@@sorshiaemms5959 Everything. The way they play instruments is different. The way drummer holds sticks, Wes Montgomery light touch. When I’m not paying attention the guitar sounds like horns sometimes dual harmony horns. I’ll never listen trout mask replica ever again.
Not only was Wes the greatest guitar player, he was also the greatest guy. This comes across as clear as his playing just by watching and listening to him speak, smile, and enjoy the wonderful time he had playing.
There's a great NPR Jazz Profiles on Wes. Not a movie, but about the closest thing out right now. Great interviews, and talks about his practice habits and getting inspired by Charlie Christian.
After playing guitar for 55 years I still learn more from this guy than I do for anybody. The whole package. Melody, harmony, movement, phrasing, you name it it's all there. There may be other people who can play faster or play different but nobody's like Wes. A true pioneer install my favorite guitarist. Thank God there is UA-cam and we get a choice and chance to see this kind of stuff whenever we want for free.
So well put.. he was incredible musician first and formost, he could have played any instrument and be equally amazing on it. Thank God he choose the guitar :)
@ ScottGoldbergguitar - I'm an old guy now - 62 and counting - so I have been listening to Wes Montgomery now for a long time. I didn't even discover his music until I was in my early twenties, but that still means forty or so years of listening to the man. And the more time passes, the more I am awed by his greatness and just how utterly unique he and his music really were. You're right: There's no one else like Wes. It is a measure of the greatness of Wes Montgomery that even the very best jazz musicians in the world - including many of the people with whom he played - were amazed by his genius. Wynton Kelly, acclaimed by many jazz pianists as the finest accompanist ever in modern jazz, sometimes just "laid out" - dropped out of the band entirely - during some of Wes' lengthy minutes-long multi-chorus solo flights. He didn't see any reason to play, so he didn't. Kelly was an extremely rare and elite talent himself, so it speaks to just how special and unique Wes really was. Guys like him didn't impress easy....
Free? How do you get free Internet and a free computer? I had to pay $500 or so for my Dell desktop and accessories and pay $100 a month for phone and Internet! Not to mention being tracked by Google.
the most amazing thing about watching Wes is even when he is teaching the pianist, he's never noodling. always playing with melodic intent. what a natural and fluid player.
If Wes teaches us one thing its no matter how skilled or accomplished you may or may not be , always, always be respectful and humble with others. He's almost aplogetic when speaking to the pianist. Just so refreshing watching a giant of a musician be an even greater human being.
Oh but he had the disposition of a jazz musician for sure. Years before he became famous, younger cats would sit at the Missile Room. If they messed up (and trust me that's often)-yoiu're allowed to play a couple of abbreviated choruses and sit down), then they were invited to come back when they got things worked out - albeit gracefully. There's a UA-cam documentary on this. Wes showed Pim the chord changes. At the Missile Room, however, you were expected to know the songs and chords. One dude recalls asking Wes for tchord changes, you guessed it. He was invited to come back after working things out.
He's HUMBLE ..I wonderful quality that is a dying breed. God Hates Pride. EGO stands for: "Edging God Out". But now, its all about PRIDE and Ego. And its the Evil type of Pride...Jus my two cents.
@@donmilland7606 - That's old-school tough love, jazz cat's style. You had to know your axe (instrument or voice, if you sang) cold, the tunes and the changes. No one was going to wait around for you to figure things out - no practicing on the bandstand! If the cats really wanted to test someone out big-time, they'll call some standard - maybe "Cherokee" or something like that - and then cycle it through all twelve keys at some ridiculous tempo. That separates the real deal players from the also-rans quite quickly. Wes was extremely humble and a pleasure to be around, according to those who knew him best. I'm speculating, but I think that he was maybe helping the Pim and the group out because of concerns over the language barrier - but as you can see/hear, once the trio show Wes they know how to play, everyone settles in really well and they sound great together. Honestly, I wish Wes had done more with the group, because they had real chemistry together.
The great Rick Laird on bass. Imagine playing with Wes and then playing behind John McLaughlin in the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the next decade. Happiest bassist ever.
wow, didn't know that! I always associated Laird with England and electric bass, but it makes sense he had played the upright and, the world being smaller then, had played with Wes
0:00 Blues 5:35 Nica's dream 14:27 Ni idea 29:26 Impressions 32:53 Twisted blues 38:24 There's that rainy day 45:34 Jingles 49:33 The girl next door 55:14 Four on six (que temazo lpm) 1:00:00 Full house 1:05:05 There's that rainy day (si otra vez) 1:11:38 Twisted blues (si otra vez, si no te gusta anda a mirar a tini) Bueno si no lo hacia yo no lo iba a hacer nadie muchas gracias por nada
Wes is an example of how to lead strongly, with a soft voice and a gentle touch. He always encouraged input from others in planning how to start the songs, etc., but was quick to give directions if everyone else was silent. Always feels directed and never insecure or power hungry. You can learn more than just fantastic music from this guy.
