What I admire most about Wes is the musicality of his solos. Countless jazz guitarists play solos that are essentially endless runs, arpeggios, and "licks". Wes' solos are like original compositions, with each note judiciously crafted in a weave of artistic creativity.
I still love Coletrane's cascading sheets and waves of sound, though, in his heroin years. John Coletrane did evolve it more after he got clean though, but shear stream of consciousness and blasts of notes is impressive to me. I just love all the jazz greats of the bebop era, one of my favorite genres and times in music.
@@TechsHelpingHand I wouldn't say no idea... You'd probably pass by and say "oh he's just beginning..." then wes montgomery plays and then you reconsider who's the real beginner lol
In my opinion, it’s impossible for me not to love Mr. Wes Montgomery. I thank The Most High for allowing me to witness his phenomenal talent. The entire quartet is awesome!!!!!!!
Don’t get misled by the early time - they had the finest recording devices at that time - this was at the peak of analogue Recording - based on tubes technology …
I started playing professionally in 1964 and bought every single Wes Montgomery album I could get my mitts on but because I lived in Florida at the time, local record stores didn’t stock them so the only ones available were the Oliver Nelson, Don Sebesky over-produced commercial ones and not the small ensemble Riverside Recordings. Plus, videos didn’t exist yet and there was no film of him playing so I never saw that thumb until many years later. I could not figure out how he played those fast lines with that massive digit. Now, on RUclips there are 12 year olds playing like this…..progress!
WES IS TO THIS DAY IMHO THE MOST NATURAL GUITARIST TO EVER PLAY THE INSTRUMENT SUCH A SOLID UNDERSTANDING OF MELODY TIMING AND FEEL AND STRUCTURE YET PLAYED IN AN OFF HANDED WAY SO CASUAL WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD "MAGIC THUMB"!!!!!!!!!!!
Clean and pure...real music played by the very best. Easy to appreciate. I'm 60, been listening since my early 20s and the sound of the true professionals never cease to amaze!
As a young kid in the 60s born in ‘53 . Wes Montgomery was the first Guitarist that I can recall that had an immediate recognizable voice on his guitar. I started watching this video earlier and kept rewinding to hear and watch and suddenly I realized it was 4 am ! Wow , I guess I’ll sleep good this morning! Thanks for this presentation of fond memories of a 1 of a kind artist
When you watch Wes play you can tell he’s not struggling for ideas he’s drawing from the reservoir of All the time he put in mastering the guitar and then reinventing its possibilities. A pure genius!!
My cousin told me about this great jazz musician, and now I see why he told me Wes's playing was so smooth and cool sounding. Amazing also how he played using his thumb. Love this.
This is one great session of Wes - i love the interplay & attention the musicians have w each other - Simplicity is an art - i love to see Wes smile & share w the others - He must have been a most wonderful humble human being - Rest w the Lord Wes - Thanks for the Love & great Music
Music schools have banned viewings for fear that students will lose confidence and drop out😂 Beginners hope they can do it, but the more advanced you get, the more you begin to understand how light years away it is. But you can't learn what you don't know. Have hope!🎉
First time I heard of Wes was back in 1984 when I read an interview with Triumph guitarist Rik Emmett. So I asked my grandfather about Wes, and he gave me the album A DAY IN THE LIFE (still have it) and really liked it. As a metal player, he became one of my biggest non-rock influences.
Une merveille! Wes est le boss! Avec Django! Les deux grands maestros de la guitare jazz! L'un avec deux doigts sur le manche, l'autre avec son pouce magique pour gratter les cordes... Génies!
This is the beauty and simplicity of Wes Montgomery, one of the most solid players, he didn't have to lift a finger, because this thumb... did everything
Smokinnnnn' . THIS CAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN NUMBER 1. Owns the stage. Miles had the nerve to ask Wes join him. They say Wes laughed him off and then Wes went to the stratosphere between 60-68. Right after his dynamic years at Riverside.
