Wes was my safe place in Viet Nam, when I needed quiet and peace I would put on one of his records and the ugly would be gone for awhile. Thank you Mr. Montgomery
I've listened to this recording by Wes Montgomery, when I was 16 yrs old. My husband and I were exposed to jazz from the 40s-70s, when we got together.
couldn't agree more. The audio is fantastic. @Mike Lord YES! some kind of physical magic was used to zoom in on W. Montgomery 0:56 right here. Crane dolly?
Same here. Everything has gone downhill since, and it is so sad. I miss the simpler and better music of those days. I switched from playing rock to jazz drums at that time. Still playing this type of music. This is a perfect example of "less is more".
Wes Montgomery sound is so mellow because he played directly with his thumb: He learned that way because when he was very young his neighbour was mad about the guitar noise all day, and Wes discovered that playing with his thumb and not with the pick the sound was softer. God bless that neighbour and Wes.
When I was a small girl back in the day I would listen and watch my dad play guitar 🎸. He was a musician and lead singer that had a band in the 1950's and 60's. On Saturday's my dad's band would come over to our house and practice playing songs. My dad would play in night clubs. We had this huge backyard with the greenest grass that was well cared for by my dad he loved it. My dad would listen to Wes Montgomery always and play along to Wes' music. All of the kid's running around playing, women in the kitchen preparing food bringing it out to a big picnic table. My dad enjoyed the sounds of Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams Mel Torme. I was about 9 years old then and I loved the music🙂 I grew up listening to that great music. The memories were great😃
In 1967 while stationed at Camp Pendleton, I'd take a bus up to Anaheim, sleep in an all-night bowling alley to save money, and get a room Saturday morning... and then head back to Pendleton Sunday evening. Sometime after the the bowlers had left, the music on the PA system would change to a jazz radio station, and a black man would appear and begin walking each alley with a wide dust mop. He was always aware of my presence down at the end trying to hide among the seats, but never said a word. At some point in the middle of one night, I got up the courage to speak with him, and I asked about the music, and how I could become more familiar with it. He replied that once I knew the names of the artists and something about their lives would be when I'd start to appreciate jazz. And so, being a guitar player, I started listening to Wes Montgomery and buying his music. Bless that all night bowling ally manager.
When I was younger I also saved money by renting motel rooms every other day. I either stayed up partying until dawn or slept in my van when I needed sleep. I used the room to crash and get laid and shower. It cut the rent expense in half and gave me more money to party. I traveled up and down the coast and had a blast doing it.
I'm just amazed, first of all, that you can get a high quality video and audio of this stuff 55 years after the performance, on demand. Second of all, that you can get it for free. Wow.
@@cheril8891 The optical quality of film technology has been really good for around a century, and audio recording has been excellent since the 40s. Usually when you see "bad" quality video of old material, it's because you're seeing a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of the original. The problem is most of the time the original copies, or earliest generation copies, were on media that degraded over time, or were badly stored without any thought of preserving them long-term.
Within in the first 15 seconds of listening I'm thinking whats the instrument drawing me to the song... it's that walking bass. Outlines the chords perfectly. Rip.
I know we're going to war with the world and there's diabetes and AIDS. Babies in airplane crashes, in short, a lot of bad things happening all the time but besides all that, this is great music.
Class. Pure class. I'm much younger than the generation that produced this, but this is music with depth and gravitas. That piano player has so much style and dignity, and Wes is such a solid and fluent guitarist. There is so much more you can do with a guitar than just accompanying a singer.
He did miss the note and as a musician I know he would have felt absolutely gutted because this tune was in his standard reportoire, he just lost a moment of concentration perhaps because the camera was so close to him but you can tell by his face he's disapointed the answer is just carry on the mistake is made.
The courage to not even try to hide it. The strength to let it go and move on. Something admitted is something learned. This is how we become great at anything.
here's my first electric bass teacher, Rick never mentioned he had played with Wes, at the time he had been with Mclaughlin, anyway he was always a gent!!
I've been listening to this recording since I was 16 and I'm 25 now. It's been almost 10 years and I keep coming back every 2 months or so to listen to this amazing piece that's become so important to me. Wes was truly an amazing artist and he's managed to capture something special , a sense of wonder which I've rarely found in all my search for music throughout the years. Thank you for posting this, I'll be back to give this a listen once again sometime soon
we must thank the wonderful cameramen of the BBC for correctly zooming in on Wes' fingers ...I reckon they were asked to do so by the presenter, Ronnie Scott -a huge fan of Wes and a great sax player himself. I'm learning the actual fingering Wes used in the head from this clip - what a great resource.