I love the conversations in the music between Wes and the Pianist. Wes is gently guiding him into the progression of the standard but at the same time letting him add his own personal touch to the song. Master at work teaching, but always humble.
@@tonishower6391 In a documentary, even Wes’s wife said she thought he should keep his music easier to understand, more accessible to the average listener. Maybe that’s why he did those easy listening covers like “Windy”, which don’t display his genius. I get it, his management wanted him on the radio etc. As a musician myself I like to do easy and hard too, ya know, do a bit of everything. I can’t even imagine what he would have done in the next part of his career, but it would’ve been awesome.
The musicianship of all four guys is a joy to behold. Wes was an amazing talent. He seemed like such friendly, gentle man. I bought my first Wes Montgomery album, "Down Here on the Ground', in maybe 1970 when I was fifteen years old. Played it 'til it practically wore out. Had to buy another copy. This video should be in the Smithsonian.
dang 1970?? I found him when I was looking for some jazz to do work to when I was in high school (maybe 2 - 3 years ago now) and he's definitely changed the way I look at music now
I listen to this whole thing about once a day while I program and get homework done. And something that's so amazing to me, especially with the first ensemble playing, is how Wes and the piano player are in their own pocket, and the drummer and bassist are in theirs. As a constantly learning musician myself, I always associate "the pocket" with only drummers and bassists. So the idea of two other instruments having their own is foreign yet so damn cool to me. Such an interesting concept that I'm just now noticing on my millionth listen lol
Here are the rest of the musicians and the producers: Bass - Arthur Harper (tracks: 05-09), Rick Laird (tracks: 10-14), Ruud Jacobs (tracks: 01-04) Drums - Han Bennink (tracks: 01-04), Jackie Dougan (tracks: 10-14), Jimmy Lovelace (tracks: 05-09) Guitar - Wes Montgomery Piano - Harold Mabern (tracks: 05-09), Pim Jacobs (tracks: 01-04), Stan Tracey (tracks: 10-14) Producer - David Peck, Phillip Galloway, Tom Gulotta
Wes....one in a trillion kind of musician. He had an innate sense of melodic purity and a natural born swinger. He sure did seem like a very gentle, kind natured person. His ideas, tone, swing, sense of melody and an insanely good improvisor who often incorporated very sophisticated chord and line movements using the tritone substitution. Wes was one of the most gifted and brilliant of all the jazz musicians ever to play an instrument!
@adambrenner1721 - We know it as the tritone substitution, but Wes had virtually no formal instruction - he studied and swapped info and ideas some with fellow musicians and his brothers (Monk and Buddy were also gifted musicians) - and he figured out almost everything he knew unaided, by ear and by playing. Wes amazed Cannonball Adderley and his brother Nat and their group when doing recordings and gigs with Wes, saying "He plays in the wrong key, but it sounds so great we don't care!" His harmonic and melodic reharmonizations and substitutions were so hip and sophisticated, guys at Adderley's level were impressed. That's pretty hardcore greatness right there! As Wes showed, there are those rare individuals once in a while who are musical geniuses, and who can understand music at a very deep level without any formal instruction or with very little. Errol Garner, the legendary jazz pianist, was another one in that mold.
this video is one of the best jazz gigs ever recorded .he passed away not long after and it was a real loss to the music world. this kind of drumming is the best -its total jazz and best to bass along to
Belgian TV did an incredible job of showing the viewers what it is that the very best jazz players actually do with their hands and whole bodies to make the magic.
There's a cool write up by pat metheny about this. Here's my fav quote, " Wes often proved to be a challenge for pianists. While many guitarists stick to single note horn-like playing when soloing with piano, Wes was a player who was constantly dropping in his own polyphonic asides and was ready to launch into full-blown harmonic variations at any point. Pianists used to controlling all the harmonic and rhythm section traffic might prove to be undone by such a challenging force as Wes. Through the quality of his listening, Pim Jacobs brings a level of attention to the details of Wes’s playing here that gives the guitarist the wide berth that he commanded while providing excellent and sensitive accompaniment throughout."
