Boss Guitar

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

Boss Guitar
Studio album by
Wes Montgomery
Released1963
RecordedApril 22, 1963
StudioPlaza Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length52:58 (Reissue)
LabelRiverside
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Wes Montgomery chronology
Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings
(1963)		 Boss Guitar
(1963)		 Portrait of Wes
(1963)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Down Beat
(Original Lp release)		[2]
All About Jazz(no rating)[3]

Allmusic jazz critic Scott Yanow called Boss Guitar "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

Production notes:

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.
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