He actually fluffs a note at 5:35 and then smiles a little at his goof like, hey, nobody's perfect. Even the greats miss one once in a while. They're human.
I was just watching Carol Burnett on the late show .and she was asked if there was a song that if it was the only song she could ever here what song would it be ? And she said with put any hesitation it would be "here's that Rainy day. Prompted me to look it up and yes it is a very calming and simple beautiful 🎶....
The Godfather of Jazz Guitar! Many of us players copied his style and notes, but we could never sound like him! One in a trillion! R.I.P 🎼🎵🎶🙏🏼🎸❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼🎶🎵🎼
It's true, when he would make a mistake you always see him smile or laugh it off. Watch the live performance of Round Midnight, you know the most popular one same one we all love, and right at the pause before his closing unaccompanied closing solo, he attempts a quick diminished octaves lead-in of some kind, messes it up going "plink Plonk!" and smirks about it before continuing. It's funny.
@p Binx that was Rick Laird who played bass for John McLaughlin Mahavishnu Orchestra in the 70's. He was an excellent jazz bassist it is so cool to see he was doing this before that. You noticed him I believe not just because you could hear him, but he was very good. Imho. I like your comment.
Actually NO to the comment about needing better speakers: In the past there has been terrible to no miking of the bass at all. This acoustic instrument was left alone to flounder. It still happens in some Jazz club venues today. Unfair and unprofessional to not put a mike in them.
Universally considered as the most important Jazz guitarist after Charlie Christian, I had never thought of Wes Montgomery as being "this guy" before, but of course, you are right. On his "Weekend in LA" album George Benson has a tune called "I Remember Wes"..
I no joke don't think you can find a famous jazz guitarist after him that wasn't inspired by him. He is regarded as one of if not the best jazz guitarist ever. And the phrasing shows. Pure melody, pure music.
I was sitting on the stairs (no room left ANYWHERE) at the BOTH/AND CLUB on Divisidaro Street in San Francisco when he sat down, facing me and played this and so much more! I will never forget it; he is gone (what a tragedy) but NEVER, EVER FORGOTTEN. How I love him still.
Truly one of the greatest jazz guitarists of all time. Wes did not play with a pick. Hearing him on Trick Bag cut on Boss Guitar album is amazing. He was a welder with seven kids and broke into a tough business with his brothers. God Bless him.
Gone way to soon & as good as it gets ,the man is a legend even to us rock & blues players . SWEET AS SIN !!! How cool it is to see Rick on Bass before his time with Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Yes, there are many guitarists and it is a matter of taste. Jim Hall, Jimmy Raney, Pat Martino ... Metheny ... Benson of the new, but no one has achieved dynamics or swing, melody like Wes. He did not go to Berklee. It's still a matter of taste but if there are many guitarists "coming" but Wes is just Wes as Miles, Evans or Coltrane.
Yes, I heard Benson at the Club Zambezie in Washington DC play an entire set like Wes Montgomery. If one had closed his/her eyes, they would have thought it was Wes performing. George Benson in his jazz days had mastered Wes Montgomery.
Allthough the 1960 were difficult years with Kennedy shot, the Vietnam war, but compare it with today and it seems like a golden age, when the Montgomery Brothers played live, Gibson built fantastic guitars and political leaders in the US thought about "great society" with equal rights for everyone. Wes' music will always speak of greatness though he was a humble person. Today it is more the other way around...
I played guitar all my life, and I turn 60 this month. I love the way Wes could do leads with all chords. And his leads were so melodic they were compositions standing alone.
Anyone wondering if jazz is still alive today, well the views and comments just shows how alive it is! Artists like Wes are what keeps us getting up every day.
It’s so amazing. His ability. And I can’t help but to notice that, although Wes is considered the best, by many, his style is very simple compared to most other jazz greats. I, for one, appreciate that.
IKR? I’m just getting into jazz. I watched this and thought, “hey, I can do that!” Not be another Wes, that’d be crazy talk…but his style seems accessible in a way the metal “shred gods” I’ve listened to (and failed to emulate since I was 15 or 16) never have. Wes Montgomery’s…genius?…is making complex music accessible. I think…?
