Billy Hart part 2 on Wes--clothing for the band, John Coltrane, and more.
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- What's it like to tour with a great musician and band leader who pays attention not only to the sound but even to the appearance of the buys in the band. Billy Hart called them "uniforms:" Five different coordinated outfits the band wore to their gigs. Finally, Billy looks back on a possible sign of Wes's deteriorating health--and who was at the funeral.
That was a gorgeous interview with Billy Hart. How we miss them guys.
There are currently no known recordings of Coltrane playing with Wes. Wes Montgomery played a handful of gigs with Trane during 1961, but ultimately decided to leave Trane's group and continue his own group as his main focus. Wes also stated that during this period he was playing with Trane, 1961, Coltrane and everyone in his band, McCoy, Reggie Workman (befoire Jimmy Garrison had joined) and Wes were expected to play very long solos. Wes said that after he played his own solo there was not much left for him to do because McCoy would comp for Trane IF there was any comping. Coltrane played the 1961 Monterrey Jazz Festival with Wes Montgomery on guitar. Guitarist Lee Ritenour claimed he owned a copy of this performance but somehow lost it. THIS IS UNIMAGINABLE that he would misplace or lose that recording. There are no other known recordings of that 1961 Monterrey Jazz Festival performance of Coltrane with Wes on guitar unfortunately. Trust me, I have been looking for it for over 30 years.
Inspiring!
It is hard to believe there are no recordings of the collaboration with Coltrane.
“Some of the people like the way I played."
Ya think?