Un fraseggio eccezionale, una eleganza straordinaria e una band perfettamente coordinata e capace di esprimere un linguaggio incisivo e di una bellezza senza tempo. Splendide le immagini e il suono complessivo. Wes n. 1
I don't think his guitar was in shades of blue so a little license taken there. If I remember correctly, it was that Tobacco Sunburst color pattern: gold in the middle fading to a nice, soft, saturated brown out at the edges. That said, the colorization makes this eminently watchable.
you can watch all the Wes Montgomery lessons , tips , how to sound like WES videos in the world ,, forget them .. none of them come close to just watching the man play , and soaking it in ..
It’ll cost ya! I just got a Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin which retail for around $1000 and it sounds great. There’s lots of affordable alternatives to those overpriced gibsons out there.
I guess I must have been so focused on his hands that I never noticed how his guitar strap is secured on the headstock. I can imagine how helpful it is to get "everything" out of the way between eyes and fingers. All in all, Any.... "any" guitarist that does not make a concentrated study on Wes has truly diminished their potential in being a truly comprehensive guitar player. Thanks for posting, ebjazz93!
SO glad that the RUclips algorithm sent me this jewel! These guys are FANTASTIC! Love that keyboard! Yeah, everything about this gets exclamation marks!!
Wes Montgomery was just like..almost perfect note for note every lick i've never heard a guitarist soo in Pocket just Beautiful the Guitar center has there hall of fame some have handprints his face needs to be' up there with the (Rip) legend's
Wes and Joe were very different kinds of musician. Wes was able to improvise wonderful melodic lines and block chord movements. His compositions sounded simple but actually had great depth and were very effective. I think Joe was technically a more advanced player and his early classical guitar training makes him a more complete musician; his chord melody was very complex but out of this world and has never been surpassed. Oscar Peterson said he was a genius, which he certainly was.
everytime I listen to the opening lines of 'impressions' I get the picture of a sunset while driving an ocean road - Wes's lines have the power to evocate pictures and moods, especially his octave lines - brilliant !!
Omg how have I not seen this gem???? Wes Is a huge inspiration to my playing, he makes it look so effortless!! But that's years of dedication and devotion!! True master!!!
Wes remains my most favourite musician ever....i remember first hearing him...over a sound system ..and asking...who is that..? I was totally floored by how good it was.....he was...
So tasty and natural, true excellence all around, near other-worldly, and all ingestible, comprehensible and very appreciable. Along with Wes Montgomery, they all demonstrate especially noteworthy "chops." Other jazz guitarists do show perhaps immediately more amazing, astounding "chops." Wes Montgomery's, however, are as amazing and astounding, but kept, again, TASTEFULLY, within our intelligent comprehension and appreciation. His variety of phrasing and the "superhuman" dexterity that he possessed, with each hand, surpasses all. No guitarist, since or before Wes Montgomery, has equaled or surpassed him. He was a phenomenon.
I actually bought a black and white copy of this in a VHS in NYC back in 1999 lol. There was that guy that was selling them around town in jazz clubs..forgot his name..he was a known bootlegger lol..probably most of these vids have an indirect links to him. I used to see him at the saint nicks pub..happy times:)
Beautifully colorized !! I'm not normally a fan of the process, but I think that these fine musicians were perfectly rendered. Also, of course, a gret performance!!!❤ I had never heard of these men and am so glad Wes Montgomery came up in my crossword puzzle. 😊
Oh man this is such pure "jazz" as far as I can see/ feel/ hear ... just a few instrument players in a room playing what they want to....that is the definition of jazz as far as I am concerned. Anyway, in a way, the term "Jazz" really is rather too all-encompassing to be accurate as a genre. It can include everything from free improvisation to structure big bands! This kind of jazz is what I like , the small group of instrumentalists with room for improvisation (I'm not even too fond of singers or words that much but I like Chet Baker and Billy Holliday's voices). Whatever you want to label it , Wes Montgomery was an expression that deserves multiple decades of attention and appreciation ;-) (edited because it wasn't saying what I fully meant) all you can really say is that you like this musical expression!
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Respect to an amazing guitarist from another outstanding one. Best regards Mister Bobby Broom
Thank you very much @@ebjazz93.