People tend to forget that the '60s were still a time for great jazz compositions and albums. That's what makes music in the 60s so different from all the other eras. It perfectly encapsulated what came before, as well as what was ahead.
I'm surprised at how many people have never heard of him. Guess that's because when I was growing up, Wes Montgomery, was lovely jazz musician that I listened to.
Barnaby ap Robert exactly i just wrote the same comment. Too many live videos of people zooming in on the musicians faces and shit. Let us see the goods
Wes was one of the most compositional players of all time. His solos never sounded like a bunch of notes thrown together just to fit the changes. That is why he is generally considered to be unequaled in many ways. The bass player, Rick Laird was the bassist that later played electric bass in John Mclaughlin's Mahivishnu Orchestra.
Pat , I agree! Wes was unique in that he had spontaneous creativity full and complete mastery of the 12 tones block/ chords to be the icing on the cake "of his soulful rhythmic impulses. GB is one very "wicked" cat too as you also know! Pat Martino, Barney Kessel are/were monsters too . They all swung hard and dug the Blues!
well i understand what youre saying and i love wes but a bunch of notes thrown together is a very good technique to express something idk like heartrending or that kind feelings, you know like the sheets of sound that coltrane develop trough his pain i guess
Ha! "..a bunch of notes thrown together to fit the changes.." That's pretty much exactly what jazz IS, my friend! It's just that some do it better than others, such that the notes flow together well and create beautiful lines (I'm talking from a bebop standpoint here, being a pure bop player myself). So you used a good word: "Compositional". Jazz improvisation is often referred to as "spontaneous composition", and to do it well requires mastery of your instrument, knowledge of chord theory and just plain heart and soul. Otherwise it's less compositional and more "notes thrown together". But in any case I've never heard it put quite as bluntly as that... Kinda funny when it's in black and white.
The simple truth. Feeling down? Put this on. That, and "do something for somebody quick." Nothing makes the blues disappear faster. Few avail themselves of this magic, but for those who do (Do something for somebody quick) works 100 per cent of the time. We now return to our regular programming. Thanks for the note Robert Flint. Left one of my own this day.
You are the new Emily Remler. I followed her through the 80s until her untimely death in 1991. Last year I visited her grave to pay homage, and thank her for the music she left us. The torch has been passed to you.
Wes is inspirational in a formidable way, at least on 3 levels : 1.for the right hand -2. for the left hand -3. for the mind. I think I'll start off everyday with this song from now on.
When I listen to this now, I go right back to when I was 5 or 6, after being tucked into bed, and lulled to a blissful slumber to Wes Montgomery's music. My parents would play his albums on the console. I also loved dancing to his "Windy" in my pajamas.
Wes has been practicing again.... and it shows!!! The London air is good for him. Stan and him are in sync. Smooth, like sild being drawn across polished marble.
That tiny mistake he makes at the end would've gone unnoticed but he found it funny and his facial expression is priceless! What an incredible man and player!
Wes was my safe place in Viet Nam, when I needed quiet and peace I would put on one of his records and the ugly would be gone for awhile. Thank you Mr. Montgomery
Bill Campion, I can relate to that, we all need that place to go to I think you know what I mean Live Long & rock ...
Bill Campion: I'm so happy you were able to find that "safe place." God Bless You!
maybe you shouldnt have been waging military operations that killed millions of innocents against a sovereign nation standing up to brutal imperialism
@@garylaubscher9914 thank you
@@silvermane1516 thank you
I've listened to this recording by Wes Montgomery, when I was 16 yrs old. My husband and I were exposed to jazz from the 40s-70s, when we got together.
Whoever did the live sound on this TV show was a genius for the time.... epic quality live recording.
Not only that, but the aesthetics - the camera placement and movement, really outstanding all around!
Thanks to the BBC. They actually showcased jazz back then.
Actually, the Brits were really good at that. More often than not the audio was great.
Yes the fella playing that ol Gibson guitar was not too shabby either 🤣✌
couldn't agree more. The audio is fantastic. @Mike Lord YES! some kind of physical magic was used to zoom in on W. Montgomery 0:56 right here. Crane dolly?