I started listening to Wes around 13 yrs young when my much older brother played his collection of jazz albums. Wes M. guitar style resonated with me then and still does today. When I was 18 I bought tickets to see him perform in Montreal and very sadly he left us a week before his appearance. RIP Wes
Je sais que tout le monde est ici pour Wes, et pour bonne raison, mais j'adore que nous pouvons entendre la basse dans l'enregistrement. C'est vraiment une performance magique.
So great to see this in the *glorious, original black & white* . It’s bewildering and disgusting how many colorized clips from these performances are on UA-cam. *This* is the real deal!
Thank God this was recorded...each musician at the top of their game Wes and Pim are loving it smiling and joking with each other because they they are making something magical 👍🇮🇪
Yeah - something about this one transcends it's origins as anything overtly 'jazz' per se, and is instead conveying a MOST superb 'conversation' between seemingly the greatest of friends.
Arguably the best jazz guitarist ever.....and when I hear Russell Malone, Bobby Broom and George Benson speak of Wes, it's pretty clear how revered he was....tragically died at such a young age (45)
Many have tried to replicate Wes's style and sound including many greats but none have ever come close - thereis a certain simplicity and lack of mechanical virtuosity and especially rhythmic feel /phrasingthat was utterly unique about this man. They say the good die young -never was this more true than with this great man
You can't do better than this. We are lucky to see the smile that accompanies the sound of Wes Montgomery. No-one did it better before or since. Gone at 45 RIP to the greatest.
Wes his smile is pure gold. The joy in his face is so unmistakably real. He really enjoys playing and makes me enjoy and appreciate life and music more.
This video is an absolute gem! Great production, more than decent sound and EVEN BETTER PLAYERS. This has to be protected and locked down somewhere so it may never get lost or forgotten.
At the beginning of this video, Wes sounds just like Quincy Jones- I thought Quincy was the narrator until I realized Wes was speaking! What a beautiful, mellow player- and those octaves! I remember he once said that sometimes playing all the octaves gave him a terrible headache! Maybe later, when he became known almost as a pop instrumentalist, he got caught in always playing octaves- nice to hear him play some beautiful single-note lead lines here.
along with footage of Charlie Parker & John Coltrane, this to me seems like some of the most important jazz footage we are blessed to be able to watch and learn from. wow!
Ricordo che il jazz lo snobbavo come musica per anziani, io cresciuto ascoltando rock e derivati, ma un giorno questo live mi ha fatto amare il jazz ma soprattutto wes montgomery, lui lo metto al primo posto per lo stile e soprattutto le famose ottave che eseguite in slide sono fantastiche come le fa lui Lo ascolto ogni giorno! Un saluto dall Italia a chi ha caricato questo video🙂🤝
Justo pensaba en algo similar. Ni los guitarristas que hoy se consideran supremos tienen esta habilidad de improvisación, es como si esta era fue el pique de la habilidad musical
Comment ne pas aimer la beauté , cet enchantement qui rend heureux ?? 56 personnes ont appuyé sur pouce vers le bas incompréhensible... Cette mélodie « Ni Idea » est juste extraordinaire . Et la joie sur le visage de Wes quand le pianiste comprend, c’est un grand moment. Quel pied !Merci youtube. Ce monde du jazz a vraiment existé Dominique de Paris
je pense que pour apprécier le jazz il faut une culture musical minimum quand aux personnes qui ont mis le pouce en bas ca ne m'étonne pas car l'incompréhension suscite le rejet ...
What a treasure at the peak of his powers before he passed in June of 68. As a side note I believe George Benson’s first studio album was in ‘64. Slight career overlap, but what big shoes to try to fill. Montgomery’s a once in a lifetime talent.
Openness to different styles of music will only help you play the loud music you like better, and with a more unique sound. That’s why I’m thankful I got into jazz 3 years ago, really opened up my mind.
This is incredible, i am new to Jazz guitar after playing rock for over 20 years, my mind is blown, its like wen i heard Jimi Hendrix or Joe Satriani for the 1st time, just awesome....all of these musicians are on a whole other level (i really dig the white boy on drums in the 1st part of the vid) and Wes is gonna be my new guitar hero for the foreseeable future, wow!!
Jan Akkerman was a fan too. First part baseplayer Ruud Jacobs produced several Jan Akkerman records, among which the 1985 Akkerman & van Leer album _Focus_ on which he also played bass. Han Bennink is still drumming: ua-cam.com/video/bNsUz2g6Puk/v-deo.html
Me too, im in the same place! This is a whole different thing to learn and understand, its like you've never played guitar your whole life! Frustrating but interesting.
