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My Dad would listen to him outside the clubs on Indiana Ave as a teenager. The bouncers were always cool as long as he stayed outside because a future Jazz lover was being nurtured. More inclined to the "Full House" era and style than the Riverside B3 and guitar stuff. Pops said he developed that style so he could practice at night and not wake the kids up.

....... and he looks amazing for 70.

The way he talks about seeing Wes and his brothers play, the look in his eyes wandering back in time being there, listening to the best he ever heard makes you want to be able to step into a time machine saying "ok George ..give me the exact place and time and let's go back together, let's go and have listen.." Great how this legend talks about the Boss Guitar Wes!!!

That was a gorgeous interview with Billy Hart. How we miss them guys.

There are currently no known recordings of Coltrane playing with Wes. Wes Montgomery played a handful of gigs with Trane during 1961, but ultimately decided to leave Trane's group and continue his own group as his main focus. Wes also stated that during this period he was playing with Trane, 1961, Coltrane and everyone in his band, McCoy, Reggie Workman (befoire Jimmy Garrison had joined) and Wes were expected to play very long solos. Wes said that after he played his own solo there was not much left for him to do because McCoy would comp for Trane IF there was any comping. Coltrane played the 1961 Monterrey Jazz Festival with Wes Montgomery on guitar. Guitarist Lee Ritenour claimed he owned a copy of this performance but somehow lost it. THIS IS UNIMAGINABLE that he would misplace or lose that recording. There are no other known recordings of that 1961 Monterrey Jazz Festival performance of Coltrane with Wes on guitar unfortunately. Trust me, I have been looking for it for over 30 years.

It is hard to believe there are no recordings of the collaboration with Coltrane.

Inspiring!

Larry Ridley , David Baker ……..

Wes gave Jerry Byrd that guitar.. Benson bought and gave Jerry an L-5..GB sold it to Pat.

great, thank you!

Love these videos

What a classy lady.

This interview is a gem , thank you very much for posting .

I thought I saw this before. Entertaining nevertheless.

Lee, credit should go to HR, who did it first. Do you remember? Blues on a pop song.

I find this notion that guys like Wes "didn't read" to be very hard to understand, and leaves a lot of room for doubt in my mind. If you are talking about being a highly advanced, professional studio musician "reader" like Lee Ritenour, Tommy Tedesco, Howard Roberts, etc. or the best classical musicians in orchestras ----- who can read very difficult single line passages immediately off the page at first take in a recording session ----- then I can understand if we use the term "Wes didn't read". That wasn't his level. But Wes certainly had a very advanced knowledge of chords and harmony and rhythm and all the other elements of music that made him so great. He had two brothers who he played with from a young age, who were also very advanced musicians as well. "Reading" doesn't mean Wes couldn't be given a chord chart/band arrangement and understand it perfectly, which any kid can learn in a high school band. He knew when to begin, time signatures, what key and what chords, repeats and standard forms, when to come in and play a melody perfectly, when to end, how to follow time perfectly, how to comp, and all the other elements that make up a chord chart in a band. He probably had that all down as a young man. He started off playing guitar for two years in Lionel Hampton's band, where charts would have been part of the job. So I just don't believe that "Wes didn't know how to read" when talking about chord chart arrangements, because I believe he most certainly did.

God Bless Russell Malone

Love these videos 👍

Great stuff. Lee is an unbelievable player.

Thank you for your commitment to Wes .I am finding it difficult to obtain the dvd of the Wes documentary, it doesn't seem available on amazon or any other format .Is this going to be available in the future either on dvd or as a download ? Please make this available.

😊Pleased to here the praise for the later CTI records. Sure they were used as AM radio fodder back in the day. But each song bore the inimitably soulful Wes Montgomery imprint.

I'm so GLAD (and rewarded) for the Wes information that you bring to us. It'd been awhile, and I'm sure you're busy, but I AM SUBSCRIBED so that I don't miss a thing! Thanks again. Wes' music is such a part of my soul.

