Wes Montgomery Live in Europe, 1965

Fortunately for us, guitarist Wes Montgomery went over to Europe in the spring of 1965 and toured. We're lucky, because Montgomery wound up on European TV shows during many of his stops, resulting in lots of video clips. Yesterday, I decided to string together all the live 1965 dates I could find on YouTube, giving you an opportunity to hear and see him on the road. Here's Montgomery on tour in Europe in March, April and May 1965.

Here's Montgomery on Britain's TV show Jazz 625 on March 25, 1965 (colorized), with Harold Mabern (p), Arthur Harper (b) and Jimmy Lovelace (d)...



Here's audio of Montgomery in Paris with Johnny Griffin (ts) added on March 27, 1965...



Here's Montgomery on April 2, 1965 in Hilversum, the Netherlands, in VPRO Studio (colorized) wuith Pim Jacobs (p), Ruud Jacobs (b) and Han Bennink (d)...



Here's Montgomery on April 4, 1965 on Belgian television (colorized)...



Here's Montgomery on April 28, 1965 in Hamburg Germany with Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott and Hans Koller (ts), Ronnie Ross (bs), Martial Solal (p), Michel Gaudry (b) and Ronnie Stephenson d)...



Here's Montgomery on May 7, 1965 playing Here's That Rainy Day in London on the TV show Tempo, with Stan Tracy (p), Rick Laird (b) and Jackie Dougan (d)...



Bonus: Here's Montgomery playing Windy in 1968...