Boss Guitar

Boss Guitar is an album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1963 by Riverside.^[2] It was reissued on the Original Jazz Classics label with alternate takes.^[3] All the tracks are available on Wes Montgomery: The Complete Riverside Recordings.

Boss Guitar
Studio album by Wes Montgomery
Released	July 1963[1]
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	[3]
DownBeat (Original Lp release)	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

AllMusic jazz critic Scott Yanow described Boss Guitar as "enjoyable if not essential."^[3] David Rickert, for All About Jazz, stated: "Montgomery was always at his best as the sole lead instrument, as this recording will attest."^[6]

Track listing

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

(*) Alternate takes not on original LP, included in CD reissue in 1989.

Personnel

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

Production notes:

• Orrin Keepnews – producer
• Ray Fowler – engineer

References

1. "Billboard". August 10, 1963.
2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 485.
3. Nastos, Michael G. "Boss Guitar > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
4. DownBeat:September 12, 1963 Vol. 30, No.25
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1026. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
6. Richert, David. "Boss Guitar > Review". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 18, 2010.

External links

• Jazz Discography