List of mandolinists

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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)

Classical

Giuseppe Anedda (1912-1997) (Italy) (classical)^[19]
Nino Catania (1907-1985) (Italy)^[20]
Matteo Casserino (1911-2001) (United States)^[21]
Rudy Cipolla (1900-2000) (United States)^[22]^[23]^[24]
Samuel Firstman^[25]^[26]
Kurt Jensen (1913-1911) (Australia)^[27]
Yasuo Kuwahara (1946-2003) (Japan)^[28]
Jiro Nakano (1902-2000) (Japan)^[29]
Takashi Ochi (1934-2010) (Japan)^[30]
Alison Stephens (1970-2010) (Great Britain)^[31]
Morishige Takei (1890-1949) (Japan)^[32]
Konrad Wölki (1904-1983) (Germany)^[33]

Blues

Howard Armstrong (1909-2003) (United States),^[34] Tennessee Chocolate Drops

Willie Black (United States) (blues),^[35] Whistler And His Jug Band
Dink Brister (1914 - 1991) (United States) (blues)^[36]
Rory Gallagher (1948-1995) (Ireland)
Jim Hill (United States) (blues)^[36]
Charles Johnson (United States) (blues)^[36]
Coley Jones (circa 1880s – 1930s) (United States) (blues),^[36] Dallas String Band
Big Jack Johnson (1940-2011)
Bobbie Leecan (1897-1946) (United States) (blues),^[37]^[38] Need More Band
Alfred Martin (United States) (blues)^[38]^[39]
Carl Martin (1906-1979) (United States) (blues)^[40]
Charlie McCoy (1909-1950) (United States) (blues)^[36]^[41]
Al Miller (United States) (blues)^[42]
Matthew Prater (United States) (blues)^[36]
Herb Quinn (United States) (blues)^[36]
James "Yank" Rachell (1910-1997) (United States) (blues)^[43]

Johnny Winter (1944-2014) (United States) ^[44]
Johnny "Man" Young (1918-1974) (United States) (blues)^[45]

Bluegrass

Charlie Bailey (1916-2004) (bluegrass) (old-time music),^[46] The Bailey Brothers
Bill Bolick (1919-1998) (United States) (country)^[47]
Jethro Burns (1920-1989) (United States) (country/bluegrass/jazz)^[48]
Joseph Allen "Joe" Carr (1951-2014)
John Duffey (1934-1996) (United States) (bluegrass),^[49] Country Gentlemen, Seldom Scene
Bill Monroe (1911-1996) (United States) (bluegrass)^[50]
Tiny Moore (1920-1987) (United States)(country/bluegrass/jazz)^[51]
Bobby Osborne (1931-2023)
Tut Taylor (1923-2015) ^[52]

Carnatic

U. Srinivas (1969-2014) (India)^[53]

Choro

Jacob do Bandolim (1918-1969) (Brazil) (Choro, Samba-canção^[54]^[55]

Country

Karl Davis (1905-1979) (Country music),^[56] Renfro Valley Boys, Cumberland Ridge Runners
Walter Louis "Hank" Garland (1930-2004)^[57]^[58]
Pee Wee Lambert (1924-1965) (United States) (Country music), Stanley Brothers

Gospel

Katie Bell Nubin (United States) (gospel)^[59]^[60]

Jazz

Dave Apollon (1898-1972) (United States) (jazz)^[61]
Sinn Sisamouth (c. 1932- c. 1976) ^[62]

Old Timey

Mike Seeger (1933-2009)^[63]

Southern rock

Allen Woody (1955-2000), The Allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule

Modern mandolinists 1920 to present

Mainly classical

Australian

Paul Hooper

Belgium

Ralf Leenen^[64]

Royal Estudiantina La Napolitaine

Bulgaria

Oleg Videnov^[65]

France

Marine Moletto
Vincent Beer-Demander
Cécile Valette,^[66]^[67] Nov' Mandolin Trio
Annick Robergeau^[68]
Olivia Tarallo-Valgelata^[67]^[69]
Cécile Valette^[66]^[67]

Germany

Marga Wilden-Hüsgen^[70]
Veronika Schlereth^[71]
Sabine Spath^[67]^[72]
Steffen Trekel,^[73]^[74] Duo Trekel-Tröster
Detlef Tewes^[75]

Great Britain

Simon Mayor
Frances Taylor^[76]

