Point me in the right direction !

IMHO, the father of jazz guitarists is Django Reinhardt. But there are many, many more. Pat Metheny, Charlie Byrd and Joe Pass are just a few who come to mind. But, these ought to help you get started in the right direction!!
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http://classicjazzguitar.com/artists/artists.jsp

http://www.bluesforpeace.com/ten-jazz-guitarists.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_guitar

http://vimeo.com/groups/vgp/videos/4496131

http://www.jazzguitar.be/ (Be sure to download the free Jazz Chords E-Book, and check out the links on the left. There are lessons, jazz chords, jazz transcriptions.... all really helpful stuff.)

Good suggestions from EB on the older jazz guitarists. For a newer artist have a look at Charlie Hunter. He's got some free audio on his website - http://www.charliehunter.com/media/audio.php A very interesting musician whom I've been able to see twice now.

Here's a couple of the more common chord progressions for you to play around with. Lower case letters represent minor chords, uppercase majors. All examples in the key of C. You don't have to use these exactly as written experiment with substituting non - 7th chords for sevenths and vice-versa

ii - V - I Example: Dm7 - G7 - Cmaj7

V - ii - I Example: G - Dm7 - C7

I - vi - ii - V Example: Cmaj7 - Am - Dm7 - G

You'll also find this to be an excellent link into the jazz articles here at GN.

https://www.guitarnoise.com/tag/jazz/

Edit: oh yeah. Try these progressions with brutal distortion and power chords too!

Can I substitute 9th chord in there for 7th ? ( Dominanth 9th for dominant 7th and Maj 9th for maj7th and so on ? )

Can I substitute 9th chord in there for 7th ? ( Dominanth 9th for dominant 7th and Maj 9th for maj7th and so on ? )

Just remember that in a chord scale, the chord is major, minor or diminished according to the interval between chords. Then substitute whatever you like :)
C D E F G A B C
I ii iii IV V vi vii(dim)