Description:Wes Montgomery brought the art of the electric guitar to new heights in the 1950s and 1960s before his untimely death at 43. His vaulting style employed octaves much as his main influence, Charlie Christian, did in the Benny Goodman Sextet. Montgomery's crowd-pleasing facility with the fretboard was best employed in live performance wWes Montgomery brought the art of the electric guitar to new heights in the 1950s and 1960s before his untimely death at 43. His vaulting style employed octaves much as his main influence, Charlie Christian, did in the Benny Goodman Sextet. Montgomery's crowd-pleasing facility with the fretboard was best employed in live performance when he could stretch out and really be heard. Smokin' is a thoroughly satisfying live album recorded in 1965 and 1966 at the New York nightclub, with co-leader Wynton Kelly and his trio--Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Jimmy Cobb on drums. Montgomery and Kelly are in perfect sync here, especially on "No Blues" and "If You Could See Me Now." --John Swenson... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Verve Release date : 15 February 2005 EAN: 0075021034761 UPC: 075021034761
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A very important album in Jazz music, yet also one of my favorite live albums ever. wes Montgomery changed Jazz forever with his guitar work that carried on what Charlie Christian had started, but here, you get the full power of what it was like to see Wes Montgomery live.
One reasons this album is important in Jazz history is the backing band. Wes' backing band here is Jimmy Cobb on drums, Wynton Kelly on piano, and Paul Chambers on Bass, all were a part of Mies Davis' classic Kind of Blue al"
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Live albums that blow the originals away