Wes Montgomery
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz guitarist (1923–1968)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1925-03-06
- Died
- 1968-06-15
- Works
- 12
Top works
- The Complete Riverside Recordings
- Wes Montgomery - Best of Boss Guitar
- Jazz Solos for Guitar
- Wes Montgomery Guitar Anthology
- Wes Montgomery Guitar Anthology (Songbook)
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 824,011
- Total plays
- 10,977,626
Tags
jazzjazz guitarguitarHard Bopblues
John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. He is widely considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging after such seminal figures as Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian and influencing countless others, including George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Royce Campbell, Grant Green, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Howe, Russell Malone, Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, Lee Ritenour, Randy Napoleon, and Emily Remler. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Wes+Montgomery">
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- General atomic and molecular electronic structure system
· 1993 · cited 19,071x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,321x
- Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans
· 1998 · cited 12,267x
- A New Depression Scale Designed to be Sensitive to Change
· 1979 · cited 11,481x
- Data Structures for Statistical Computing in Python
· 2010 · cited 7,844x
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Key dates
- Born
- 6 March 1925
- Died
- 15 June 1968
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Montgomery
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Indianapolis
- Place of death
- Indianapolis
- Occupation
- bandleader
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music