It's a nice idea, but will require lots of research. Here's a few to
add to the tree - more like a seperate branch!
In the UK at the same time the jazz guitar tree is broadly speaking
(there are many missed out!):
Swing Era
Lauderic Caton(b1910) & Ivor Mairants(b1908)
Bebop
Dave Goldberg(b1922) Pete Chilver(b1924) Denny Wright(b1924) Jim
Douglas(b1924)
Session Players/Big Band
Judd Proctor(b1933) Ike Isaacs(b1919) Ray Russell(b1947)
1950/1960/1970
Terry Smith(b1943) Phil Lee(b1943) Dave Cliff(b1944) Jim Mullen(b1945)
1970 Modern
Martin Taylor John Etheridge(b1948) John McLaughlin Allan Holdsworth
Alisdair MacRae Birch
Guitarist/Bassist/Educator/Arranger