Wes Montgomery - Stompin’ At The Savoy

Far Wes (1959) - Track 7 Wes Montgomery (guitar), Pony Poindexter (as), Harold Land (ts), Buddy Montgomery (p), Monk Montgomery (b), Tony Bazley, Louis Hayes (d) Wes Montgomery was highly influential on Joe’s development as a guitarist (and every other jazz guitarist in the bebop/post-bebop era); Joe often praised Wes’ innovation and musicianship in interviews, and modeled his lines/phrasing after Wes (especially early in his career). Continuing with my series on comparisons/contrasts... I’ve picked several tracks from my Wes Montgomery collection to go “head-to-head“ against Joe’s tracks, as an exploration of style/composition (rather than competition). The tracks are mostly well known standards, and paired together in my “Wes Montgomery & Joe Pass“ playlist: Photo © Dietmar Liehr