Boss Guitar
by Wes Montgomery
- Type: Album
- Released: 1963
- Label: Riverside
- Country: United States
- Length: 40:01
- Community rating: 4.01/5 from 7 ratings
Artists on this release: Jimmy Cobb, Mel Rhyne
Album Notes & Community Reviews
This album showcases Wes Montgomery's revolutionary approach to the guitar in a stripped-down and swinging organ trio format. The session is a perfect example of his signature three-tiered soloing style: starting with fluid single-note lines, moving to thicker octaves, and culminating in dense block chords. With the warm Hammond organ accompaniment of Mel Rhyne, it's a definitive album of soul-jazz guitar.
Genres
Descriptors: guitar-led, classic, soulful, bluesy, elegant
Tracklist
- Besame Mucho (6:28)
- Dearly Beloved (4:49)
- Days of Wine and Roses (3:44)
- The Trick Bag (4:25)
- Canadian Sunset (5:04)
- Fried Pies (6:42)
- The Breeze and I (4:10)
- For Heaven's Sake (4:39)
Credits
- Wes Montgomery - primary artist, guitar, written-by
- Ken Deardoff - design
- Jimmy Cobb - drums
- Ray Fowler - engineer
- Joe Goldberg - liner notes
- Mel Rhyne - organ
- James Moore - photography by
- Ed Michel - photography by [backliner photos]
- Orrin Keepnews - producer
- Consuelo Velazquez - written-by
- Sunny Skylar - written-by
- Jerome Kern - written-by
- Johnny Mercer - written-by
- Henry Mancini - written-by
- Eddie Heywood - written-by
- Norman Gimbel - written-by
- Al Stillman - written-by
- Ernesto Lecuona - written-by
- Donald Meyer - written-by
- Elise Bretton - written-by