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Boss Guitar

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Released
  
1963

Length
  
52:58 (Reissue)

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Riverside

Recorded
  
April 22, 1963 at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City

Boss Guitar is the ninth album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1963 by Riverside Records.

Contents

It has been reissued by Original Jazz Classics with additional alternate takes. All the tracks are available on the Wes Montgomery compilation CD The Complete Riverside Recordings.

Reception

Allmusic jazz critic Scott Yanow called Boss Guitar "Enjoyable if not essential." and David Rickert, for All About Jazz stated, "Montgomery was always at his best as the sole lead instrument, as this recording will attest."

Track listing

  1. "Besame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar) – 6:28
  2. "Besame Mucho" [Alternate take] (Velazquez, Skylar) – 6:24
  3. "Dearly Beloved" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 4:49
  4. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 3:44
  5. "The Trick Bag" (Wes Montgomery) – 4:25
  6. "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 5:04
  7. "Fried Pies" (Montgomery) – 6:42
  8. "Fried Pies" Alternate take (Montgomery) – 6:35
  9. "The Breeze and I" (Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman) – 4:08
  10. "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer) – 4:39

Personnel

  • Wes Montgomery – guitar
  • Melvin Rhyne – organ
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums

    • Production notes:

  • Orrin Keepnews – producer
  • Ray Fowler – engineer

    • References

    Boss Guitar Wikipedia
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