75 soon and been listening to Wes Montgomery since the 1960s..
and theres a damn good reason! :)
Same here. Everything has gone downhill since, and it is so sad. I miss the simpler and better music of those days. I switched from playing rock to jazz drums at that time. Still playing this type of music. This is a perfect example of "less is more".
Wes Montgomery sound is so mellow because he played directly with his thumb: He learned that way because when he was very young his neighbour was mad about the guitar noise all day, and Wes discovered that playing with his thumb and not with the pick the sound was softer. God bless that neighbour and Wes.
saag111 It was his WIFE....not his neighbor.
paulyrulo1 Actually, it was a neighbor who happened to be his aunt. He started playing guitar long before he got married.
saag111 Let me rephrase that for you:
Wes Montgomery's sound is so mellow because he played directly with his soul.
Yes! Who cares about the nieghbors or for that matter the wife!! He was Wes dammitt!!
I saw Wes in an interview say it was his wife. Also Wes didn't pick up the guitar until he was 23.
When I was a small girl back in the day I would listen and watch my dad play guitar 🎸. He was a musician and lead singer that had a band in the 1950's and 60's. On Saturday's my dad's band would come over to our house and practice playing songs. My dad would play in night clubs. We had this huge backyard with the greenest grass that was well cared for by my dad he loved it.
My dad would listen to Wes Montgomery always and play along to Wes' music. All of the kid's running around playing, women in the kitchen preparing food bringing it out to a big picnic table. My dad enjoyed the sounds of Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams Mel Torme. I was about 9 years old then and I loved the music🙂
I grew up listening to that great music. The memories were great😃
@Fred limkin + Hello,have we talked before
@Fred limkin from Northern California.
May I ask what makes you a proud dad
I'm happy for you ❤
@albertoanaut 👍🏼thank you, have a nice weekend.
How wonderful that must've been ❤❤
No shredding, no effects, no superfluous notes, no smoke, just pure clean Gibson guitar.
Hey I play Rock also but you are so RIGHT! 🎸
It's all in Wes' fingers
The dude couldn't read a note...self taught.
exactly!!!
@@audieconrad8995 play what ya love!!
In 1967 while stationed at Camp Pendleton, I'd take a bus up to Anaheim, sleep in an all-night bowling alley to save money, and get a room Saturday morning... and then head back to Pendleton Sunday evening.
Sometime after the the bowlers had left, the music on the PA system would change to a jazz radio station, and a black man would appear and begin walking each alley with a wide dust mop. He was always aware of my presence down at the end trying to hide among the seats, but never said a word.
At some point in the middle of one night, I got up the courage to speak with him, and I asked about the music, and how I could become more familiar with it. He replied that once I knew the names of the artists and something about their lives would be when I'd start to appreciate jazz. And so, being a guitar player, I started listening to Wes Montgomery and buying his music.
Bless that all night bowling ally manager.
When I was younger I also saved money by renting motel rooms every other day. I either stayed up partying until dawn or slept in my van when I needed sleep. I used the room to crash and get laid and shower. It cut the rent expense in half and gave me more money to party. I traveled up and down the coast and had a blast doing it.
It's the special quite moments when nobody is looking, that inspiration strikes.
Great story!
@@rickdavenport9538 Thanks.
Angels show up in the strangest places.
People that upload this kind of videos are of great value to us all, thanks ! :)
I agree with you bro we learn and grow
Shure and thank you. Also for those who digitalized that document.
You said it dude
I agree 100% Thank you!
Great interpretation of a Great tune!
I'm just amazed, first of all, that you can get a high quality video and audio of this stuff 55 years after the performance, on demand. Second of all, that you can get it for free. Wow.
Dixie Dale amazing world right
Yes. I'm amazed how clear this video is. How'd they do that? Film quality is supurb.
@@cheril8891 The optical quality of film technology has been really good for around a century, and audio recording has been excellent since the 40s. Usually when you see "bad" quality video of old material, it's because you're seeing a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of the original. The problem is most of the time the original copies, or earliest generation copies, were on media that degraded over time, or were badly stored without any thought of preserving them long-term.
Dixie Dale, how do you get your Internet for free? I want in.
The internet is fuckin expensive men
R.I.P bassist Rick Laird who just passed away at 80 years. Wes Montgomery and Mahavishnu Orchestra in his career. Bless you, Rick.