What I admire most about Wes is the musicality of his solos. Countless jazz guitarists play solos that are essentially endless runs, arpeggios, and "licks". Wes' solos are like original compositions, with each note judiciously crafted in a weave of artistic creativity.
Beautifully stated . Often you just hear a lot of noise, but hardly an inch of soul. Man is truly speaking through his instrument
His guitar communicates to your ears down to your soul
I agree. His solos, like Bird's, are always beautiful melodies in and of themselves.
There’s a lot of space between lines. To me that makes his solos more like a conversation than endless notes rambling on.
I still love Coletrane's cascading sheets and waves of sound, though, in his heroin years. John Coletrane did evolve it more after he got clean though, but shear stream of consciousness and blasts of notes is impressive to me. I just love all the jazz greats of the bebop era, one of my favorite genres and times in music.
That thumb is out of this world
That is a fact. If I saw someone hold a guitar the way he dose I’d say he has no idea what he’s doing.
I honestly don't know how he is playing so fast and accurately with only his thumb 😲
@@johnthompson2249 apparently effortless with now and then a naughty glance towards the drummer like they are in banana split
@@TechsHelpingHand I wouldn't say no idea... You'd probably pass by and say "oh he's just beginning..." then wes montgomery plays and then you reconsider who's the real beginner lol
In my opinion, it’s impossible for me not to love Mr. Wes Montgomery. I thank The Most High for allowing me to witness his phenomenal talent. The entire quartet is awesome!!!!!!!
Did I miss one player? I only see four.
@@tovarisch2788 The percussionist is in the far left corner. Just jesting! Thanks for the correction. Lol
Harold's piano playing is extremely enjoyable.
Totally, his timing is beautifully.
its like he's "going places"
the entire group are hitting on all cylinders
@@hanskloss1331honestly dude, this is as jazz as you can get haha!
Many guitarists out there owe this guy a huge thanks for using his original chops. He was a groundbreaker of the highest order.
Hell, I know that I'm one, among countless other thousands.
Esp. Geo. Benson
Watching and hearing these guys is like having a view into some perfect universe - timeless!
The band is a crown and Wes is the jewel on top.
Yes!
Un mostro..
Unbelievable visual and sound quality on this from ‘65.
Originally shot in b/w. Wes!
The Belgians knew how to shoot and record music video. Check out Dave Brubeck too.
Don’t get misled by the early time -
they had the finest recording devices at that time - this was at the peak of analogue Recording - based on tubes technology …
I bet the camera guys knew what was up man, this is brilliant xD
@@xaviervansteen290 It’s brillant indeed, both in terms of musical performance and recording…!
God bless him! Today he would have been 100 years old! He is still one of my favorites … and then SRV … 😢
Happy Birthday Wes!
Saw a pic of him in my intro to jazz book today. Happy bday to the luminary!
An American treasure to behold. Wes Montgomery lives on in George Benson, Lee Rittenhour and many others.
His legacy, and music lives on.
@@Flewti2 Pat Metheny! 😊
What touch he had to have to do that with his thumb. Wow.
To this day unmatched! #Goat
I started playing professionally in 1964 and bought every single Wes Montgomery album I could get my mitts on but because I lived in Florida at the time, local record stores didn’t stock them so the only ones available were the Oliver Nelson, Don Sebesky over-produced commercial ones and not the small ensemble Riverside Recordings. Plus, videos didn’t exist yet and there was no film of him playing so I never saw that thumb until many years later. I could not figure out how he played those fast lines with that massive digit. Now, on RUclips there are 12 year olds playing like this…..progress!
Never listen to jazz, but here I am and thank you. Wes to impress.
Stay with us it's the grooviest and the coolest place on the planet... 🪘🎼🎵🎶🎹🎸🥁🎺🎻🪇🪈🎷
WES IS TO THIS DAY IMHO THE MOST NATURAL GUITARIST TO EVER PLAY THE INSTRUMENT SUCH A SOLID UNDERSTANDING OF MELODY TIMING AND FEEL AND STRUCTURE YET PLAYED IN AN OFF HANDED WAY SO CASUAL WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD "MAGIC THUMB"!!!!!!!!!!!
this is probably one of the greatest videos on youtube
This rendition of here’s that rainy day is so peaceful
Clean and pure...real music played by the very best. Easy to appreciate. I'm 60, been listening since my early 20s and the sound of the true professionals never cease to amaze!
