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Wes' Tune

West Coast Blues

If You Could See Me Now (Live At The Half Note, 1965)

Night Train



Grant Green and Kenny Burrell are great, but Montgomery is the best.

1 posted on 03/08/2025 2:29:39 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

A GIANT!


2 posted on 03/08/2025 2:42:43 PM PST by mosley
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To: nickcarraway

It is soothing stuff, owing to Wes’ own internal sense, plus hia use of his thumb as plectrum.

A favorite of mine: “Bumpin’ on Sunset”.


3 posted on 03/08/2025 3:00:26 PM PST by Migraine
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To: nickcarraway

I have some of his albums in Mono from back when I couldn’t afford the extra dollar for Stereo.


5 posted on 03/08/2025 3:14:54 PM PST by ComputerGuy ( )
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To: nickcarraway
“He was a hundred times better,” Pachelli says. “And if they’re honest, they’re saying the same thing. All of us who play jazz – and I only attempt to play jazz – we’re not even in the same hemisphere as this man. He was a naturally talented genius who was born to do this.”
7 posted on 03/14/2025 3:59:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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