India

U. Rajesh

Israel

Avi Avital^[77]
Jacob Reuven,^[78] Kerman Mandolin Quartet, Barrocade
Alon Sariel^[79]

Italy

Carlo Aonzo^[67]^[80]
Andrea Bazzoni^[81]
Matthew Bonizzoni,^[72] International Mandolin Orchestra
Emanuele Cappellotto^[82]^[83]
Céline Cellucci,^[67] Ensemble Gabrielle Leone, Pizzicato Ensemble
Freddy Colt^[67]^[72]
Dorina Frati^[84]
Fabio Gallucci,^[66] Nov' Mandolin Trio
Maria Cleofe Miotti^[85]
Ugo Orlandi (Italy)^[86]
Roberto Palumbo^[87]
Giorgio Pertusi,^[67]^[72] International Mandolin Orchestra
Amelia Saracco^[88]

I Solisti Veneti

Mauro Squillante
Clara Ponzoni^[67]
Miriam Zaniboni,^[67]^[72] International Mandolin Orchestra

Japan

Ryo Aoyama^[71]^[89]

Onishi Kozo^[90]
Izumi Toru^[90]

Netherlands

Ferdinand Binnendijk^[91]^[92]
Marina Eckhardt^[93]

Portugal

Fabio Machado
Norberto Gonçalves da Cruz^[94]

Puerto Rico

Gustavo Batista - ^[95]^[96]

Russia

Natalya Kravets^[71]
Natalia Marashova^[71]
Elena Zabavskay^[97]^[98]
Ekaterina Mochalova^[71]

Spain

Héctor M. Marín Téllez^[99]^[100]^[101]^[102]

Juan-Carlos Muñoz^[103]

Switzerland

Giorgio Borsani^[67]^[72]
Giorgio Caneva,^[67] Orchestra mandolinistica di Lugano

Paolo Stirnimann,^[67]^[72] International Mandolin Orchestra

United States

Butch Baldassari (bluegrass)^[104]
Joseph Brent^[105]
John Craton (classical)
David Evans^[106]
Neil Gladd (Classical)^[107]
Marilynn Mair,^[108] Mair-Davis Duo, Mandolin World Summit, Enigmatica
Evan Marshall^[109]
Emanuil Sheynkman^[110]
Radim Zenkl (Czechoslovakia) (bluegrass, jazz),^[111]^[112]^[113] Mandolin World Summit

Blues

Ry Cooder (United States)^[114]
Bert Deivert (United States) (Sweden)^[115]
Rich DelGrosso (United States)^[116]^[117]
Andra Faye (United States)^[118]
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)^[119]
Hans Theessink (Netherlands)^[120]
Marc Woodward (United Kingdom) (United States)^[121]

Bluegrass, Americana, Old Timey

Darin Aldridge,^[122] The Circuit Riders
Lloyd Armstrong^[123]
Jeff Austin,^[124] Yonder Mountain String Band
Alan Bibey, Baucom, Bibey, Graham & Haley
Robert Bowlin
Jesse Brock
Sam Bush
Mike Compton^[125]
Sharon Gilchrist
David Grisman
David Harvey (luthier)
Sierra Hull
Sarah Jarosz
Doyle Lawson
Tashi Litch,^[126] Brograss
David Long
Andrew Marlin
Mike Marshall
Cahalen Morrison
Ronnie McCoury, Del McCoury Band
Jesse McReynolds
Buddy Merriam^[127]
Barry Mitterhoff
Tim O'Brien^[128]
Georgi Palmov^[129]^[130] (Russia), Kukuruza, Seldom Scene
John Reischman^[131]
Tom Rozum^[132]
Sandy Rothman, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band^[133]
Jon Sholle
Herschel Sizemore^[134]^[135]
Ricky Skaggs, Clinch Mountain Boys, The Country Gentlemen, Kentucky Thunder
Johnny Staats
Andy Statman
Adam Steffey
Mark Stoffel,^[136] 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^[137]
Frank Wakefield
Kym Warner (Australia)^[138]
Sean Watkins
Eli West
Roland White
Paul Williams,^[139] The Sunny Mountain Boys

Choro

Danilo Brito,^[140] Spoleto

Hamilton de Holanda^[141]

Déo Rian^[142]

