Boss Guitar
{{Infobox album
| name = Boss Guitar
| type = studio
| artist = Wes Montgomery
| cover = Boss Guitar.jpg
| released = July 1963{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WAsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=wes+montgomery+boss+guitar&pg=PA14|title=Billboard|date=August 10, 1963}}
| recorded = April 22, 1963
| studio = Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 52:58 (Reissue)
| label = Riverside
| producer = Orrin Keepnews
| prev_title = Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = Portrait of Wes
| next_year = 1963
}}
Boss Guitar is an album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1963 by Riverside. It was reissued on the Original Jazz Classics label with alternate takes. All the tracks are available on Wes Montgomery: The Complete Riverside Recordings.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev2 = DownBeat
(Original Lp release)
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}DownBeat:September 12, 1963 Vol. 30, No.25
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=Michael G. |last= Nastos |title= Boss Guitar > Review |url= {{AllMusic|class=album|id= r144200 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate= December 18, 2010}}
| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=485}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1026}}
}}
AllMusic jazz critic Scott Yanow described Boss Guitar as "enjoyable if not essential." David Rickert, for All About Jazz, stated: "Montgomery was always at his best as the sole lead instrument, as this recording will attest."{{cite web |first=David |last= Richert |title= Boss Guitar > Review |url= http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=13325|publisher=All About Jazz |accessdate= December 18, 2010}}
Track listing
- "Besame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar) – 6:28
- "Besame Mucho" [Take 2]* (Velazquez, Skylar) – 6:24
- "Dearly Beloved" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 4:49
- "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 3:44
- "The Trick Bag" (Wes Montgomery) – 4:25
- "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 5:04
- "Fried Pies" (Montgomery) – 6:42
- "Fried Pies" [Take 1]* (Montgomery) – 6:35
- "The Breeze and I" (Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman) – 4:08
- "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
Production notes:
- Orrin Keepnews – producer
- Ray Fowler – engineer
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.jazzdisco.org/wes-montgomery/catalog/#riverside-rlp-459 Jazz Discography]
{{Montgomery Brothers}}
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Category:Wes Montgomery albums