Twisted blues Wes Montgomery

[@jeffbrown3051]

I was playing guitar since I was 14 and I arrived in Manhattan in the mid 80's. So I went into a pawn store in Bed Stuy looking for a 2nd hand electric guitar. I got the guitar but the store owner just happened to be playing a Wes Montgomery cassett. I was frozen as I listened to that thing. I asked him who or what it was and he told me it was Wes Montgomery on guitar. I almost blew my top, I had never heard anything like that before. When I left that store, for the next couple of weeks I traveled the length and breath of NYC visiting music stores and pawn stores buying every Wes Montgomery cassette I could get my hands on. For weeks I could not pick up the guitar because all I could hear in my head was Wes Montgomery tunes and I knew well enough not to attempt them. I went to the Library at 66 Street and just read up Wes' biography and was so sad to learn that he had passed prematurely no too long previously. From that time onwards I have become a devoted Wes Montgomery follower.

[@deannesbitt2079]

I can't get enough of the greatest jazz guitarist to walk the face of the earth. I've been listening to him since 1982. He talent is flawless. He's a musical genius!

[@lwmson]

Yeah. Usually when people talk guitar greats, it's usually "Hendrix this" or "Hendrix that" but Wes was just as innovative and influential. He even influenced Jimi on the tune "Third Stone From the Sun."

[@countryboy6767]

Um hm m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3603006936410143&id=100001026151518

[@nicholaslee8978]

Every time I watch this video, the combo's relaxation and synchronicity never cease to amaze me. Wes Montgomery was just born to play the guitar.

[@NURREDIN]

Listening to good music is like eating your favorite candy bar. The first thing you do is throw away the rapper.

[@claytongillaspy8847]

Here is what real music sounds like! Of course Wes is great as well as the entire band why don’t I hear music like this today? Wes was a genius guitarist this sounds like the roots of smooth jazz love it!

[@Sundayhandwound]

Clayton Gillaspy hngbxd

[@claytongillaspy8847]

Ming Li your an idiot

[@3260ELEMENT]

@Ming Li Kurt Rosenwinkel got nothing on wes. Completely different levels

[@debbiel9836]

Clayton Gillaspy There aren't any gigs for jazz, so there's no incentive for the musicians to learn something hard. Some "jazz" musicians you hear on the jazz radio stations are quite dreadful which doesn't help the art form.

[@claytongillaspy8847]

Debbie Lampman Debbie check out Scotty Anderson out of Cincinnati Ohio he’s the real deal get his live gig working without a net in Georgia some of the best jazz playing you will ever here right up there with Wes and joe pass

[@patrickgrandon86]

Wes did poetry on the guitar.

[@nicholaslee8978]

these guys are just the best :)

[@therealawakener7]

Wes is so amazing his thumb looks like its miming.

[@yassineelihtirassi9274]

Le pianiste ❤

[@marcelwright5065]

This is the best musical journey of a master at his best. It's a good thing when you can find musician to play with and have fun.

[@andreawilkerson2006]

My favorite guitarist!!!

[@BrianKlobyGuitar]

Indeed...

[@dixgun]

Perfection all around.

[@theHellzaPoppinjazz4u]

First time i see it ! more than 20 years i heard it. :D

[@Esaw100]

Absolutely Fantastic!

[@rickroybal7022]

Devastating. Absolutely devastating.

[@PabloVestory]

Amazing! Thank you so much!

[@ferassalah9695]

Learning this song gave me tendinitis

[@aaron3127]

🤣🤣

[@EclecticSceptic]

Haha, had a good laugh

[@ripaseca]

Harold's solo

[@VoodooKush]

Jaw dropping

[@pandiebear4464]

Thank you for this :)

[@kingdo22]

God this is the fuck*ng best

[@ahmedzarif7782]

Do you guys realize that Arthur Harper's a beast?

[@0912317]

An absolute monster.

[@harveydents]

Harper and Paul Chambers are my favourite upright bassists

[@thadiusventricle6752]

Wes is in my top 3. Bird, Wes etc. Harper however is why I search for this . There’s another version where he takes one of the best bass solos ever; electric, acoustic, bowed, plucked, jazz funk classical!

[@ChristianBazundama2]

Franchement extra !!

[@marioalicia]

Dat Thumb is killin' it !!!!!

[@coozbayt1021]

What’s that actors name....?? Look Like?...Denzil Washington?? Playing bass??...just jiving ya all..

[@jeffreymcglone4873]

Custom L5 with Super Gauge Flatwounds......Bitchin'

[@nathanielschwartz425]

This video was published on Django Reinhardt’s 100th Birthday!!

[@melquaidesskunduglio3830]

Montgomery is picking both directions with his thumb only. He's the only guitarist I've ever seen do this. No wonder Wes was often referred to simply as "The Thumb".

[@lwmson]

He could actually play intricate jazz lines by alternating strokes with his thumb.

[@easyguitare]

there is another once since a few decades that is able to alternate picking with all fingers of the right hand : Sylvain Luc - check out his early 2000 videos when he was around 30 years old. That's mind blowing.

[@giorgiocaruso2970]

Also George Benson picks like that, it's insane

[@Studio-62]

It looks like Wes is double-jointed in his right upper thumb joint, and has a very turned out thumb at the bottom. This would likely enable him to have a more positive downstroke. I am double jointed but in the opposite direction on my left thumb, which enables me to reach over a larger expanse of the neck without moving my hand, however my palm then lies flat against the back of the neck which limits some movement and chording. Also classical technique with the thumb behind the neck supporting the claw shape is more difficult for me as my thumb joint has a tendency to collapse.

[@gregoryphillips760]

"Smooth Jazz" anyone? This is real!

[@coozbayt1021]

I was trying to say the cat on bass looks like a actor Denzil Washington ha

[@valvesound]

Denzel Washington on the bass

[@user-iv5wn1su4c]

Damnn

[@petefeltman]

Who's playing piano on this one?

[@MrLfingers]

I think it's Harold Mabern.

[@jeffreymcglone4873]

Custom L5 is aweet......

[@coozbayt1021]

Yo..I know it’s Aurther Harper

[@coozbayt1021]

Drop the pick...Strum with the thumb....Now you playing...

[@jenesuispascommecaaunature6874]

When Wes was buried, did all the guitars of the guitars of the world entered in the casket? because only this guy deserved to have indeed all the guitars of the world with him; only him knew how to play Jazz Guitar right with?...iI's a "black joke", it's bad.. i reconize, you can't joke with death, but... it was to underlined the Wes talent, so i'm redeemed...

[@jenesuispascommecaaunature6874]

sorry.. "did all the guitars of the world"...

[@jenesuispascommecaaunature6874]

I didn't meant "black joke" because Wes was a "black" person, i instead meant "sad joke"...

[@RicoJazz]

Que que é isso, esse negócio nem existe...!

[@ethanhill9460]

George Benson is a bad joke compared to WES MONTGOMERY.

[@S7REULI]

That stupid need of comparison... so obnoxious

[@classic595]

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