Country

Paul Buskirk^[143]
Mark Casstevens^[144]
Walter Garland,^[145] Played mandolin on Tanya Tucker's San Antonio Stroll in concerts, 1994^[146]
Vince Gill (United States)
Johnny Gimble^[144]
Aubrey Haynie^[147]
John Jorgenson^[144]
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^[147]
Oscar Sullivan, Lonzo and Oscar
Lisa Theo,^[148] Ranch Romance
Billy Joe Walker^[147]
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,^[149] The Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band
Sarah Jarosz
David Lindley (musician)
Peter Ostroushko

Levon Helm, The Band
Chris Hillman, The Byrds, mandolin part of Sweet Mary
Ray Jackson,^[160] mandolin part of Rod Stewart's Maggie May, Lindisfarne (band)
John Paul Jones (United Kingdom),^[161] Led Zeppelin, mandolin part of Gallows Pole^[162]
Bernie Leadon (United States)
Jimmy Page (United Kingdom), Led Zeppelin
Mick Ronson, Mott the Hoople, :mandolin part of I Wish I was Your Mother^[163]
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

Seishin (清心)^[164]^[165]

Jazz

John Abercrombie^[166]
Jason Anick^[167]
Joseph Brent^[168]
Paul Glasse^[169]
Michael Kang^[170]

The String Cheese Incident

John Kruth^[171]
Emory Lester (United States)(Canada)
(bluegrass, new age)^[172]
Don Stiernberg (classical, country, some rock)^[173]
Patrick Vaillant^[174]^[175]^[176] (France)
Tim Ware

Gospel music / klesmer

Andy Statman (klesmer, bluegrass)
Gerrey Tenney (klesmer, Americana-bluegrass)^[177]

Mandolin orchestras

Mandolin Society of Peterborough
Sydney Mandolins Artist Director: Adrian Hooper

References

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Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. p. 85. ...was a renowned French mandolin virtuoso and teacher...devoted himself to the popularization of the mandolin, of which instrument he was a consummate artist.
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Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. pp. 110–112. ...he toured through Europe as a blind mandolin virtuoso...his repertoire consisted of the concertos of Tartini, the principal works of Pugnani and Ferrari, and several of his own compositions...Giuseppe Bellinghe, mandolinist and composer, has dedicated his excellent variations for mandolin and piano on the Carnival of Venus to the memory of Fridzeri, the blind mandolin player and composer.
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Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. p. 147. ...he made a concert tour through Austria and Germany...where his performances of both instruments (cello and mandolin) were highly spoken of...his public performances attracted considerable notice and won for him an enviable reputation.
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Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. p. 175. ...an Italian mandolinist and guitarist of repute, who lived in Naples...the first teacher to give serious instruction on the mandolin to the virtuoso and composer Carlo Munier...produced one of the greatest exponents of the mandolin.
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[12]
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Sparks, Paul (2003). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 166. ISBN 9780195173376. ...the founding father of modern German plucked-string music...
[34]
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[43]
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Rushen, Tom (June 16, 2010). "Johnny Winter Playin Mandolin..." blindman.fr.yuku.com. The Blindman's Blues Forum. Retrieved October 9, 2015. ...playing Johnny Winter's early album 'Progressive Blues Experiment'... It hit me: hokey smokes, someone is playing a very cool mandolin on "Bad Luck and Trouble"...and a check of the liner notes reveals it is Johnny Winter himself playing it!...
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"Big road blues show 8/26/12, Forgotten blues heroes pt. 6 – Old time blues, four who came back". Retrieved September 23, 2015. ...the mandolin played an important role in blues and early rural black music...johnny young was the most famous of the post-war [wwii] mandolin players...
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Wadey, Paul (April 10, 2004). "Obituaries, Charlie Bailey, Half of the Bailey Brothers bluegrass duo who won a cult following". Independent. Retrieved October 4, 2015. ...singer, guitarist and mandolin player...first emerged in the 1930s and went on to enjoy a 40-year career...successfully fused Bluegrass and Old-Timey sounds...^{[dead link]}
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"Sinn Sisamouth". khmermusic.thecoleranch.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015. would use the mandolin to search for rhythms to songs he was thinking of composing... later would he write the lyrics to match these rhythm
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"St. Teresa by Joan Osborne". songfacts.com. Retrieved October 4, 2015. ...at some point the mandolin riff came, but I was still playing it over a kind of Jazz/Waltz/Blues...and then one day I said, 'Let me play this mandolin to a click track.'...
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