Christian Escoudé (born 1947 in Angoulême, Charente) is a French jazz guitarist. He grew up in Angoulême and is of Romani descent on his father's side; his father was also a guitarist, influenced by Django Reinhardt. Christian became a musician at 15 and started work in a trio with Aldo Romano in 1972. By the 1980s, he was in John Lewis's quartet. He also played with Philip Catherine for a time. In his forties, he signed for the French division of Verve Records.