I love you Wes Montgomery. What a beautiful man and what a beautiful way of communicating with your fellow musicians. I teach youngsters jazz guitar with humble beginnings which I learned from listening to you Wes. Thank you.
This video is a national treasure. Wes Montgomery was at his peak!
Here on May 17th, 2024, and it's as good as it was in 1965 when I was just 2 years old
So good it lowered my cholesterol. I can listen to this everyday for the rest of my life
Don't know about my cholesterol, but t lowered my blood pressure.
100% AGREED MORE PEOPLE NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS
@@sorshiaemms5959 Everything. The way they play instruments is different. The way drummer holds sticks, Wes Montgomery light touch. When I’m not paying attention the guitar sounds like horns sometimes dual harmony horns. I’ll never listen trout mask replica ever again.
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From Wes to the band to the music to the narrator....this is the smoothest video on UA-cam.
wow 1 day ago? I didn't think anyone would be here in 2024
@@davlynpratt2548 The UA-cam algorithm works in mysterious ways.
Not only was Wes the greatest guitar player, he was also the greatest guy. This comes across as clear as his playing just by watching and listening to him speak, smile, and enjoy the wonderful time he had playing.
I learned about Wes Montgomery through a rock guitarist who said that Wes is one of the greatest influencers of all time when it comes to the guitar.
Grandissimo! La cosa più soprendente e che lui non sapeva leggere gli spartiti musicali, perchè non conosceva la musica. Lui era la musica.
Amazing sound quality and so lucky to have Wes' live performance available for free in the comfort of my room
Today is the day I discovered Wes Montgomery.
Hallelujah
Then it was a great day, indeed. I still remember I discovered Wes myself.
❤
🍻
You’ll never forget him
Somebody should do a movie about Wes and his career
He's deceptively good... I play jazz guitar, and some of the stuff he pulls out of his ass is incredible.
There's a great NPR Jazz Profiles on Wes. Not a movie, but about the closest thing out right now. Great interviews, and talks about his practice habits and getting inspired by Charlie Christian.
@@mrscottybergs is it available for upload?
@@scottbuscavage7361 www.npr.org/2007/09/26/14687657/wes-montgomery-the-unmistakable-jazz-guitar
@@mrscottybergs thank you so much😎🎸
After playing guitar for 55 years I still learn more from this guy than I do for anybody. The whole package. Melody, harmony, movement, phrasing, you name it it's all there. There may be other people who can play faster or play different but nobody's like Wes. A true pioneer install my favorite guitarist. Thank God there is UA-cam and we get a choice and chance to see this kind of stuff whenever we want for free.
So well put.. he was incredible musician first and formost, he could have played any instrument and be equally amazing on it. Thank God he choose the guitar :)
@ ScottGoldbergguitar - I'm an old guy now - 62 and counting - so I have been listening to Wes Montgomery now for a long time. I didn't even discover his music until I was in my early twenties, but that still means forty or so years of listening to the man. And the more time passes, the more I am awed by his greatness and just how utterly unique he and his music really were. You're right: There's no one else like Wes.
It is a measure of the greatness of Wes Montgomery that even the very best jazz musicians in the world - including many of the people with whom he played - were amazed by his genius. Wynton Kelly, acclaimed by many jazz pianists as the finest accompanist ever in modern jazz, sometimes just "laid out" - dropped out of the band entirely - during some of Wes' lengthy minutes-long multi-chorus solo flights. He didn't see any reason to play, so he didn't. Kelly was an extremely rare and elite talent himself, so it speaks to just how special and unique Wes really was. Guys like him didn't impress easy....
precious words man-
Free? How do you get free Internet and a free computer? I had to pay $500 or so for my Dell desktop and accessories and pay $100 a month for phone and Internet! Not to mention being tracked by Google.
Totally agree with you: Wes Montgomery is a School on itself. So much to learn. Who would you think has picked uphis torch and carried on his legacy ?
the most amazing thing about watching Wes is even when he is teaching the pianist, he's never noodling. always playing with melodic intent. what a natural and fluid player.
If Wes teaches us one thing its no matter how skilled or accomplished you may or may not be , always, always be respectful and humble with others. He's almost aplogetic when speaking to the pianist. Just so refreshing watching a giant of a musician be an even greater human being.
