This man redefined how the guitar is played, and expanded the vocabulary of jazz music well into the bebop era and beyond.
The list of those he influenced – guitarists Les Paul, Johnny Smith, Julian Bream, Charlie Byrd, B.B. King, Tony Iommi, Willie Nelson, Chet Atkins, Joe Pass, and saxophonists James Carter & Don Byron, etc, – continues to grow whenever another listener happens upon his recordings.
The Triplets of Grubville 