Within in the first 15 seconds of listening I'm thinking whats the instrument drawing me to the song... it's that walking bass. Outlines the chords perfectly. Rip.
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This is one of those songs that the musicians had to surrender all their talent to the beauty of the composition and its arrangement.
WHAT???? i'm so sad i can't believe i'm just now hearing this
GREAT bassline by Rick Laird!!
I know we're going to war with the world and there's diabetes and AIDS. Babies in airplane crashes, in short, a lot of bad things happening all the time but besides all that, this is great music.
I miss this music. Things just were simpler and more pure back then. What a blessing.
Thank goodness this found its way on my feed. A Bluetooth speaker is in order for my house. I'll settle for my phone now.
Class. Pure class. I'm much younger than the generation that produced this, but this is music with depth and gravitas. That piano player has so much style and dignity, and Wes is such a solid and fluent guitarist. There is so much more you can do with a guitar than just accompanying a singer.
That little smile when he almost missed that note in the last section
Noticed that too he’s awesome 😆
Yup. So cool
He did miss the note and as a musician I know he would have felt absolutely gutted because this tune was in his standard reportoire, he just lost a moment of concentration perhaps because the camera was so close to him but you can tell by his face he's disapointed the answer is just carry on the mistake is made.
The upright bass is so clear and has so much presence. Former Mahavishnu Orchestra bassist Richard "Rick" Laird.
There is a mic suspended in the bridge with rubber bands. No pick up, just a mic and the natural sound of the wood.
PeterC12853 no way !!!!!!!! Incredible !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow didn't know that
Sorry I know what you mean, but Mahavishnu Orchestra did not event begin until 1971.
Definitely. I just love hearing the bass up front in the mix more so it's clear.
I like how Wes smiles when makes a little mistake at the end, a sweet soul to be sure.
The courage to not even try to hide it.
The strength to let it go and move on.
Something admitted is something learned.
This is how we become great at anything.
Priceless!
The piano player hit a wrong chord at the end not Wes. That's why that grin at the end.
The piano player didn't do anything wrong. Wes went too high at the end. He was like "dang it!" hahaha
@@aylbdrmadison1051 great comment
the best live version
here's my first electric bass teacher, Rick never mentioned he had played with Wes, at the time he had been with Mclaughlin, anyway he was always a gent!!
One of the highest forms of human achievement. Some of the most beautiful music ever played. Thank you, Wes.
Yes , this is extremely beautiful, gives me heart feeling of another time and place,that has yet to come into existence, ❤❤❤❤❤
I've been listening to this recording since I was 16 and I'm 25 now. It's been almost 10 years and I keep coming back every 2 months or so to listen to this amazing piece that's become so important to me. Wes was truly an amazing artist and he's managed to capture something special , a sense of wonder which I've rarely found in all my search for music throughout the years. Thank you for posting this, I'll be back to give this a listen once again sometime soon
Same
we must thank the wonderful cameramen of the BBC for correctly zooming in on Wes' fingers ...I reckon they were asked to do so by the presenter, Ronnie Scott -a huge fan of Wes and a great sax player himself. I'm learning the actual fingering Wes used in the head from this clip - what a great resource.
He actually fluffs a note at 5:35 and then smiles a little at his goof like, hey, nobody's perfect. Even the greats miss one once in a while. They're human.
That's right call him 'Nobody' !
That was just an alternative voicing. lol
It happens when you never play the same thing the same way twice...
@@viennapalace i mean hey it happens no matter if its inprov or not. We aren't robots after all😆
It's jazz, so he can always just pretend he did it on purpose.
I was just watching Carol Burnett on the late show .and she was asked if there was a song that if it was the only song she could ever here what song would it be ? And she said with put any hesitation it would be "here's that Rainy day. Prompted me to look it up and yes it is a very calming and simple beautiful 🎶....
I'm 19 but this takes me back to the 60's
It soothes my soul to know human beings are capable of creating such masterpieces. Simply incredible.
Gorgeous
I wish mainstream music could go back to being this classy.
As much as I love this, I don't think this was really mainstream. The mainstream music in 1965 would have been groups like The Beatles.
@@JoshGarsideMeyers Yeah, Beatles, Stones, etc. Pretty sure jazz was though of as old folks music back then.
