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Wes Montgomery
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American jazz guitarist (1923–1968)
Person · Open Library
- 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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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1923
- Active to
- 1968
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 824,011
- Total plays
- 10,977,626
Tags
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">
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 9
- Cited by
- 0
Research areas
Most cited works
- Seven steps to heaven1996 · 0 cit
- Jazz guitarists who's who1997 · 0 cit
- Incredible jazz guitar1993 · 0 cit
- Gibson, jazz guitar history1997 · 0 cit
- Tribute to Wes Montgomery1992 · 0 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- General atomic and molecular electronic structure system
· 1993 · cited 19,135x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,794x
- Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans
· 1998 · cited 12,384x
- A New Depression Scale Designed to be Sensitive to Change
· 1979 · cited 11,632x
- Data Structures for Statistical Computing in Python
· 2010 · cited 8,352x
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Key facts
- Born
- John Leslie Montgomery , ( 1923-03-06 ) March 6, 1923, Indianapolis, Indiana , U.S.
- Died
- June 15, 1968 (1968-06-15) (aged 45), Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
- Genres
- Jazz
- Occupation
- Musician
- Instrument
- Guitar
- Years active
- 1947–1968
- Labels
- Pacific Jazz , Riverside , Verve , A&M
- Website
- wesmontgomery .com
via Wikipedia infobox
~15 min read
Encyclopedic overview
John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. He is most known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a distinctive sound. Montgomery often worked with his brothers Buddy (Charles F.) and Monk (William H.), as well as organist Melvin Rhyne. His recordings up to 1965 were oriented toward hard bop, soul jazz, and post bop, but around 1965 he began recording more pop-oriented instrumental albums that found mainstream success. His later guitar style influenced jazz fusion and smooth jazz.
Early life and education
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