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Wysłany: Sob 4:31, 16 Kwi 2011 Temat postu: atmosphere jordan 13 xiii Wes Montgomery, Jazz Gui |
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Verve and A & M Records
At Verve Records, Montgomery recorded albums with string and trumpet sections [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with lush arrangements that sometimes overshadowed the guitar work. With arranger Don Sebesky [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], albums such as Tequila, Movin' Wes and Fusion!: Wes Montgomery with Strings shook Montgomery's focus away from the post-bop jazz he had been creating into a extra affable fashion.
He didn't do much touring during his profession, although, because he didn't like leaving his family of eight. Instead, he worked a day job and then played the clubs of Indianapolis until early in the morn.
Montgomery's premier recordings, in the late 1950s, also featured his brothers Monk and Buddy. He also recorded with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard nigh this period.
Wes Montgomery died suddenly of a heart bombard in 1968. He was fair 45, and had merely recorded for about a ten-year.
Early Recordings and Riverside Records
There were several well-received records during Montgomery's stay at Verve, including several titles with jazz organist Jimmy Smith.
At A & M, Montgomery moved a tiny farther from jazz still with recordings of popup songs such as "I Say a Little Prayer for You," "Eleanor Rigby" and "Scarborough Fair." The records certified to be big kicks for the guitar player.
Guitar Style of Wes Montgomery
From 1959 to 1963 Montgomery recorded for Riverside Records label. Critics and fans think this his most momentous duration. It was during this time that he wrote the anthems "Four ashore Six" and "West Coast Blues" and recorded scrapbooks such as Movin' Along, Full House and So Much Guitar. A lush coalition with alto sax player Cannonball Adderley too brought him into focus in jazz circles.
Playing with the thumb also granted him to melodrama runs in octaves. This innovation makes Montgomery's sound directly recognizable.
Death and Legacy
Wes Montgomery namely understood as a guitarist's guitarist, as inventive with his technique as he was with his melodious minds. He was known as "The Thumb," because he played memoranda and chords with his thumb preferably than a elect. The resulting sound was a fuller intonation than maximum guitar athletes could produce.
Musically, Wes Montgomery emulated in the tradition of guitar magnificent Charlie Christian. His inspired playing influenced such major guitar players from George Benson and Pat Martino to Pat Metheny. In appending [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he is cited as 1 of the forerunners of guitar as a solo instrument, one of the magnificent evolutions of post-war jazz.
Montgomery was born in 1923 in Indianapolis, Indiana, apt a musical kin. He didn't begin learning the guitar until he was 19 years antique, and among a few short years he was touring with vibraphone player Lionel Hampton.
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