@@juicebox9465 modern jazz has always been a minority interest music
The Godfather of Jazz Guitar! Many of us players copied his style and notes, but we could never sound like him! One in a trillion! R.I.P 🎼🎵🎶🙏🏼🎸❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼🎶🎵🎼
The father of jazz guitar, the Godfather is Charlie Christian
@@SELMER1947, indeed! Mr. Christian got it all started, and he developed what we know today as Jazz Guitar.
Wes was incredible. Love the smile he makes after hitting a sharp note at the end. 5:34
I didnt hear that. Its jazz. He smiled because it was the end of the song and it was a great performance
@MrKongatthegates He's just being a pretentious nerd, like most modern guitar players.
It's true, when he would make a mistake you always see him smile or laugh it off. Watch the live performance of Round Midnight, you know the most popular one same one we all love, and right at the pause before his closing unaccompanied closing solo, he attempts a quick diminished octaves lead-in of some kind, messes it up going "plink Plonk!" and smirks about it before continuing. It's funny.
ok maybe that was unintentional
I can hear the bass!. Most of these recordings you can hardly hear it.
You might need better speakers! ;)
@p Binx that was Rick Laird who played bass for John McLaughlin Mahavishnu Orchestra in the 70's. He was an excellent jazz bassist it is so cool to see he was doing this before that. You noticed him I believe not just because you could hear him, but he was very good. Imho. I like your comment.
My thought exactly. So crisp and well articulated.
Actually NO to the comment about needing better speakers: In the past there has been terrible to no miking of the bass at all. This acoustic instrument was left alone to flounder. It still happens in some Jazz club venues today. Unfair and unprofessional to not put a mike in them.
It was much louder because he had a pickup or mic installed in or on the bass, you can see the chord leading up to the bass and up the end pin
I love how Wes smirks after he hits a clam right at the end. What a master.
What a great moment. 👍
I’m thinking this guy must be one of George Benson’s inspirations. CZcams introduced him to me today 😊
Don't forget Wes also help inspired Norman Brown too 😅
I’ve loved Wes Montgomery’s music since “Movin Wes” back in the ‘60’s Gone way too soon
Universally considered as the most important Jazz guitarist after Charlie Christian, I had never thought of Wes Montgomery as being "this guy" before, but of course, you are right. On his "Weekend in LA" album George Benson has a tune called "I Remember Wes"..
@@Erschophone Thank you for your response and for sharing the information with me 😊
I no joke don't think you can find a famous jazz guitarist after him that wasn't inspired by him. He is regarded as one of if not the best jazz guitarist ever. And the phrasing shows. Pure melody, pure music.
When people play a musical instrument, especially like this, it makes the world a better place. Too busy playing to be violent.
You are so right
Black Americans invented and performed Jazz at it's world renowned best. They were the early ambassadors of this quintessential American art form.
Since I don’t think most musicians are interested in violence I would hope that the music mellows out the audience
I was sitting on the stairs (no room left ANYWHERE) at the BOTH/AND CLUB on Divisidaro Street in San Francisco when he sat down, facing me and played this and so much more! I will never forget it; he is gone (what a tragedy) but NEVER, EVER FORGOTTEN. How I love him still.
Truly one of the greatest jazz guitarists of all time. Wes did not play with a pick. Hearing him on Trick Bag cut on Boss Guitar album is amazing. He was a welder with seven kids and broke into a tough business with his brothers. God Bless him.
Boss Guitar! I bought it in 1964 and have never tired of it. Great, great album.
being a welder sure gives you a strong ass thumb!!😆😄
Yes, Wes was one of the great ones. You find yourself always coming back to him for fun listening and joyful solitude. Rock on!!
Every time I come across a Wes album at the thrift I have to buy it, if not ;I feel like I'm abandoning a Friend.
Gone way to soon & as good as it gets ,the man is a legend even to us rock & blues players . SWEET AS SIN !!! How cool it is to see Rick on Bass before his time with Mahavishnu Orchestra.
The Best Jazz Guitarist Ever!
Yes, there are many guitarists and it is a matter of taste. Jim Hall, Jimmy Raney, Pat Martino ... Metheny ... Benson of the new, but no one has achieved dynamics or swing, melody like Wes. He did not go to Berklee. It's still a matter of taste but if there are many guitarists "coming" but Wes is just Wes as Miles, Evans or Coltrane.
Sonny Sharrock!!
