Boss Guitar
Studio album by
Wes Montgomery
ReleasedJuly 1963[1]
RecordedApril 22, 1963
StudioPlaza Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length52:58 (Reissue)
LabelRiverside
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Wes Montgomery chronology
Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings
(1963)		 Boss Guitar
(1963)		 Portrait of Wes
(1963)

Boss Guitar is an album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1963 by Riverside.[2] It was reissued on the Original Jazz Classics label with alternate takes.[3] All the tracks are available on Wes Montgomery: The Complete Riverside Recordings.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
DownBeat
(Original Lp release)		[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

AllMusic jazz critic Scott Yanow described Boss Guitar as "enjoyable if not essential."[3] David Rickert, for All About Jazz, stated: "Montgomery was always at his best as the sole lead instrument, as this recording will attest."[6]

Track listing

  1. "Besame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar) – 6:28
  2. "Besame Mucho" [Take 2]* (Velazquez, Skylar) – 6:24
  3. "Dearly Beloved" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 4:49
  4. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 3:44
  5. "The Trick Bag" (Wes Montgomery) – 4:25
  6. "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 5:04
  7. "Fried Pies" (Montgomery) – 6:42
  8. "Fried Pies" [Take 1]* (Montgomery) – 6:35
  9. "The Breeze and I" (Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman) – 4:08
  10. "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:

References

  1. ↑ "Billboard". August 10, 1963.
  2. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 485.
  3. 1 2 3 Nastos, Michael G. "Boss Guitar > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  4. ↑ DownBeat:September 12, 1963 Vol. 30, No.25
  5. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1026. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ↑ Richert, David. "Boss Guitar > Review". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
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