Boss Guitar Explained

Boss Guitar
Type:	studio
Artist:	Wes Montgomery
Cover:	Boss Guitar.jpg
Released:	July 1963^[1]
Recorded:	April 22, 1963
Studio:	Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	52:58 (Reissue)
Label:	Riverside
Producer:	Orrin Keepnews
Prev Title:	Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Portrait of Wes
Next Year:	1963

Boss Guitar is an album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1963 by Riverside. It was reissued on the Original Jazz Classics label with alternate takes. All the tracks are available on .

Reception

AllMusic jazz critic Scott Yanow described Boss Guitar as "enjoyable if not essential." David Rickert, for All About Jazz, stated: "Montgomery was always at his best as the sole lead instrument, as this recording will attest."^[2]

Track listing

1. "Besame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar) – 6:28
2. "Besame Mucho" [Take 2]* (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" [Take 1]* (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

(*) Alternate takes not on original LP, included in CD reissue in 1989.

Personnel

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

Production notes:

• Orrin Keepnews – producer
• Ray Fowler – engineer

External links

• Jazz Discography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Billboard. August 10, 1963.
2. Web site: David . Richert . Boss Guitar > Review . . December 18, 2010.