What instrument did the jazz musician Wes Montgomery play?
Wes Montgomery most celebrated, on the instrument in Jazz music. Wes introduced a brand new approach to playing the guitar. Techniques that were really unexplored before him. The octave technique... and his chord melody and chord soloing playing still is today unmatched, and definitely a revelation to Jazz guitar playing. Montgomery is the grandfather of actor Anthony Montgomery. Montgomery toured with vibraphonist Lionel Hampton's orchestra from July 1948 to January 1950, and can be heard on recordings from this period. Montgomery then returned to Indianapolis and did not record again until December 1957 (save for one session in 1955), when he took
Wes Montgomery In addition, he won the DownBeat Critic's Poll award for best Jazz guitarist in 1960–63, 1966, and 1967. Wes' recordings for Riverside/Milestone Records, including those made with The Montgomery Brothers are on the 12-CD box set "". Wes Montgomery John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. He is widely considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging after such seminal figures as Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian and influencing countless others. Montgomery was known for an unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb which granted him