List of mandolinists - Wikiwand
This is a list of mandolinists, people who have specifically furthered the mandolin by composing for it, by playing it, or by teaching it. They are identified by their affiliation to the instrument.
First generation mandolinists (c. 1744 - 1880)
- Bartolomeo Bortolazzi (1733-1820)[1]
- Luigi Castellacci
- Giovanni Cifolelli[2]
- Pietro Denis (1720-1790)[3]
- Giovanni Fouchetti (1757-1789)[4]
- Alexandro Marie Antoin Fridzeri[5]
- Carlo Antonio Gambara
- Giovanni Battista Gervasio (c.1762-1784)[4]
- Giovanni Hoffmann (also Johann Hoffmann) (1770-c.1814) (Vienna)[6]
- Vincent Houška (1766-1840) (Czechoslovakia)[7]
- Wenzel Krumpholz (1750-1870)
- Carmine de Laurentiis[8]
- Gabriele Leone;(1732-1770)[4]
- Carlo Sodi (1715-1788)[9]
- Giovanni Vailati (1815-1890)[10]
- Mademoiselle de Villeneuve (1770)[11]
- Pietro Vimercati (?-1850)[12]
Golden age mandolinists (c. 1880 - c. 1920)
- Michele Salvatore Ciociano (1874-1944) (Italy)[13][14]
- Valentine Abt (1873-1942) (United States)
- Pietro Armanini (1844-1895) (Italy)
- Edgar Bara (1876-1962)
- Giuseppe Bellenghi (1847-1902)
- Giuseppe Branzoli (1835-1909) (Italy)
- Raffaele Calace (1863-1934) (Italy)
- Jules Cottin (1868-1922)
- Ferdinando de Cristofaro (1846-1890)
- Carlo Curti (1859-1926) (Italy, United States, Mexico)[15]
- Bernardo De Pace (1881-1966)[16]
- Herbert J. Ellis (1865-1903)
- James Reese Europe (1881-1919) (United States)
- Giovanni Gioviale (1885-1949) (Italy)
- George H. Hucke (1868-1903)
- Nikolaos Lavdas (1879-1940)
- Salvador Léonardi (1872-1938) (Italy)
- Eduardo Mezzacapo (1832-1898)[4]
- Carlo Munier ( 1859-1911) (Italy)
- W. Eugene Page (American)
- Clarence L. Partee (1864-1915) (Italy, United States)
- Giuseppe Pettine (1874-1966) (Italy, United States)
- Jean Pietrapertosa (1855-1940)
- Silvio Ranieri (1882-1956) (Italy)[17]
- Clara Ross (1858-1954) (England, United States)
- Arling Shaeffer (1859-after 1938) (United States)
- Samuel Siegel (1875-1948) (United States)
- Giuseppe Silvestri (1841-1921)
- Giovanni Vicari (1905-1985) (United States)[18]
- Seth Weeks (1868-1953) (United States)
- Bob Yosco (1874-1942) (Italy, United States)
Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased)
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Classical
Blues
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Bluegrass
Carnatic
Choro
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Country
Gospel Jazz
Old Timey
Southern rock
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Modern mandolinists 1920 to present
Mainly classical
Australian
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Belgium
Bulgaria
France
Germany
Great Britain
India Israel
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Italy
Japan |
Netherlands Portugal
Puerto Rico Russia Spain
Switzerland |
United States
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Blues
- Ry Cooder (United States)[110]
- Bert Deivert (United States) (Sweden)[111]
- Rich DelGrosso (United States)[112][113]
- Andra Faye (United States)[114]
- Billy Flynn (United States)
- Alvin Youngblood Hart
- Jimi Hocking (Australia)
- Gerry Hundt (United States)
- Steve James (United States)
- Pokey Lafarge
- Barry Mitterhoff
- Otis Taylor (United States)[115]
- Hans Theessink (Netherlands)[116]
- Marc Woodward (United Kingdom) (United States)[117]
Bluegrass, Americana, Old Timey
- Darin Aldridge,[118] The Circuit Riders
- Lloyd Armstrong[119]
- Jeff Austin,[120] Yonder Mountain String Band
- Alan Bibey, Baucom, Bibey, Graham & Haley
- Robert Bowlin
- Jesse Brock
- Sam Bush
- Mike Compton[121]
- Sharon Gilchrist