Idon´t like distortion in jazz.
his padawan George Benson is not bad by the way he does the finger trick also if i can call it like that :)
Yes, I heard Benson at the Club Zambezie in Washington DC play an entire set like Wes Montgomery. If one had closed his/her eyes, they would have thought it was Wes performing. George Benson in his jazz days had mastered Wes Montgomery.
I was 3 years of age when Mr wes. Played this beautiful song. What a talent player!
Amazing. Such thick, rich tones from Rick Laird's stand up. Love Wes so much, such a massive talent. Thanks for posting this gem. Made my day.
Rick Laird of MO fame?
@@sealisa1398Yes that's him
Browsing and deciding what I wanted to end the night with.
So glad I decided to pay my all time favorite a visit yet again
There is something special about the experience of hearing an artist for the first time. Thank you Wesley Montgomery, you play from your soul!
5:35 That's how you deal with a bum note. No big deal, just smile and move on. :)
MrDaraghkinch Pure class there
...and his look to the camera like "nobody saw that, ok?" seems like such a fun guy!
Can't learn from what we refuse to acknowledge.
The smile is the acknowledgement
It's jazz, all the notes are blue notes :p
Wunderbar !
On Red Gardenien Street !!!
I love Wes' little smile after he goofs on one of the notes at the end
Allthough the 1960 were difficult years with Kennedy shot, the Vietnam war, but compare it with today and it seems like a golden age, when the Montgomery Brothers played live, Gibson built fantastic guitars and political leaders in the US thought about "great society" with equal rights for everyone. Wes' music will always speak of greatness though he was a humble person. Today it is more the other way around...
Can't say it often enough i love how youtube lets the greats live again!
This man is pure genius; when you need to disconnect you tune into these guys and forget everything, great loss that Wes left us too young.
I played guitar all my life, and I turn 60 this month. I love the way Wes could do leads with all chords. And his leads were so melodic they were compositions standing alone.
Spending so much time buried in what's so wrong with this world.
I must take time to enjoy the beauty of it also.
Roy Rush
Balance & moderation.
So VERY mportant!
Good on u!!!
Anyone wondering if jazz is still alive today, well the views and comments just shows how alive it is! Artists like Wes are what keeps us getting up every day.
Absolutely beautiful has a one-note Samba kind of feel
thats exactly what i was thinking!
isso éo samba do morro so que sofisticado
You don't play Jazz you feel it. It comes from the soul
Wes Montgomery was a God kiss for the likes of us.
It’s so amazing. His ability. And I can’t help but to notice that, although Wes is considered the best, by many, his style is very simple compared to most other jazz greats. I, for one, appreciate that.
IKR? I’m just getting into jazz. I watched this and thought, “hey, I can do that!” Not be another Wes, that’d be crazy talk…but his style seems accessible in a way the metal “shred gods” I’ve listened to (and failed to emulate since I was 15 or 16) never have. Wes Montgomery’s…genius?…is making complex music accessible. I think…?
and self-taught!!
Loved that quartet, like North, East, South, & Wes🎸, the bes...!
1965 was the coolest year of this planet
I feel blessed to have seen and heard this incredible genius!
The Rick Laird bass in this is excellent.
I lived these times, these clubs from 57-61.
love that little smile acknowledging a slightly bum note in the closing riff
People tend to forget that the '60s were still a time for great jazz compositions and albums. That's what makes music in the 60s so different from all the other eras. It perfectly encapsulated what came before, as well as what was ahead.
The best jazz guitarist I ever heard, I still think his best work was from 1960-1964 on Riverside.
My only musical regret: Born too late to have seen/appreciated a live performance by Wes...
Happy memories of 'rainy days' in London and Ronnie Scott's - early 1960's and it seems like only yesterday ...
This is why CZcams is such a blessing. Sublime
RIP Rick Laird
I'm surprised at how many people have never heard of him. Guess that's because when I was growing up, Wes Montgomery, was lovely jazz musician that I listened to.
What a wonderful music so pure so perfect so right let us keep it the same thank you
Wow, not only is the music tremendously perfect, but the filming is sooo cool too!!
Really good camera work it's nice to see his playing up close
Agreed! For me, as a fumbling guitarist it's WONDERFUL to watch a master at work up close!
