View Poll Results: What is Your Favorite Wes Montgomery Album?
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Fingerpickin'
2 0.85% -
Far Wes
6 2.55% -
The Wes Montgomery Trio
20 8.51% -
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
67 28.51% -
Movin' Along
1 0.43% -
So Much Guitar
5 2.13% -
Full House
29 12.34% -
Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings
2 0.85% -
Boss Guitar
20 8.51% -
Portrait of Wes
4 1.70% -
Guitar on the Go
2 0.85% -
The Alternative Wes Montgomery
2 0.85% -
Movin' Wes
6 2.55% -
Bumpin'
5 2.13% -
Smokin' at the Half Note
100 42.55% -
Smokin' Guitar
3 1.28% -
Goin' out of My Head
1 0.43% -
Body And Soul (Live at Ronnie Scott's Club)
1 0.43% -
California Dreaming
2 0.85% -
Tequila
4 1.70% -
A Day in the Life
6 2.55% -
Down Here on the Ground
3 1.28% -
Road Song
5 2.13% -
Willow Weep for Me
6 2.55%
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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05-27-2022 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
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Boss guitar all day! I love the vibe of that album. Blew my mind when I first heard.
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Mid-70s vinyl from Verve, “The Small Group Recordings.” Still have the copy I bought in high school. Not sure if CD available.
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1. The Incredible Jazz Guitar
2. Smokin' At The Half Note
3. Boss Guitar
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Definitely "The Incredible Jazz Guitar." That album is perfect.
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Originally Posted by Dirk
Doug
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The Resonance Records releases have been some of my favorite in the past few years. They capture Wes in his earlier years, and much is recorded live.
My current favorite is Back on Indiana Avenue. It’s a double album, one recorded in the studio, the other live. The recordings were lost in a fire, but a second set was duplicated on DAT by Jamie Aerbersold.
Resonance released this with a wonderful historical retrospective booklet. Many contributors bring very comprehensive view of Wes’ career, including Benson.
It’s an amazing archive and the 22 tunes are great listening and are really quite useful in my studies of guitaristic covers of tunes like Tune-up, where you really want to focus on how Wes approaches a progression and an improvised solo.
Resonance releases of Wes’ work have made an important contribution to jazz and to his estate.
Wes Montgomery Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings [CD] | Resonance Records
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLast edited by Bflat233; 12-01-2022 at 08:07 PM.
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An unrelated Wes tidbit I just learned:
The actor who played Ensign Travis Mayweather on the TV series Star Trek: Enterprise is Anthony Montgomery, a grandson of Wes. Kinda looks like Wes, doesn't he?
Last edited by Flat; 02-05-2023 at 10:48 AM.
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i have (23) of his albums and I like many.
But Smokin at the Half Note is probably the one I go to the most.
Tom
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As a Jazz guitarist, my favorite Wes album without a question is Smokin' at the Half Note. Can't go wrong with Wes.
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