Just coming to these players. What's this piece called? I play a bit myself. Cannot believe the ability here. Amazing!
@@andrewburman9469 Impressions.
@@klangfarben6 Thanks for this. Can't believe his technique. Or tone. Can you recommend a first buy?
@@andrewburman9469 Smokin’ At the Half Note for sure.
@@klangfarben6 Thanks. Much appreciated. 👍
The way he places the notes at the beginning of his chorus is incredible.
Dig the music and Wes' skinny tie. What a classy guy!
As a young kid in the 60s born in ‘53 . Wes Montgomery was the first Guitarist that I can recall that had an immediate recognizable voice on his guitar. I started watching this video earlier and kept rewinding to hear and watch and suddenly I realized it was 4 am ! Wow , I guess I’ll sleep good this morning! Thanks for this presentation of fond memories of a 1 of a kind artist
When you watch Wes play you can tell he’s not struggling for ideas he’s drawing from the reservoir of All the time he put in mastering the guitar and then reinventing its possibilities. A pure genius!!
My cousin told me about this great jazz musician, and now I see why he told me Wes's playing was so smooth and cool sounding. Amazing also how he played using his thumb. Love this.
Everything in this video is perfect. The suits, the music, the close up shots and even the way the fonts pop in and out. So good.
This is one great session of Wes - i love the interplay & attention the musicians have w each other - Simplicity is an art - i love to see Wes smile & share w the others - He must have been a most wonderful humble human being - Rest w the Lord Wes - Thanks for the Love & great Music
Wes! I like the way the drummer gets so much music out of such a minimal drum set.
I don't care for that type of jazz, but *WHOA...* the artistry, skill set & ease of him playing is unmatched!
That is the crispest thumb picking that i have ever heard. That's just incredible and on an acoustic. Really cool
Not an acoustic...jazz hollow-body style. Still not easy to play
All of these men are masters of their craft, this video should be mandatory viewing at all high level music schools.
Music schools have banned viewings for fear that students will lose confidence and drop out😂
Beginners hope they can do it, but the more advanced you get, the more you begin to understand how light years away it is.
But you can't learn what you don't know. Have hope!🎉
I first watched this in black and white. This has to be my favorite jazz session of all. The entire set is pure magic.
What we all know is Wes is the g.o.a.t.
Thanks.Have never seen this in color.
Complexity shrouded in fluidty, elegance and beauty .
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for posting this TREASURE!!!
First time I heard of Wes was back in 1984 when I read an interview with Triumph guitarist Rik Emmett. So I asked my grandfather about Wes, and he gave me the album A DAY IN THE LIFE (still have it) and really liked it. As a metal player, he became one of my biggest non-rock influences.
No way!! That is absolutely amazing wow just his thumb
Yes Sir all of that with his Thumb lol. The greatest Jazz guitarist who ever lived. Legend!
1) Wes’s legendary status is well deserved for sure 2) That’s what an L5 is supposed to sound like 3) … wow
Stunning guitarist Wes....very good! R.I.P.
wow that tone effortless he is still my favorite.
Une merveille!
Wes est le boss!
Avec Django!
Les deux grands maestros de la guitare jazz!
L'un avec deux doigts sur le manche, l'autre avec son pouce magique pour gratter les cordes...
Génies!
Incredible guitarist, among the very best. G’day & Cheers!
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This is the beauty and simplicity of Wes Montgomery, one of the most solid players, he didn't have to lift a finger, because this thumb... did everything
Per West suonare é un gioco e solo un divertimento!! FENOMENALE !!!!
I can listen these guys for hours! Flawless!
Smokinnnnn' . THIS CAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN NUMBER 1. Owns the stage. Miles had the nerve to ask Wes join him.
They say Wes laughed him off and then Wes went to the stratosphere between 60-68. Right after his dynamic years at
Riverside.