- David Grisman
- David Harvey (luthier)
- Sierra Hull
- Sarah Jarosz
- Doyle Lawson
- Tashi Litch,[122] Brograss
- David Long
- Andrew Marlin
- Mike Marshall
- Cahalen Morrison
- Ronnie McCoury, Del McCoury Band
- Jesse McReynolds
- Buddy Merriam[123]
- Barry Mitterhoff
- Tim O'Brien[124]
- Georgi Palmov[125][126] (Russia), Kukuruza, Seldom Scene
- John Reischman[127]
- Tom Rozum[128]
- Sandy Rothman, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band[129]
- Jon Sholle
- Herschel Sizemore[130][131]
- Ricky Skaggs, Clinch Mountain Boys, The Country Gentlemen, Kentucky Thunder
- Johnny Staats
- Andy Statman
- Adam Steffey
- Mark Stoffel,[132] Chris Jones and the Night Drivers
- Bryan Sutton
- Chris Thile (classical), Punch Brothers, Nickel Creek
- Niall Toner (Ireland)
- Graham Townsend
- Joe Val
- Rhonda Vincent
- Joe K. Walsh[133]
- Frank Wakefield
- Kym Warner (Australia)[134]
- Sean Watkins
- Eli West
- Roland White
- Paul Williams,[135] The Sunny Mountain Boys
Choro
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Country
- Paul Buskirk[139]
- Mark Casstevens[140]
- Walter Garland,[141] Played mandolin on Tanya Tucker's San Antonio Stroll in concerts, 1994[142]
- Vince Gill (United States)
- Johnny Gimble[140]
- Aubrey Haynie[143]
- John Jorgenson[140]
- Cheyenne Kimball
- Ira Louvin
- Martie Maguire of Dixie Chicks and Court Yard Hounds
- Emily Robison, Dixie Chicks, Court Yard Hounds
- Marty Stuart (United States)
- Jerry Swallow[143]
- Oscar Sullivan, Lonzo and Oscar
- Lisa Theo,[144] Ranch Romance
- Billy Joe Walker[143]
- Charlie Worsham
Mix: Americana, American folk, progressive bluegrass, blues, jazz, rock, country
- Larry Campbell (rock, blues, country, folk and Celtic styles)
- Ry Cooder
- David Grisman
- Richard Kriehn,[145] The Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band
- Sarah Jarosz
- David Lindley (musician)
- Peter Ostroushko
Irish
- Paul Brady
- Andy Irvine (Ireland)
- Paul Kelly (Ireland)[146]
- Mick Moloney (Ireland)
- Johnny Moynihan (Ireland)
- John Sheahan (Ireland)
British folk and folk rock
- Marla Fibish[147]
- Chris Leslie,[148] Fairport Convention, Whippersnapper, St.Agnes Fountain (Band)
- Graham Lyle, McGuinness Flint
- Dave Swarbrick,[149] Fairport Convention
Rock
- Ian Anderson (Great Britain),[150] Jethro Tull
- Eric Bazilian, mandolin part of Joan Osborne's St. Teresa[151]
- Tim Brennan, Dropkick Murphys
- Peter Buck (United States), R.E.M., mandolin part of Losing My Religion
- Dash Crofts,[152] Seals and Crofts
- Rory Gallagher (Ireland), Going to My Hometown
- David Gilmour,[citation needed] Pink Floyd
- "Maestro" Alex Gregory (United Kingdom) (Heavy Metal)[153]
- David Grisman
- mandolin part on Grateful Dead's Friend of the Devil[154][155]
- Levon Helm, The Band
- Chris Hillman, The Byrds, mandolin part of Sweet Mary
- Ray Jackson,[156] mandolin part of Rod Stewart's Maggie May, Lindisfarne (band)
- John Paul Jones (United Kingdom),[157] Led Zeppelin, mandolin part of Gallows Pole[158]
- Bernie Leadon (United States)
- Jimmy Page (United Kingdom), Led Zeppelin
- Mick Ronson, Mott the Hoople, :mandolin part of I Wish I was Your Mother[159]
- Jack White (United States), The White Stripes
- Pete Zorn (United States / United Kingdom), Richard Thompson's touring band, Steeleye Span
Japanese pop and anime music
Jazz
- John Abercrombie[162]
- Jason Anick[163]
- Joseph Brent[164]
- Paul Glasse[165]
- Michael Kang[166]
- Andy Statman (klesmer, bluegrass)
- Gerrey Tenney (klesmer, Americana-bluegrass)[173]
Mandolin orchestras
- Mandolin Society of Peterborough
- Sydney Mandolins Artist Director: Adrian Hooper