Boss Guitar

Boss Guitar is an album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery that was released in 1963 by Riverside. It was reissued on the Original Jazz Classics label with alternate takes.[1] All the tracks are available on Wes Montgomery: The Complete Riverside Recordings.

Boss Guitar
Studio album by Wes Montgomery
Released	1963
Recorded	April 22, 1963
Studio	Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	52:58 (Reissue)
Label	Riverside
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Wes Montgomery chronology
Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings (1963) Boss Guitar (1963) Portrait of Wes (1963)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Down Beat (Original Lp release)	[2]
All About Jazz	(no rating)[3]

Allmusic jazz critic Scott Yanow described Boss Guitar as being "Enjoyable if not essential."[1] and David Rickert, for All About Jazz stated, "Montgomery was always at his best as the sole lead instrument, as this recording will attest."[3]

Track listing

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

Personnel

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

Production notes:

• Orrin Keepnews – producer
• Ray Fowler – engineer

References

1. Nastos, Michael G. "Boss Guitar > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
2. Down Beat:September 12, 1963 Vol. 30, No.25
3. Richert, David. "Boss Guitar > Review". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 18, 2010.

External links

• Jazz Discography