Wes with miles would have been something Legendary, like miles with hendrix
@@ebjazz93 👍
Wes didn’t like leaving Indy or the Midwest much. Miles traveled way too much for Wes. Lol
@@desertdetroiter428Good point!
Un fraseggio eccezionale, una eleganza straordinaria e una band perfettamente coordinata e capace di esprimere un linguaggio incisivo e di una bellezza senza tempo. Splendide le immagini e il suono complessivo. Wes n. 1
This is masterful, soulful and timeless guitar playing. Wes Montgomery has been my favourite guitar player ever since I first heard him in 1982.
Its impossible to listen to anything else other than this these days, this is the perfect set list. We love you Wes.
So proud that Wes hailed from Indy. Rest Easy Bro... ❤
That’s just raw talent. Nothing more. You witness that, shake your head and say I saw that live. Incredible.
👏👏👏👌🔥🔥🔥tight playing…love Mabern on piano 🎹🥂
So cool to see Wes' quartet in color, & they sound incredible - thank you so much for this excellent post! 🎶🎸
I don't think his guitar was in shades of blue so a little license taken there. If I remember correctly, it was that Tobacco Sunburst color pattern: gold in the middle fading to a nice, soft, saturated brown out at the edges. That said, the colorization makes this eminently watchable.
@@Joe_J-MT_Boy Absolutely so, it's done by someone who didn't really have a clue, with all that blue.
@@MarkJVSomers - Heh-heh! As my ol' dad used to say: Some people would bitch if they were hung with a new rope.
holy cow! insanely talented musicians.
Very rarely see and hear Jazz of this class played these day's.
Heaven sent, all of them... beautiful work colorizing... perfect amount...
Thanks for colorized version!❤
Wes…beautiful tone and all from the thumb
you can watch all the Wes Montgomery lessons , tips , how to sound like WES videos in the world ,, forget them .. none of them come close to just
watching the man play , and soaking it in ..
love the colorized version. I was so happy years ago to actually see Wes moving. I need an L5.
You get a much better sound with a PRS SE Hollowbody
@@Guitar6ty no, you don't
It’ll cost ya! I just got a Godin 5th Avenue Kingpin which retail for around $1000 and it sounds great. There’s lots of affordable alternatives to those overpriced gibsons out there.
@@Guitar6ty haha
I've always watched this in black and white. Sweet! 👍🇬🇧🎸🎶🎶🎶
This is my first time seeing him. Not sure what took me so long to make the discovery. Impressive!
Grand ART ❤, je ne cesse d'écouter en me demandant si l'humanité pourrait nous offrir encore de l'art aussi savoureux.
Wes , jimi , and me ...on the same boat ...how many we are , to be boat sailed ...dans mon îleuh ...!!!
I guess I must have been so focused on his hands that I never noticed how his guitar strap is secured on the headstock. I can imagine how helpful it is to get "everything" out of the way between eyes and fingers. All in all, Any.... "any" guitarist that does not make a concentrated study on Wes has truly diminished their potential in being a truly comprehensive guitar player. Thanks for posting, ebjazz93!
I defenetly agree with you! No one sounds like Wes. Nice to hear him with another gigant Mr Harold Mabern. Brilliant music!
SO glad that the RUclips algorithm sent me this jewel! These guys are FANTASTIC! Love that keyboard! Yeah, everything about this gets exclamation marks!!
It's always a pleasure to listen to Wes Montgomery, a unique and magic player, but I can't help but think 'colorized' sounds funny.
Funniest comment by far down here. Well done!
Great tone from the big guitar.
Truly one of the Greatest who.influenced costless others.Idk how he could play so flawless with just his thumb.He makes it look so easy❤
Phantastic!! Perfect picture and sound quality. Thanks for sharing
Wes added the colour to the music...perfection.....xx
Wes Montgomery was just like..almost perfect note for note every lick i've never heard a guitarist soo in Pocket just Beautiful the Guitar center has there hall of fame some have handprints his face needs to be' up there with the (Rip) legend's
Today there's millions of instruments, amps, músical institutions but less people in this category
To me Wes - yet unsurpassed to this very day - is the finest Jazz musician playing the electric guitar…!
What about joe pass?