Oh but he had the disposition of a jazz musician for sure. Years before he became famous, younger cats would sit at the Missile Room. If they messed up (and trust me that's often)-yoiu're allowed to play a couple of abbreviated choruses and sit down), then they were invited to come back when they got things worked out - albeit gracefully. There's a UA-cam documentary on this. Wes showed Pim the chord changes. At the Missile Room, however, you were expected to know the songs and chords. One dude recalls asking Wes for tchord changes, you guessed it. He was invited to come back after working things out.
Absolutely right
He's HUMBLE ..I wonderful quality that is a dying breed. God Hates Pride. EGO stands for: "Edging God Out". But now, its all about PRIDE and Ego. And its the Evil type of Pride...Jus my two cents.
Something we need to relearn as a society
@@donmilland7606 - That's old-school tough love, jazz cat's style. You had to know your axe (instrument or voice, if you sang) cold, the tunes and the changes. No one was going to wait around for you to figure things out - no practicing on the bandstand! If the cats really wanted to test someone out big-time, they'll call some standard - maybe "Cherokee" or something like that - and then cycle it through all twelve keys at some ridiculous tempo. That separates the real deal players from the also-rans quite quickly.
Wes was extremely humble and a pleasure to be around, according to those who knew him best. I'm speculating, but I think that he was maybe helping the Pim and the group out because of concerns over the language barrier - but as you can see/hear, once the trio show Wes they know how to play, everyone settles in really well and they sound great together. Honestly, I wish Wes had done more with the group, because they had real chemistry together.
Real musicians. How incredibly beautiful this is.
Yes wesbon
O yeah :)
Music first, none of the superficial bs.
The great Rick Laird on bass. Imagine playing with Wes and then playing behind John McLaughlin in the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the next decade. Happiest bassist ever.
wow, didn't know that! I always associated Laird with England and electric bass, but it makes sense he had played the upright and, the world being smaller then, had played with Wes
I don't think that is Rick Laird. I'm sure that is Ruud Jacobs, brother of Pim Jacobs, the pianist.
@@WillemdeBoerCoaching Think he is referring to the last segment of this video - where Ronnie Scott appears as compare. That is Rick Laird for sure.
1:15:23 to 1:16:34 is just about the best thing I've heard on a guitar ever. Pure joy!
Love, love, love....💜
we are so fortunate to be able to watch and listen to this
Truth
0:00 Blues
5:35 Nica's dream
14:27 Ni idea
29:26 Impressions
32:53 Twisted blues
38:24 There's that rainy day
45:34 Jingles
49:33 The girl next door
55:14 Four on six (que temazo lpm)
1:00:00 Full house
1:05:05 There's that rainy day (si otra vez)
1:11:38 Twisted blues (si otra vez, si no te gusta anda a mirar a tini)
Bueno si no lo hacia yo no lo iba a hacer nadie muchas gracias por nada
Jajaa
14:27 = end of a love affair
@@antarctican69 gracias capo!
@@maurocialone de nada wey
This cat's HIP MAN
true mvp
Wes is an example of how to lead strongly, with a soft voice and a gentle touch. He always encouraged input from others in planning how to start the songs, etc., but was quick to give directions if everyone else was silent. Always feels directed and never insecure or power hungry. You can learn more than just fantastic music from this guy.
Many of us 'think' we're musicians, till we watch them flesh out his riffs into sweet sweet jazz!
The audio of the drummer yelling during the solos got me 😂
Almost from another world.
Musical genius. It blows me away how utterly effortless Wes makes the most complex of guitar playing look.
I love the conversations in the music between Wes and the Pianist. Wes is gently guiding him into the progression of the standard but at the same time letting him add his own personal touch to the song. Master at work teaching, but always humble.
Pim Jacobs (1934-1996) from Holland is the piano player.Well known in this small country.
There’s levels. Then there’s next level. Then there’s Wes.
Sure is that . So few understand.... awesome
@@tonishower6391 In a documentary, even Wes’s wife said she thought he should keep his music easier to understand, more accessible to the average listener. Maybe that’s why he did those easy listening covers like “Windy”, which don’t display his genius. I get it, his management wanted him on the radio etc. As a musician myself I like to do easy and hard too, ya know, do a bit of everything. I can’t even imagine what he would have done in the next part of his career, but it would’ve been awesome.
In my household we call him peerless Montgomery. Truly a sublime, once in a lifetime talent.
This is the best video on the internet.
Greetings from Bulgaria to everyone who listen this peace of Music in 2022!!! :P
Same in 2024!!
Wes is so happy playing music... bless his soul... pure man
A lesson, great
The musicianship of all four guys is a joy to behold. Wes was an amazing talent. He seemed like such friendly, gentle man. I bought my first Wes Montgomery album, "Down Here on the Ground', in maybe 1970 when I was fifteen years old. Played it 'til it practically wore out. Had to buy another copy. This video should be in the Smithsonian.
