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Before he moved away from straight-ahead jazz and starting playing what is now known as smooth jazz, Wes Montgomery was one of bop's finest guitarists. Montgomery's bop period ended much too soon, but thankfully, he recorded his share of rewarding bop albums when he was still bop-oriented -- and one of them is Boss Guitar, which Orrin Keepnews produced in 1963. It's a trio recording, employing Mel Rhyne on organ and Jimmy Cobb on performances that have held up well over time; Montgomery shows how expressive a ballad player he could be on the standards "For Heaven's Sake" and "Days of Wine and Roses," but the fast tempo exuberance of "The Trick Bag" (a Montgomery original) serves him equally well. Montgomery swings the blues with pleasing results on "Fried Pies" (another Montgomery original), while Consuelo Velázquez's "Besame Mucho" (which is usually played at a slow ballad tempo) is successfully transformed into medium-tempo Latin jazz. Boss Guitar is among the bop-oriented Montgomery albums that should continue to be savored after all these years. [In addition to the eight master takes that were heard on the original '60s LP, some reissues contain alternate takes of "Besame Mucho," "The Trick Bag," and "Fried Pies" -- all of which will interest collectors.]
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Consuelo Velázquez, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Concord Music Group Inc.
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Concord Music Group Inc.
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Henry Mancini, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Concord Music Group Inc.
Wes Montgomery, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 Concord Music Group Inc.
Norman Gimbel, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Eddie Heywood, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 Concord Music Group Inc.
Wes Montgomery, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 Concord Music Group Inc.
Al Stillman, ComposerLyricist - Ernesto Lecuona, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Concord Music Group Inc.
Sherman Edwards, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Elise Bretton, ComposerLyricist - Don Meyer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 Concord Music Group Inc.
Consuelo Velázquez, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Concord Music Group Inc.
Wes Montgomery, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 Concord Music Group Inc.
Wes Montgomery, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 Concord Music Group Inc.
Album review
Before he moved away from straight-ahead jazz and starting playing what is now known as smooth jazz, Wes Montgomery was one of bop's finest guitarists. Montgomery's bop period ended much too soon, but thankfully, he recorded his share of rewarding bop albums when he was still bop-oriented -- and one of them is Boss Guitar, which Orrin Keepnews produced in 1963. It's a trio recording, employing Mel Rhyne on organ and Jimmy Cobb on performances that have held up well over time; Montgomery shows how expressive a ballad player he could be on the standards "For Heaven's Sake" and "Days of Wine and Roses," but the fast tempo exuberance of "The Trick Bag" (a Montgomery original) serves him equally well. Montgomery swings the blues with pleasing results on "Fried Pies" (another Montgomery original), while Consuelo Velázquez's "Besame Mucho" (which is usually played at a slow ballad tempo) is successfully transformed into medium-tempo Latin jazz. Boss Guitar is among the bop-oriented Montgomery albums that should continue to be savored after all these years. [In addition to the eight master takes that were heard on the original '60s LP, some reissues contain alternate takes of "Besame Mucho," "The Trick Bag," and "Fried Pies" -- all of which will interest collectors.]
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:31
- Main artists: Wes Montgomery
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Original Jazz Classics
- Genre: Jazz
© 2010 Concord Music Group Inc. ℗ 2010 Concord Music Group Inc.
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