@@raoulduke5314 too much baroque and less clean than Wes
Wes and Joe were very different kinds of musician. Wes was able to improvise wonderful melodic lines and block chord movements. His compositions sounded simple but actually had great depth and were very effective. I think Joe was technically a more advanced player and his early classical guitar training makes him a more complete musician; his chord melody was very complex but out of this world and has never been surpassed. Oscar Peterson said he was a genius, which he certainly was.
素晴らしい！そしてとてつもなく懐かしいです。有難う❣
He had the most magnificent, fastest thumb around! 😉
everytime I listen to the opening lines of 'impressions' I get the picture of a sunset while driving an ocean road - Wes's lines have the power to evocate pictures and moods, especially his octave lines - brilliant !!
WoW...what can I say...just wonderful
Omg how have I not seen this gem???? Wes Is a huge inspiration to my playing, he makes it look so effortless!! But that's years of dedication and devotion!! True master!!!
They were SMOKIN on Twisted Blues. Godlike quartet.
Also, Lovelace is just too damn cool!
What a beautiful and perf5ect audio and video session and production. This is "tops" in my book.
How was he able to compose and flow that way?! Makes me go mesmerized
Wes remains my most favourite musician ever....i remember first hearing him...over a sound system ..and asking...who is that..?
I was totally floored by how good it was.....he was...
Now this is really cool music! Thanks for posting.
So tasty and natural, true excellence all around, near other-worldly, and all ingestible, comprehensible and very appreciable. Along with Wes Montgomery, they all demonstrate especially noteworthy "chops."
Other jazz guitarists do show perhaps immediately more amazing, astounding "chops." Wes Montgomery's, however, are as amazing and astounding, but kept, again, TASTEFULLY, within our intelligent comprehension and appreciation. His variety of phrasing and the "superhuman" dexterity that he possessed, with each hand, surpasses all. No guitarist, since or before Wes Montgomery, has equaled or surpassed him. He was a phenomenon.
I actually bought a black and white copy of this in a VHS in NYC back in 1999 lol.
There was that guy that was selling them around town in jazz clubs..forgot his name..he was a known bootlegger lol..probably most of these vids have an indirect links to him. I used to see him at the saint nicks pub..happy times:)
Magnifique!
1:31 is so good! One of the most jazz sounding licks ever.
❤❤❤спасибо🙏💕🙏💕
Привет из Сибири, Улан- Удэ,, спасибо🙏💕🙏💕
It's great! Thanks a lot!! From BRAZIL!!!
Wes ❤❤❤❤❤❤
He is one of the all time jazz greats. Art Tatum, Miles, Bird, Bill Evans, Wes..
un guitariste fabuleux et qui se paie le luxe de jouer sans médiator ! époustouflant .!!!!!
Doesn't get better than the classics
24 minutes of absolute bliss. Couldn't ask for anything more. Thank you!
A big thumbs up...and down...and up again.
Just wow Wes wow..your virtuosity is shining on this ..
Thanks...Wes and band. I instantly liked Wes when I first heard him in 1968. I'm so glad my girlfriend loves this smokin' set.
Beautifully colorized !! I'm not normally a fan of the process, but I think that these fine musicians were perfectly rendered. Also, of course, a gret performance!!!❤ I had never heard of these men and am so glad Wes Montgomery came up in my crossword puzzle. 😊
Oh man this is such pure "jazz" as far as I can see/ feel/ hear ... just a few instrument players in a room playing what they want to....that is the definition of jazz as far as I am concerned. Anyway, in a way, the term "Jazz" really is rather too all-encompassing to be accurate as a genre. It can include everything from free improvisation to structure big bands! This kind of jazz is what I like , the small group of instrumentalists with room for improvisation (I'm not even too fond of singers or words that much but I like Chet Baker and Billy Holliday's voices). Whatever you want to label it , Wes Montgomery was an expression that deserves multiple decades of attention and appreciation ;-) (edited because it wasn't saying what I fully meant) all you can really say is that you like this musical expression!
That swing is insane.
the magic thumb !
I can never work to jazz music... it's too beautiful to be running neglected in the background