(Guitar Recorded Versions). Twenty spot-on guitar transcriptions from this jazz genius's recordings: Airegin * Come Rain or Come Shine * D Natural Blues * Days of Wine and Roses * Four on Six * Freddie Freeloader * Full House * I'm Just a Lucky So and So * If You Could See Me Now * Impressions * In Your Own Sweet Way * Jingles * Movin' Along (Sid's Twelve) * Satin Doll * The Shadow of Your Smile * The Trick Bag * Twisted Blues * Unit 7 * Wes' Tune * Windy. Includes standard notation and tablature.

Newly expanded fourth edition now includes thirty legendary guitar solos with chord progressions and guitar voicings transcribed by Steve Khan. No Wes fan should be without this book! Titles: Angel Eyes * Besame Mucho * Bud's Beaux Arts * Canadian Sunset * Cariba * Con Alma * D Natural Blues * Days of Wine and Roses * Ecaroh * Four on Six * Freddie Freeloader * Fried Pies * I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face * Midnight Mood * Movin' Along (Sid's Twleve) * Movin Wes * Mr. Walker (Renie) * OGD/Road Song * Pretty Blue * Round Midnight * Snowfall * Sundown * Tear It Down * The Thumb * The Trick Bag * Twisted Blues * Up and At It * Unit Seven * West Coast Blues * While We're Young.

In his brief career, Wes Montgomery completely revolutionized jazz guitar. on the Riverside recording Boss Guitar Wes demonstrates why he is still considered as one of the finest artists of the jazz guitar. Studies of Wes' incredible solos, his melodic, rhythmic and harmonic approaches will prove beneficial to any guitarist with interest in jazz. It is no wonder that he has influenced so many of today's great artists, and continues to inspire the future jazz guitarists.This note-for-note guitar transcription of Wes Montgomery's legendary recording Boss Guitar, contains not only the melody lines and solos, but also Wes' chord choices during organ solos. This gives you authentic transcriptions of six of the finest tunes on this record. Every single note played by Wes is transcribed in both standard and tablature notation.Includes: "The Trick Bag" – "Fried Pies" - a beautiful interpretation of "Days of Wine and Roses" - and more.

A collection of 14 of Wes Montgomery's great jazz guitar solos transcribed directly from recorded performances. Included are such landmark solos as Work Song; Sack o' Woe; Unit 7; Fallout; Jeanine; Blue Roz; Full House; Mi Cosa; Doujie; Missile; Blues; and others. All solos are in notation and tablature. Most of the pieces can be heard on Riverside's "Wes Montgomery: The Complete Riverside Recordings." The new revised edition matches the recordings much more closely than the first edition, with more detailed rhythms in several pieces. All of Wes' original solos are faithfully transcribed here in notation and tablature for your study. The book also contains general performance notes, a chronological discography, and a touching biographical essay.

Wes Montgomery was unquestionably the most significant jazz guitarist to emerge during the 1960s. During the '70s and '80s he had, like Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt before him, become a major influence on other guitar players. Elements of his style are discernable in many of today's finest players. Although many musicians acknowledge that Wes was one of the finest guitar players of the 20th century, there has been until now a lack of detailed biographical and analytical material. Through this book, guitarists and jazz guitar enthusiasts everywhere will fully understand and appreciate Wes's achievements, so often narrowly categorized as the development of octave playing. The book features over 70 photographs and illustrations, many previously unpublished.

Have you ever wondered how guitarists like Joe Pass, Jim Hall and Wes Montgomery find such full, luscious voicings for their chord melody playing? Well, much of that sound is based on the "Drop 2" principle of chord voicings. In this book, veteran guitarist Randy Vincent explains exactly how you can get that same sound too. Endorsed by Julian Lage, John Stowell, Larry Koonse, etc.

Includes 675 transcribed licks and phrases from five of the greatest jazz guitarists of all time: Tal Farlow, Pat Martino, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, and Jimmy Raney. The phrases are separated into five sections; major lines, minor lines, major ii/V7/I lines, minor ii/V7/I lines, and dominant 7 lines. These "textbook" jazz phrases are perfect for all instruments---not just guitar. Spiral bound for easy opening and page-turning. Over 100 pages.