❤ All I can say
Check out the Documentary on PBS about Wes’ life and Music. Awesome🎉❤
dang 1970?? I found him when I was looking for some jazz to do work to when I was in high school (maybe 2 - 3 years ago now) and he's definitely changed the way I look at music now
God bless you mr wes
60 years later youre still the best!!
so much pure, unadulterated musical expression!
I listen to this whole thing about once a day while I program and get homework done. And something that's so amazing to me, especially with the first ensemble playing, is how Wes and the piano player are in their own pocket, and the drummer and bassist are in theirs. As a constantly learning musician myself, I always associate "the pocket" with only drummers and bassists. So the idea of two other instruments having their own is foreign yet so damn cool to me. Such an interesting concept that I'm just now noticing on my millionth listen lol
Here are the rest of the musicians and the producers:
Bass - Arthur Harper (tracks: 05-09), Rick Laird (tracks: 10-14), Ruud Jacobs (tracks: 01-04)
Drums - Han Bennink (tracks: 01-04), Jackie Dougan (tracks: 10-14), Jimmy Lovelace (tracks: 05-09)
Guitar - Wes Montgomery
Piano - Harold Mabern (tracks: 05-09), Pim Jacobs (tracks: 01-04), Stan Tracey (tracks: 10-14)
Producer - David Peck, Phillip Galloway, Tom Gulotta
Christine Berven Rick Laird who went on to work with Mahavishnu John McLaughlin.
Thank you.
Han Bennink is still playing. I was fortunate to work with him and ICP Orchestra a few years ago.
Thanks for this, so we can fully appreciate the supporting musicians, who do a swinging job here!
I'm so glad that I'm living in the world that allow me to see the masterpiece from past days
Wes....one in a trillion kind of musician. He had an innate sense of melodic purity and a natural born swinger. He sure did seem like a very gentle, kind natured person. His ideas, tone, swing, sense of melody and an insanely good improvisor who often incorporated very sophisticated chord and line movements using the tritone substitution. Wes was one of the most gifted and brilliant of all the jazz musicians ever to play an instrument!
Absolutely spot on. If music has a place in your life, you just cant but adore Wes.
@adambrenner1721 - We know it as the tritone substitution, but Wes had virtually no formal instruction - he studied and swapped info and ideas some with fellow musicians and his brothers (Monk and Buddy were also gifted musicians) - and he figured out almost everything he knew unaided, by ear and by playing.
Wes amazed Cannonball Adderley and his brother Nat and their group when doing recordings and gigs with Wes, saying "He plays in the wrong key, but it sounds so great we don't care!" His harmonic and melodic reharmonizations and substitutions were so hip and sophisticated, guys at Adderley's level were impressed. That's pretty hardcore greatness right there!
As Wes showed, there are those rare individuals once in a while who are musical geniuses, and who can understand music at a very deep level without any formal instruction or with very little. Errol Garner, the legendary jazz pianist, was another one in that mold.
I love seeing Wes smile.
the best music ever! ✌❤
So much fun watching this. Such spontaneity! Great to hear Wes with a few Dutch legends
Never fails to impress. I've been impressed since about 1963, when my father introduced me to the music of Wes Montgomery.
Amazing how he got so much precision & speed picking with his thumb
Si pagas internet , que sea para ver tesoros como éste 🕺💆🏻♂️
this video is one of the best jazz gigs ever recorded .he passed away not long after and it was a real loss to the music world. this kind of drumming is the best -its total jazz and best to bass along to
So lovely :)
Shame on thumbs down. Wes Montgomery is an American treasure!!
Such an unassuming gentleman with extraordinary skills
I can't believe how fast he can pick with his thumb.❤
Belgian TV did an incredible job of showing the viewers what it is that the very best jazz players actually do with their hands and whole bodies to make the magic.
Dutch actually, Pim Jacobs trio with Han Bennink on drums! Legends in their own right!
yes Pim Jacobs indeed!
I smiled along the whole video. Loved the conversation where he teaches him the chords so much. Brillant musicians. Wes is a God
Truer words have never been said . Yes , Wes is God .
