Wes Montogmery - Plays The Blues

Wes Montgomery's approach to the guitar brought new shades to America's bedrock music: the blues. Montgomery (b. 1925 - d. 1968) eschewed the customary pick in favor of his remarkable right thumb, with which he played the signature octaves that gave his blues an earthtonal quality. It was a vastly appealing sound that, through a series of commercially-geared recordings (plus some flat-out club date smoking with Wynton Kelly's trio or jamming with the perenially poll-winning organist Jimmy Smith) won Montgomery a larger following.



1. West Coast Blues
2. The Thumb
3. Born To Be Blue
4. Unit 7
5. Naptown Blues
6. 'Round Midnight
7. Sun Down
8. Willow Weep For Me
9. Twisted Blues
10. James And Wes
11. Tear It Down



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