Wes Montgomery was unquestionably the most significant jazz guitarist to emerge during the 1960’s.

During the 1970s and 1980s he had like Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt before him, become a major influence on other guitar players. Elements of his style are discernable in many of today’s finest players. Although many musicians acknowledge Wes as one of the finest guitar players of the twentieth century there has been until now a lack of detailed biographical and analytical material.

The author hopes that this book will be widely read and enjoyed by guitarists and jazz guitar enthusiasts everywhere and that Wes’ achievements, so often narrowly categorised as the development of octave playing, will be more fully understood and appreciated. This definitive work is a must for all guitarists and jazz lovers alike.

CONTENTS:
Beginnings; The Riverside Years; Commercial Success; Guitaristically Speaking; Impressions
APPENDICES: LP Recordings; Compositions; Chord Shapes; The Octave Technique; Bibliography

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