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Live in Belgian 1965

Featuring the music of Wes Montgomery
Duration: 3:37

Guitarist Wes Montgomery and quartet perform "Impressions" in 1965.
Album

Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar

Label: Columbia
Released: 2005
Track listing: St. Louis Tickle; Chain Gang Blues; Savoy Blues; The Only, Only One (For Me); Add A Little Wiggle; Clowin' The Frets; California Blues; How'm I Doin' / Dinah; Who's Sorry Now; Danzon; China Boy; Minnahaha; Swingin' On The Strings; Honeysuckle Rose; Guitar Swing; Love Me Or Leave Me; Whispering; Pickin' For Patsy; Little Rock Getaway; Solo Flight; Buck Jumpin'; Twin Guitar Special; I'm Walkin' This Town; Palm Springs Jump; Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You; Red Cross; Ol' Man Rebop; On Green Dolphin Street; What Is This Thing Called Love; Body And Soul; My Baby Just Cares For Me; Runnin' Wild; Mountain Melody; Yardbird Suite; The Boy Next Door; Tocata; I've Got You Under My Skin; Aguas De Marco (Waters Of March); Bluesette; Midnight Blue; Unit 7; Naptown Blues; Move; Easy Living; Jean De Fleur; Night And Day; Clockwise; Just Friends; A Taste Of Honey; How Insensitive; Gypsy Queen; June 15, 1967; As We Used To Sing; Should Be Reversed; Manic Depression; Birds Of Fire; Coral; Ralph's Piano Waltz; The Prowler; Bright Size Life; Aqui, Oh; Midnight In San Juan; Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile); Inner City Blues; Thumper (Edit); Spiral; Captain Fingers; Mr. Spock; Race With The Devil On Spanish Highway; Cause We've Ended As Lovers; Church; Ron Carter; Hottentot; Postizo; Fat Time (Edit);

Album

Smokin' At The Half Note

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2005

Album

The Best Of Wes Montgomery

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2005

Album

Boss Guitar

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: Besame Mucho (Skylar/Velazquez); Dearly Beloved (Kern/Mercer); Days of Wine and Roses (Mancini/Mercer); The Trick Bag (Montgomery); Canadian Sunset (Gimbel/Heywood); Fried Pies (Montgomery); The Breeze and I (Lecuona/Stillman); For Heaven's Sake (Bretton/Edwards/Meyer).

Album

Incredible Wes

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2004

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Article: Album Review

G.Org: A New Kind of Blue

Read "A New Kind of Blue" reviewed by John Kelman


Paying homage can be risky business, especially when the source is as seminal as Miles Davis' classic Kind of Blue. Comparisons are not just begged, they're expected. And how can anyone hope to capture the same magic? Or the confluence of events that put Davis, Julian “Cannonball" Adderley, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers ...

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Wes Montgomery: Boss Guitar

Read "Boss Guitar" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk


Wes Montgomery recorded Boss Guitar at age 38, near the end of his acclaimed Riverside years and just five years before his death. While the records that followed would give him some radio hits (and lose him some fans), the 1963 session was a time when he really could make the bold claim of the album’s ...

Album

Boss Guitar

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Besame Mucho 2. Dearly Beloved 3. Days Of Wine and Roses 4. The Trick Bag 5. Canadian Sunset 6. Fried Pies 7. The Breeze and I 8. For Heaven's Sake 9. Besame Mucho (alt. take) 10. Fried Pies (alt. take).

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Wes Montgomery: Boss Guitar

Read "Boss Guitar" reviewed by David Rickert


Wes Montgomery’s first recordings as a leader for Riverside featured the popular organ-guitar-drums line-up, a configuration that he later abandoned for the better part of his stint with the label. Although organ jazz was quite a cash cow at the time, Montgomery was firmly rooted in bop, more eager to see what he could do with ...


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