Smokin at the half note with the wynton kelly trio. Each solo will emphasize different techniques, however the framework will be the same. Jazz solos for guitar by les wise instructional book. Guitar on the go wes montgomery, the wes montgomery trio. On this landmark recording, montgomery veered away from his home indianapolisbased organ combo with melvin rhyne, the californiabased montgomery brothers. In most styles of music that you may be more familiar with, a guitarist typically solos. Often mistaken as a classical guitar, an acoustic guitar is hollow and is composed of six strings made of steel. The incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery is an album by american jazz guitarist wes montgomery. Aug 24, 20 on, sponsored content refers to articles, videos, or audio recordings that are produced or curated by an advertiser but that premier guitar is happy to share alongside our own editorial content due to the sponsored contents educational, musical, or entertainment value.
The incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery discogs. With these discs, indianapolisborn montgomery 192368 gave the guitar its biggest quantum leaps forward, both stylistically and in. On this landmark recording, montgomery veered away from his home indianapolisbased organ combo with melvin rhyne, the californiabased montgomery brothers band, and other studio sidemen he had been. Free jazz institute transcriptions guitar transcriptions joerg heuser. Historically, wes montgomerys relatively short career arose in the era after charlie christian and django reinhardt had established the prevailing standard for jazz guitar in the early and midtwentieth century. Wes montgomery windy guitar tab in f major download. The iivi come from the roman numerals used to notate chord functions within a key. Other than a brief time playing with the john coltrane sextet which also included eric dolphy later in the year, wes would be a leader for the rest of his life. The chord solos of wes montgomery techniques and concepts duration. What wes bought to the table was a style that became famous for its use of octaves and block chords, taken on board by so many other guitarists including george benson.
Gibson es125d strings wes montgomery used heavy gauge flat wound guitar strings to get that fat, characteristic. Since this scale contains a major third interval, it is mostly used to outline. Jan 22, 20 it is a solo as with every wes montgomery solo, i want to not just play the correct notes, but how he played those notes. Second best is the incredible jazz guitar of wm same instrumentation as so much guitar minus the congas and a generally very modern sound. How to practice jazz guitar blues wes montgomery guitar. If you would like to learn more about how to play single lines as chords check out this article.
Wes recorded quite a lot in an organ trio format, consisting of guitar, drums and organ. The phrases come from jazz guitar etudes, fusion guitar by joe diorio, jazz saxophone etudes vol. The incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery wikipedia. His poetic art of building a solo, his octavestyle solo technique, as well as his chordalmelodic statement revolutionized jazz guitar playing. Thumbs up if you like it and thanks for watching from the album the boss guitar to download the file please subscribe to this channel and. Todays transcription comes from montreal jazz guitarist pat mahoney. Full house using dorian mode, minor arpeggios and altered lines. Everything that hard bop is, so adding wes montgomery into the mix is pure hard bop nirvana.
Wes montgomery a good jazz guitar transcriptions source. This jazz guitar method about walking bass lines and chords is available as a pdf files containing 35 exercises with tabs, analysis and audio. This scale is built with the following interval pattern. When playing solo jazz guitar arrangements, fills and chords are added in almost every place where theres a space or between different parts of the melody. As you can see, learning jazz guitar blues doesnt need to be difficult. What are the very best core chords to learn when you begin to play jazz. Jan 14, 2017 one of the few tunes wes montgomery recorded as a solo piece. How to lay in the style of es montgomery gibson l4 with a charlie christian bar pickup. The incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery 1960 movin along 1960 the incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery is an album by american jazz guitarist wes montgomery. The incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery wes montgomery. Wes montgomery guitar solo transcription with tab full. The final riverside release of wes montgomery material before the important label went completely bankrupt was similar to his debut four years earlier. Creating variety in improvised solo guitar performance 46. I have done this with the files i had in original format i did not have all of them.
On, sponsored content refers to articles, videos, or audio recordings that are produced or curated by an advertiser but that premier guitar is happy to share alongside our own editorial content due to the sponsored contents educational, musical, or entertainment value. Up until the emergence of wes montgomery, the story of jazz guitar had lain in the hands of such luminaries as eddie lang, charlie christian and barney kessel. Improvising for solo jazz guitar a wholeinstrument. Old site bass tabs bb jazz blues bassline a foggy day. One of the most influential guitarists of the 20th century, montgomery was known for an unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and his extensive use of octaves, which granted him a distinctive sound. Ok, i found a pdf with complete typeface solos set to a lead sheet for some of wess most solos.
The iivi progression the iivi progression is a signature progression in jazz. Timeline is below printable pdf ebooks for guitarists. Ok, i found a pdf with complete typeface solos set to a lead sheet for some of wes s most solos. Indeed, wes was heavily influenced by charlie christian, in particular. Filling up space within a piece is great and should be part of solo guitar arranging, but every now and then silence can be very effective, either in be in place of a fill or after a fill. The rootguide tone voicings are the best place to start. In general, the music swings hard particularly the two versions of the way you look tonight, and is a worthy if not essential addition to wes montgomerys. Pdf wes montgomery jazz guitar solos davor stehlik. They are optimized for printing rather than viewing on screen. Windy goin out of my head wind song winds of barcelona willow weep for me goin on to. You are practicing and in your jazz guitar solo you are. Wes also showed this innovative insight with the guitar as an unaccompanied instrument.
