Wes Montgomery’s first recordings as a leader for Riverside featured the popular organ-guitar-drums line-up, a configuration that he later abandoned for the better part of his stint with the label.

The jazz guitar of Wes Montgomery, deemed "the biggest, warmest, fattest sound on record," still reverberates today, nearly forty years after his death. The most influential, widely admired jazz ...

Wes Montgomery recorded So Much Guitar! for Riverside Records on August 4, 1961. For years, the album has been largely overlooked as a masterpiece—eclipsed by The Incredible jazz Guitar of Wes ...

Guitar on the Go (Wes Montgomery, Original Jazz Classics). Wes Montgomery`s mellow guitar could go pretty soft at times, but when he wasn`t ingratiating, he was wonderful. This reissue of a series of ...

When legendary jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery died in 1968, the list of his recordings filled an entire page — single-spaced. Now, more space is needed, because a significant new collection of ...

Jazz appreciation is an ongoing process and in-order to appreciate jazz, there is a need for some understanding of the music and a little knowledge of those who made it famous. We have covered many ...

Craft Recordings Original Jazz Classics Series adds two all-analog remasters from Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass on 180-gram vinyl. This jazz guitar essential has long been my favorite of the artist’s ...

Indianapolis will be the center of the jazz-guitar universe on Sept. 17, when dozens of players converge here to celebrate the musical legacy of Wes Montgomery. As part of the 10-day Indy Jazz Fest, ...

The Excel SS Soho is D’Angelico’s first ever fully hollow 15-inch single cutaway and it has a floating bridge and a single floating Kent Armstrong “Jazzy Joe” mini-humbucker When you purchase through ...

Fusion! and Boss Guitar (Wes Montgomery, Original Jazz Classics). Always pleasant and swinging, Wes Montgomery`s guitar is placed in the right setting on the second of these two discs, a reissue of a ...

Wes Montgomery, 1923-1968, remains one of the most influential jazz guitarists in history. His career can be divided into three sections which can be tracked by his record labels. His work for the ...