A Compendium of Improvisational Guitarists Deserving Wider Recognition

This was originally posted to rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz about a year ago:

Dear friends,

Through the amazing resource that is this newsgroup and my own exploration, I've discovered many wonderful improvisational guitar players that I had never heard of before over the last year. I navigated to a lot of websites, listened to the clips, and wind up buying the CDs of many artists who I felt had a very distinguishable, personal voice. My own proclivities tend towards very modern guitar music, so artists that would fall under the "fusion" or "avant-garde" labels have a very strong representation in this list. However, there is no shortage of players on this list who can burn on "Joy Spring" or "Countdown" with the best of 'em.
I have no affiliation with any of these artists, other than to respect them for devoting their lives to an art form and instrument I cherish. I hope this list will offer many of you the chance to experience the thrill of discovering someone you never heard of previously.
If there are other artists that you believe are deserving of wider recognition, please add to this thread along with a link to their websites, and we can generate some interest in the work of our brethren.

Best Regards,
Nenshad Bardoliwalla

Adam Rogers http://www.crisscrossjazz.com/artist/RogersAdam.html
Andrew Cheshire http://www.users.voicenet.com/~joule/cheshire.html
Prasanna http://www.guitarprasanna.com/
Alex Skolnick http://www.alexskolnick.com/
Andre Bush http://www.andrebush.com/
Brad Shepik http://www.bradshepik.com/
Bruce Arnold http://www.arnoldjazz.com/
Bruce Eisenbeil http://www.eisenbeil.com/
Dan Faehnle http://www.danfaehnle.com/
John Catler http://microtones.com/
Dave Creamer http://www.davecreamer.com/
Dave Fiuczynski http://www.torsos.com/
Gene Bertoncini http://www.genebertoncini.com/
David Gilmore http://www.dgilmore.com/
David Torn http://www.splattercell.com/
Derek Bailey http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/mbailey.html
Henry Kaiser http://www.henrykaiser.net/
Brad Buethe (Fog) http://www.enigmaterial.com/jazz/jh2003/jh03_buethe1.html
Fred Fried http://www.fredfried.com/
Fred Frith http://www.fredfrith.com/
Nels Cline http://nelscline.com/
Liberty Ellman http://www.libertyellman.com/
Jackie King http://www.jackieking.com/
James Blood Ulmer http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Quarter/7055/Ulmer/Disko-ulmer.htm
James Emery http://www.james-emery.com/
Jay Azzolina http://www.jayazzolina.com/
Joe Morris http://www.joe-morris.com/
John Stowell http://www.johnstowell.com/
Shawn Lane http://www.shawnlane.com/
Jonathan Kreisberg http://www.jonathankreisberg.com/ Khabu Doug Young http://www.dkmjf.net/ducret.htm
Lorne Lofsky http://www.lornelofsky.com/
Chuck Underwood (Mantra) http://www.phillipsmusic.net/chuck/
Marc Ducret http://www.screwgunrecords.com/page_a.php?pageid=collaborators&sub=ducret
Michael Coppola http://www.9string.com/
Mike Moreno http://www.mikemoreno.com/
Mordy Ferber http://www.mordyferber.com/
Tisziji Munoz http://www.tisziji.com/tisziji/Default.htm
Neil Haverstick http://www.microstick.net/
Ron Affif http://www.fantasyjazz.com/html/affifrbio.html
Sheryl Bailey http://www.sherylbailey.com/
Sid Jacobs http://www.sidjacobs.com/
Steve Cardenas http://www.stevecardenasmusic.com/
Sylvain Luc http://alexandre.lacombe.free.fr/
Pete McCann (Mahavishnu Project) http://www.mahavishnuproject.com/
Tim Cummiskey http://www.tc7string.com/
Vic Juris http://www.steeplechase.dk/steeplechase/query.cgi?query=Juris&category=artist
Wayne Krantz http://www.waynekrantz.com/
Willie Oteri http://willieoteri.com/