Barnaby ap Robert exactly i just wrote the same comment. Too many live videos of people zooming in on the musicians faces and shit. Let us see the goods
Wes and his octaves I love it 😍
If I could back in time and spend the day with any musician... it would be Wes
Wes was one of the most compositional players of all time. His solos never sounded like a bunch of notes thrown together just to fit the changes. That is why he is generally considered to be unequaled in many ways. The bass player, Rick Laird was the bassist that later played electric bass in John Mclaughlin's Mahivishnu Orchestra.
Pat , I agree! Wes was unique in that he had spontaneous creativity full and complete mastery of the 12 tones block/ chords to be the icing on the cake "of his soulful rhythmic impulses. GB is one very "wicked" cat too as you also know! Pat Martino, Barney Kessel are/were monsters too . They all swung hard and dug the Blues!
well i understand what youre saying and i love wes but a bunch of notes thrown together is a very good technique to express something idk like heartrending or that kind feelings, you know like the sheets of sound that coltrane develop trough his pain i guess
Ha! "..a bunch of notes thrown together to fit the changes.." That's pretty much exactly what jazz IS, my friend! It's just that some do it better than others, such that the notes flow together well and create beautiful lines (I'm talking from a bebop standpoint here, being a pure bop player myself). So you used a good word: "Compositional". Jazz improvisation is often referred to as "spontaneous composition", and to do it well requires mastery of your instrument, knowledge of chord theory and just plain heart and soul. Otherwise it's less compositional and more "notes thrown together". But in any case I've never heard it put quite as bluntly as that... Kinda funny when it's in black and white.
Traveling man can we put Tal Farlow in there too?
Add to that how he could improvise chord solos; something never surpassed.
Six magical minutes. Out of this world. This is one of the best vids on CZcams music...
Check out the Nat King Cole trio doing Route 66 in a video.
The simple truth. Feeling down? Put this on. That, and "do something for somebody quick." Nothing makes the blues disappear faster. Few avail themselves of this magic, but for those who do (Do something for somebody quick) works 100 per cent of the time. We now return to our regular programming. Thanks for the note Robert Flint. Left one of my own this day.
@@MarkBlackburnWPG Thanks Mark Mark.
You are the new Emily Remler. I followed her through the 80s until her untimely death in 1991. Last year I visited her grave to pay homage, and thank her for the music she left us. The torch has been passed to you.
So fine. Lucky to be there, the people who were at this concert in London in 1965.
Wes is inspirational in a formidable way, at least on 3 levels : 1.for the right hand -2. for the left hand -3. for the mind. I think I'll start off everyday with this song from now on.
Taste - is the word I always think about when I hear him play.
He is such a tasteful player!
Sound is incredible.
Very relaxing. Goes good with a rainy day and a cup of tea.
When I listen to this now, I go right back to when I was 5 or 6, after being tucked into bed, and lulled to a blissful slumber to Wes Montgomery's music. My parents would play his albums on the console. I also loved dancing to his "Windy" in my pajamas.
The king of jazz 🎸 guitarists, wish I could've seen him live. I always play his recordings when I just want to relax and leave the world behind.
There's something so calming about this.
So beautiful I could cry
Great talent & great recording - thank you for posting this jewel.
Ah, now my headache is gone. What sweet medicine this be.
Amazing! Superb! This is real music.
Wes Montgomery lived 85 miles from my home town in Indiana. He inspired me. Peace. Love. Togetherness. ✌️👍
Wes has been practicing again.... and it shows!!! The London air is good for him. Stan and him are in sync. Smooth, like sild being drawn across polished marble.
Bingo123… .Didn't you say, "Was there ever a better performance? (Easy answer..... NO NEVER :-p.) Wes 4 ever!!!!"
That tiny mistake he makes at the end would've gone unnoticed but he found it funny and his facial expression is priceless! What an incredible man and player!
Yes, thank you for uploading.
Wes gives me a sense of peace and contentment that little else gives me in this world
Excellent piece of music!!!
Such a true leader in the world of jazz, extraordinary !
It might seem odd to say but what lovely hands he had to create such lovely music .
Watching this on a rainy day
Thanks to the great Wes Montgomery and all the folks whose commentaries made such great bedtime reading for at least one over the hill old timer ...
I listened to his albums, but I never knew he used only his thumb on the guitar. What amazing and soothing music.
The one and only Wes Montgomery
A nice big ashtray on the piano!!! The good ol' days!