A high energy chord solo from one of wes montgomerys best recordings. This is his original composition mi cosa but was titled unidentified solo guitar on the guitar on the go album. In 1999, i was afforded the privilege of being asked for write the liner notes for the 24bit reissue of my great guitar hero, wes montgomerys tequilaverve album, which was originally released in 1966. Files in pdf format i have made many of the files available in. Montgomery s recordings can be easily divided into three periods. Cornetist nat adderley is joined by wes on guitar as well as bobby. Wes montgomery tequila chord solo transcription and. The incredible wes montgomery of 1960 was more discernible and distinctive than the guitarist who would emerge a few years later as a pop stylist and precursor to george benson in the 70s.
Work song is one of those classic tunes of the hard bop era i love to play and listen to. For those wanting to check out the different harmonization possibilities of a single note melody follow this link. Apr 26, 2011 the wes montgomery guitar folio fourth edition. Though he didnt always use this concept, wes played with the following formula to create engaging and highly intense solos, often over a jazz blues tune. Available here for free download are transcribed solos from various jazz artists in pdf format.
Jazz guitarists practice their scales in chords so they have them ready for solo jazz guitar arrangements. John leslie wes montgomery march 6, 1923 june 15, 1968 was an american jazz guitarist. Print and download wes montgomery windy guitar tab transcription. To help you take the licks on this page further in your practicing and performance ideas, here are a few exercises that. Wes montgomerys chord solo on tequila khans korner 1.
Listen free to wes montgomery the incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery airegin, dnatural blues and more. Full house is a song by wes montgomery from the album full house. Free bill evans tribute concert, film, and master class at harvey mudd college. One of the concepts that you can learn from wes montgomery, beyond his choice of notes, is how he organized his solos. You can purchase the pdf below the video or on the products page, so you can study how i put together the phrases from the source materia. To continue focus work on the tune, write some solos out in manuscript and learn to play them on your axe, and work out some solos on the same tune at the same time.
Wes montgomery jazz guitar solos free download as pdf file. An acoustic guitar is a wooden instrument thats shaped like the number eight and has a hole at its middle part. Jazz guitar solos montgomery, wes fred sokolow, arranger on. Jazz customarily adds the appropriate sevenths so, in. Wes montgomery guitar solo transcription full house part 2. Actually the entire solo is a great example of wes approach. Montgomerys recordings can be easily divided into three periods. Before wes montgomery was the incredible jazz guitarist and smokin at the half note he began his professional career on the road as guitarist in the lionel hampton big band from 1948 to 1950. You can find the pdf and the guitarpro files used in this video on patreon.
Wes montgomery the trick bag solo transcription pdf in. Trying to match the intensity, dynamics, feel, and color he plays each note i want to emulate and absorb, hoping someday, some of that will get into my soul and out my guitar too. I have compiled a collection of 26 solos featuring jazz greats herbie hancock, booker little, max roach, grant green, stan getz, slide hampton, thelonious monk, jackie mclean, cuong vu, clifford brown, roy haynes, woody shaw, sonny rollins, jon. Em7b5 em7b5 cm7 cm 1 1 e7b9 dm7 dm7 dm7 dm9 dm7 db7 bm7 db7 bbmaj7 1 dm7 35. Wes montgomery s chord solo on tequila khans korner 1. Documents similar to wes montgomery jazz guitar solos scribd. Wes himself stuck with chords played mainly on adjacent strings and drop 2 chord shapes.
Ask a dozen jazz guitar fans for their alltime top guitar albums and the incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery is likely to be high on every list. Most of its tracks exemplify two of montgomery s distinguishing techniques. I have always enjoyed reading and looking at the transcriptions in downbeat magazine over the years. A and certainly did not know much about latin music. This entry was posted in blog, news and tagged guitar lessons, how to learn guitar, how to play jazz guitar. Jazz guitar solos paperback january 1, 1976 by arranger montgomery, wes fred sokolow author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. In 1999, i was afforded the privilege of being asked for write the liner notes for the 24bit reissue of my great guitar hero, wes montgomery s tequilaverve album, which was originally released in 1966. Of course, when the album first appeared, i was just a student at u. Youve gone from the basics of knowing a jazz standard, all the way to being able to play the jazz blues with finesse and getting that classic wes montgomery guitar sound into your solos. The incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery is the fourth album by american jazz guitarist wes montgomery. Introduction why your guitar solos dont come close to the solos of great blues guitarists so you are starting to play your own blues guitar solos. Impressions wes montgomery solo transcription youtube. In 1960 the release of his album the incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery made him famous in the jazz world.
One of the few tunes wes montgomery recorded as a solo piece. With guitar tab glossary, instructional text, standard notation and guitar tablature. If it isnt, chances are montgomerys live set full house riverside, 1962, recorded two years later, will be. Wes montgomery jazz guitar licks solo transcription with tabs.
Jazz customarily adds the appropriate sevenths so, in jazz, the progression would be dm7g7cmaj7. Apr 01, 2010 top 10 best jazz guitar solos duration. Before playing the entire solo, lets have a look at the. Wes montgomery incredible jazz guitar not now music. Standout tracks include airegin and the montgomery original four on six. Includes guitar tab transcription for guitar in f major. It tends to use sharp accidentals with flat keys e. Wes montgomery was drawn to the sixstring electric guitar as nearly every guitarist at the time was via charlie christian.
Wes montgomery guitar solo transcriptions from west coast blues. I am privately hosting the torrent which is about 70 megs. Most of its tracks exemplify two of montgomerys distinguishing techniques. In this lesson we will take three different approaches to playing a blues solo in the key of e. In this lesson, you will learn wes montgomery inspired chord solo licks that youll apply over a blues in f and over the jazz standard yesterdays. Each solo is more or less centered around a particular position.
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