Boss Guitar

Performer: Wes Montgomery
Engineer: Ray Fowler
Producer: Orrin Keepnews
Distributor: Fantasy (distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Wes Montgomery (guitar); Mel Rhyne (organ); Jimmy Cobb (drums). Recorded at Plaza Studios, New York, April 22, 1963. Originally released on Riverside (9459). Includes original liner notes by Joe Goldberg. Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1989, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley. California). Personnel: Wes Montgomery (guitar); Mel Rhyne (organ); Jimmy Cobb (drums). Recorded at Plaza Studios, New York, April 22, 1963. Originally released on Riverside (9459). Includes original liner notes by Joe Goldberg. Digitally remastered using 20-bit K2 Super Coding System technology. Guitarist Wes Montgomery's string of brilliant straight-ahead jazz recordings for the Riverside label was near its end when he recorded this trio outing with organist Melvin Rhyne and drummer Jimmy Cobb. The music swings hard and is highlighted by "Besame Mucho," "Days of Wine and Roses," "Canadian Sunset" and "The Breeze and I." Enjoyable if not essential. [Originally released in 1963, Boss Guitar has been reissued several times on CD.] ~ Scott Yanow

Wes Montgomery's warm sound and hard-driving swing are, for many listeners, the epitome of jazz guitar. Rising from relative obscurity in the late 1950s, he became a huge sensation in the '60s, to the point that his recording career veered increasingly into commercial realms. Montgomery could tear off exhilarating solos with effortless grace, and in his relatively brief career he left an enduring legacy of brilliant playing.

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