I'm so GLAD (and rewarded) for the Wes information that you bring to us. It'd been awhile, and I'm sure you're busy, but I AM SUBSCRIBED so that I don't miss a thing! Thanks again. Wes' music is such a part of my soul.
😊Pleased to here the praise for the later CTI records. Sure they were used as AM radio fodder back in the day. But each song bore the inimitably soulful Wes Montgomery imprint.
Thank you for your commitment to Wes .I am finding it difficult to obtain the dvd of the Wes documentary, it doesn't seem available on amazon or any other format .Is this going to be available in the future either on dvd or as a download ? Please make this available.
@JukeboxerWes Hi, I have tried the link you sent me to watch the Wes documentary but it has said the video is no longer available. I have also tried to obtain the dvd but that seems to be unavailable. Are there any suggestions?
@@johnmacauley-k8e Just tried it at 9/8/24 late night U.S. Works great. It is on pbs.org. If the link doesn't activate from here, you can copy the link and put it in your browser. Here is the link: www.pbs.org/video/wes-bound-the-genius-of-wes-montgomery-zcZYMR/
I find this notion that guys like Wes "didn't read" to be very hard to understand, and leaves a lot of room for doubt in my mind. If you are talking about being a highly advanced, professional studio musician "reader" like Lee Ritenour, Tommy Tedesco, Howard Roberts, etc. or the best classical musicians in orchestras ----- who can read very difficult single line passages immediately off the page at first take in a recording session ----- then I can understand if we use the term "Wes didn't read". That wasn't his level. But Wes certainly had a very advanced knowledge of chords and harmony and rhythm and all the other elements of music that made him so great. He had two brothers who he played with from a young age, who were also very advanced musicians as well. "Reading" doesn't mean Wes couldn't be given a chord chart/band arrangement and understand it perfectly, which any kid can learn in a high school band. He knew when to begin, time signatures, what key and what chords, repeats and standard forms, when to come in and play a melody perfectly, when to end, how to follow time perfectly, how to comp, and all the other elements that make up a chord chart in a band. He probably had that all down as a young man. He started off playing guitar for two years in Lionel Hampton's band, where charts would have been part of the job. So I just don't believe that "Wes didn't know how to read" when talking about chord chart arrangements, because I believe he most certainly did.
Love these videos 👍
I'm so GLAD (and rewarded) for the Wes information that you bring to us. It'd been awhile, and I'm sure you're busy, but I AM SUBSCRIBED so that I don't miss a thing!
Thanks again. Wes' music is such a part of my soul.
Great stuff. Lee is an unbelievable player.
So happy y’all are back
Great video!
😊Pleased to here the praise for the later CTI records. Sure they were used as AM radio fodder back in the day. But each song bore the inimitably soulful Wes Montgomery imprint.
Thank you for your commitment to Wes .I am finding it difficult to obtain the dvd of the Wes documentary, it doesn't seem available on amazon or any other format .Is this going to be available in the future either on dvd or as a download ? Please make this available.
Thanks for your interest. You can watch it on pbs.org with this link: www.pbs.org/video/wes-bound-the-genius-of-wes-montgomery-zcZYMR/
@JukeboxerWes Hi, I have tried the link you sent me to watch the Wes documentary but it has said the video is no longer available. I have also tried to obtain the dvd but that seems to be unavailable. Are there any suggestions?
@@johnmacauley-k8e Just tried it at 9/8/24 late night U.S. Works great. It is on pbs.org. If the link doesn't activate from here, you can copy the link and put it in your browser. Here is the link: www.pbs.org/video/wes-bound-the-genius-of-wes-montgomery-zcZYMR/
I find this notion that guys like Wes "didn't read" to be very hard to understand, and leaves a lot of room for doubt in my mind. If you are talking about being a highly advanced, professional studio musician "reader" like Lee Ritenour, Tommy Tedesco, Howard Roberts, etc. or the best classical musicians in orchestras ----- who can read very difficult single line passages immediately off the page at first take in a recording session ----- then I can understand if we use the term "Wes didn't read". That wasn't his level. But Wes certainly had a very advanced knowledge of chords and harmony and rhythm and all the other elements of music that made him so great. He had two brothers who he played with from a young age, who were also very advanced musicians as well. "Reading" doesn't mean Wes couldn't be given a chord chart/band arrangement and understand it perfectly, which any kid can learn in a high school band. He knew when to begin, time signatures, what key and what chords, repeats and standard forms, when to come in and play a melody perfectly, when to end, how to follow time perfectly, how to comp, and all the other elements that make up a chord chart in a band. He probably had that all down as a young man. He started off playing guitar for two years in Lionel Hampton's band, where charts would have been part of the job. So I just don't believe that "Wes didn't know how to read" when talking about chord chart arrangements, because I believe he most certainly did.
Lee, credit should go to HR, who did it first. Do you remember? Blues on a pop song.