Great video!

GENTLEMAN.......Had lunch w/ him...Could be your best friend. BESIDES the FACT he is THE MASTER.

So happy y’all are back

RIP Rissell.....so sad he suddenly left us.....

Even just listening to George talk, is breathtaking! When he plays? FORGET ABOUT IT! ❤❤❤ He should be President

I'm so glad I stumbled onto this by luck..I've got the two "Mastersounds" LP's minus Wes..it was their earlier days recordings in 1957, when Monk was playing on the second Bass Leo Fender's created. Monk was clever.. it didn't sound quite like his upright so he glued felt strips on the frets to make it sound mellow and more like the upright. Wes joined in with them with the "Montgomery Bros. and Five Others" LP and the one with "Strangers in Paradise" tune, can't remember the LP name. We went absolutely crackers when we bought our first Wes sides as teens in the 60's. No one has ever grooved us like Wes. No one ever will.

But he play synthetizer guitar with trumpet sound.

Wes is considered one of the forefathers of smooth jazz with his late entries in the jazz lexicon of music. It's ironic that Metheny, who has assailed smooth jazz artist, embraces Wes but ignore Wes's influence on smooth jazz. And it's ironic considering that for most jazz purist, Metheny's is a pop jazz/fusion/smooth jazz artist and not remotely legit straight ahead jazz. Now, I find some of Metheny's early recording to be some of the best guitar albums ever made, but I take issue with him putting down other musicians. Just don't do it. Unless you're George Benson, who only ever has good things to say about other artists, jazz musicians should learn to keep their mouths shut.

I think Pat sold out. These videos of him about the making of his albums has become this self obsession over himself, VERY cheesy, selling coffee cups, t-shirts, the DI ADario Strings advertisement is beyond pathetic and an embarrassment. Many questions. What happened to Lyle? Dropped like a hot potato. No mention of tribute to him? Then that album where he plays every instrument with this automated robot machines, showing us he is suppose to be this "god" figure, and year by year the record albums just get worse and worse. But what is particularly disturbing is that most real sincere artist, let their music speak for itself, Pat seems to parade himself on bragging about every album, as "The first time" as if he has discovered the cure for cancer. I won't buy it.

Prior to their appearance at the Jazz Workshop which they recorded live the McDuff band played at The Sportsman a small R&B club where I was the guitarist for the house band in Oakland Ca. What I saw and heard was electric guitar being played in a way that I could never have imagined if I wasn't there. When I inquired about him the drummer Joe Dukes said thats George Benson you will be hearing about him. Prophetic words. GB is still my hero and inspiration to this day

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I could listen to him tell these stories for days without taking a break

Mr.Benson una verdadera leyenda.

All the great Jazz guitarists know Wes was the best.

I wonder if she was from Arkansas. Might be my peeps.

Pat Metheny Group, Offramp album opened a new world for me. Then one great album after another followed . 😊 RIP Lyle Mays.

My favorite guitarist speaks on my other favorite guitarist! So glad he got to meet him and that he took his advice to play jazz guitar!

Will I ever be able to purchase or pay to stream "Wes Bound?"

Perhaps I missed it, but I did not hear a single mention of the most difficult aspect of Wes' thumb technique.....the upstroke.

Lee is a great guitarist and a real down to earth guy.

Contrary to Pat, Wes Montgomery knew how to play jazz. His limited techniques of both hands was not perceptible during playing, contrary to Pat's playing (who has a very limited jazz guitar techniques).

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Love George Benson…great stories!

❤ Pat Metheny and his music. 🎶 Comments re his hair are stupid & juvenile. Pat's an Einstein of music (including his hair). 😄 Folks post anything these days from the safety of their keyboard. Jerks. 🤨Put some respect on Pat's name.

Sempre un piacere ascoltare Pat.