Views : 296,741
Genre: Music
Date of upload: Jan 10, 2023 ^^
Rating : 4.936 (226/13,837 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2024-05-17T02:06:42.985984Z
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
I once traded fours with Wes, just not in the usual sense. He was appearing on a show called "Jazz" on WGBH-TV in Boston, and I was the stage manager. My job was to give various cues to the "talent." Toward the end of the broadcast (it was live), Wes was taking his last number out, but there was still air time. I held up a cue card that said, say, "Two Minutes." So Wes picked it back up for maybe another chorus, and then again started to take it out. But there was still more time, so I held up the "One Minute" cue card. And so it went until finally we reached "fade to black." My greatest regret in life is that I never learned to play an instrument, but at least I got to trade fours with Wes Montgomery.
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I can comprehend how someone can play some of those solo melodies on a single-note basis. I CANNOT wrap my head around how accurate one's finger placement has to be to play those kind of melodies as octaves, much less comping chords in the middle of them. Astounding musicianship -- both technically and melodically.
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@mongoarts
1 year ago
Jesus Christ, this man changed the whole trajectory or my life and career after being disabled in an accident. Inspired me to pick up the guitar again after 15 years and by all means saved my life. I’m no longer bound to the bed and have started a Western swing/Jazz/Acid Americana style. Thank the lord and of course Wes and your great videos. Namaste 🙏
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