There's a cool write up by pat metheny about this. Here's my fav quote, " Wes often proved to be a challenge for pianists. While many guitarists stick to single note horn-like playing when soloing with piano, Wes was a player who was constantly dropping in his own polyphonic asides and was ready to launch into full-blown harmonic variations at any point. Pianists used to controlling all the harmonic and rhythm section traffic might prove to be undone by such a challenging force as Wes. Through the quality of his listening, Pim Jacobs brings a level of attention to the details of Wes’s playing here that gives the guitarist the wide berth that he commanded while providing excellent and sensitive accompaniment throughout."
Ben Martens that’s awesome. Very interesting. While pat is not my fav guitar hero at all, these words make so much sense!
@@benmartens2885 Sensitive analysis by Metheny (as you'd expect). Is the whole write up online somewhere? Love to get a look at it.
he probably could play sleeping but back then its how players used to think like a cocktail mixer for the bilderbergs
This is not only an invaluable document of the great Wes Montgomery, but also of jazz guitar and jazz history in general!
I started listening to Wes around 13 yrs young when my much older brother played his collection of jazz albums. Wes M. guitar style resonated with me then and still does today. When I was 18 I bought tickets to see him perform in Montreal and very sadly he left us a week before his appearance.
RIP Wes
Je sais que tout le monde est ici pour Wes, et pour bonne raison, mais j'adore que nous pouvons entendre la basse dans l'enregistrement. C'est vraiment une performance magique.
oui!
It absolutely is !!!
Who is the guy in the Bass chair ?
The whole shabang! 👍
Phénoménal, merci pour les vidéos
One of the first, one of the best
Never get tired of listening to this video... A class of one.xx
This morning when I woke up, I just farted the melody of twisted blues. Made my day.
So great to see this in the *glorious, original black & white* . It’s bewildering and disgusting how many colorized clips from these performances are on UA-cam. *This* is the real deal!
Thank God this was recorded...each musician at the top of their game Wes and Pim are loving it smiling and joking with each other because they they are making something magical 👍🇮🇪
they are for sure having fun...nice to see that
Yeah - something about this one transcends it's origins as anything overtly 'jazz' per se, and is instead conveying a MOST superb 'conversation' between seemingly the greatest of friends.
THE KING !
Arguably the best jazz guitarist ever.....and when I hear Russell Malone, Bobby Broom and George Benson speak of Wes, it's pretty clear how revered he was....tragically died at such a young age (45)
Many have tried to replicate Wes's style and sound including many greats but none have ever come close - thereis a certain simplicity and lack of mechanical virtuosity and especially rhythmic feel /phrasingthat was utterly unique about this man. They say the good die young -never was this more true than with this great man
Wes, and Clifford Brown.
it's the thumb!
idk dude he had pretty virtuosic technique. He just also had virtuosic feel.
You can't do better than this. We are lucky to see the smile that accompanies the sound of Wes Montgomery. No-one did it better before or since. Gone at 45 RIP to the greatest.
Wes his smile is pure gold. The joy in his face is so unmistakably real. He really enjoys playing and makes me enjoy and appreciate life and music more.
First time hearing him. Um, wow!
The best jam I ever heard.....
One of my favorite videos on the internet.
The Best!
This video is an absolute gem! Great production, more than decent sound and EVEN BETTER PLAYERS. This has to be protected and locked down somewhere so it may never get lost or forgotten.
My favorite jazz guitar player, thanks for sharing 🙏
Mine too.
I have only deeper respect for Wes as Maestro teaching a Master class with humor.😂
At the beginning of this video, Wes sounds just like Quincy Jones- I thought Quincy was the narrator until I realized Wes was speaking! What a beautiful, mellow player- and those octaves! I remember he once said that sometimes playing all the octaves gave him a terrible headache! Maybe later, when he became known almost as a pop instrumentalist, he got caught in always playing octaves- nice to hear him play some beautiful single-note lead lines here.
60年代のJAZZが現代に甦る、素晴らしい👍
it quickly becomes obvious there is something extraordinary taking place.
along with footage of Charlie Parker & John Coltrane, this to me seems like some of the most important jazz footage we are blessed to be able to watch and learn from. wow!
You gotta check out for Dizzy Gillespie also. Man you will enjoy
@@givemoregawaza756 love Dizzy, & do. he was one of the Giants
Ricordo che il jazz lo snobbavo come musica per anziani, io cresciuto ascoltando rock e derivati, ma un giorno questo live mi ha fatto amare il jazz ma soprattutto wes montgomery, lui lo metto al primo posto per lo stile e soprattutto le famose ottave che eseguite in slide sono fantastiche come le fa lui
Lo ascolto ogni giorno!
Un saluto dall Italia a chi ha caricato questo video🙂🤝
Como se necesitan hoy en día músicos como estos. Cuando la "música" actual es desechable, hace falta música como esta, que sea real y eterna.
