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One of the most exciting facets of the guitar playing style of Wes Montgomery was his jazz chord playing! He had a natural ability for chord melody solos and was able to seamlessly integrate improvised block chording into his solo playing – as in “Cariba”, “Sundown”, “Missile Blues” and a great number of others that […]

From the very beginning, Wes Montgomery seemed to hear things in a different way on the guitar! Instead of going after the conventional “plectrum” or “pickstyle” approach, he opted for a thicker, more soulful tone produced by plucking the strings with the thick part of his right hand thumb. He developed an uniquely personal sound […]

Jazz guitar performer Wes Montgomery cut his initial jazz guitar album as a leader for Riverside Record Company, thanks primarily to the passionate recommendation of saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. The recording sessions took place on October 5th and 6th, 1959 at Reeves Sound Studios in New York. The recording, which was named “The Wes Montgomery Trio”, […]

Jazz guitar legend Wes Montgomery was the guiding force behind the second great epic of modern jazz guitar music! If we take into account the initial as having started with the earlier musical experiments of jazz guitarist Charlie Christian at the end of the 1930s and in the beginning of the 1940s, after that the […]

The guitar style of BB King may seem simple, yet upon evaluation it discloses a sophisticated consciousness of melody, harmony, and rhythm. He looks to always hit the suitable notes, phrases like nobody else, and has a vibrato that is universally recognized. BB approaches the guitar as if it were one more voice, not just […]