakers, clapton turned volume on sound pioneered buddy guy, freddie king, b.b. king , others fluid, heavy finger vibratos, string bending, , speed through powerful marshall amplifiers.

fusion players such john mclaughlin adopted fluid, powerful sound of rock guitarists such clapton , jimi hendrix. mclaughlin master innovator, incorporating hard jazz new sounds of clapton, hendrix, beck , others. mclaughlin later formed mahavisnhu orchestra, historically important fusion band played sold out venues in 1970s , result, produced endless progeny of fusion guitarist. guitarists such pat martino, al di meola, larry coryell, john abercrombie, john scofield , mike stern (the latter 2 both alumni of miles davis band) fashioned new language guitar introduced jazz new generation of fans. rock-blues icons preceded them, fusion guitarists played solid body instruments through stadium rock-style amplification, , signal processing effects such simulated distortion, wah-wah, octave splitters, compression, , flange pedals. turned full volume in order create natural overdrive such blues rock players.