Justo pensaba en algo similar. Ni los guitarristas que hoy se consideran supremos tienen esta habilidad de improvisación, es como si esta era fue el pique de la habilidad musical
Excellent DVD. The drummer plays wheels of cheese sometimes.
Wow ....... Wes Montgomery and Erroll Garner ... cut from the same cloth ..... self-taught and the obvious King of their instrument ..... peerless!!
Watching this Christmas morning, 2020 and it's exactly what I needed. Musicianship at it's finest!
Same here!
The man can play!
Same here in 2021.
Comment ne pas aimer la beauté , cet enchantement qui rend heureux ?? 56 personnes ont appuyé sur pouce vers le bas incompréhensible...
Cette mélodie « Ni Idea » est juste extraordinaire . Et la joie sur le visage de Wes quand le pianiste comprend, c’est un grand moment. Quel pied !Merci youtube. Ce monde du jazz a vraiment existé
Dominique de Paris
je pense que pour apprécier le jazz il faut une culture musical minimum quand aux personnes qui ont mis le pouce en bas ca ne m'étonne pas car l'incompréhension suscite le rejet ...
Greatest
What a treasure at the peak of his powers before he passed in June of 68. As a side note I believe George Benson’s first studio album was in ‘64. Slight career overlap, but what big shoes to try to fill. Montgomery’s a once in a lifetime talent.
yes,a forerunner
Just discovered Wes! Thanks to Rick Beato. Good medicine!
Really groovy baby.
I rewatch this video sooooooooo much, never get sick of it, perfect rainy day/cleaning music
It's 2am and can't sleep..... Found this and is magical!!! Doesn't get better than Wes Montgomery
This is fantastic. I am a heavy rock/guitars loud as hell kind of guy and this just flat out blew me away.
Openness to different styles of music will only help you play the loud music you like better, and with a more unique sound. That’s why I’m thankful I got into jazz 3 years ago, really opened up my mind.
@@themagicminstrels476 1000%
I like how they talk over the bass solo. 😂
How do you know when a bass player is taking his solo? Not even his girlfriend is watching (ba-dum...crash)
I used to hate when other band members talked while I soloed. Then I grew up.
My jazz guitar teacher years ago was influenced and inspired by Wes and you can still here him through her. Joyce Cooling.❤️🙏
Wow, is that is real I need to hear her playing😮😮😮
This is extremely good. Wes at his best. But don't forget Pim - what a piano player. Im so glad i found this recording.
Yes good wes magic fingers Montgomery forever jazz music
This is incredible, i am new to Jazz guitar after playing rock for over 20 years, my mind is blown, its like wen i heard Jimi Hendrix or Joe Satriani for the 1st time, just awesome....all of these musicians are on a whole other level (i really dig the white boy on drums in the 1st part of the vid) and Wes is gonna be my new guitar hero for the foreseeable future, wow!!
Hendrix played octaves in his unique way as you are probably aware. Undoubtedly influenced by Wes. Like Hendrix, his playing looks soooo effortless!
Reef Kayoss Want yer mind blown? “Airegin”. You’re welcome.
Jan Akkerman was a fan too. First part baseplayer Ruud Jacobs produced several Jan Akkerman records, among which the 1985 Akkerman & van Leer album _Focus_ on which he also played bass.
Han Bennink is still drumming: ua-cam.com/video/bNsUz2g6Puk/v-deo.html
The drummer is the first set is a very young Han Bennink, a legendary figure in European free jszz later in his career.
Me too, im in the same place! This is a whole different thing to learn and understand, its like you've never played guitar your whole life! Frustrating but interesting.
Wes "Octave King" Montgomery right there!
Again and again : I do thank you for all this Love in Music ✿¸.•'**☆🕺 🎼💖╰⊰✿🎼🎵
I just love the way he smiles while letting it all out, is like its a playground for him, like a kid:) Thank you Wes:), Thank you God:)
the smile of a master having fun, so effortless! I love that about Wes too
4:05 that little line there is SOO good!
I love you Wes Montgomery. What a beautiful man and what a beautiful way of communicating with your fellow musicians. I teach youngsters jazz guitar with humble beginnings which I learned from listening to you Wes. Thank you.
thank you for the efforts to upload and share this great artist
J'étais ici pour prendre un bol d'air pendant le second confinement de novembre 2020 en France.
I've played guitar off and on for 35 years, but I want to learn Jazz now so I can sit down :)
Jazz musicians are on a different level