The ,Smoothness that these Musicians Achevied Together, is Sheer amazement ; Jimmy L. , is an underated and unheralded Drummer of amazing Quality and Control ..
Used to listen to my albums of Wes Montgomery as a Freshman at the University of Nebraska..........25 yrs later upon visiting Dad (a World War II veteran) that he had kept my albums for me, and unbeknownst to me really enjoyed them too......better than any sedative.........relax and dream away jeanne
What can you say... impeccable, one of the most natural melodic players in the history of jazz, to say nothing of the gorgeous tone and fluid phrasing.
Wes Montgomery was (and is) the most influencial jazz guitarist of the last 50 years. Only Les Paul could be said to have had a more influencial impact on their given musical form.
Thanks 'wuchiguitar' and 'djangoph1lE' for replies to Drummer question - now for the big one - does anyone know which (if any) Wes Montgomery track inspired Mick Taylor's solo on The Rolling Stones' 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking' ? I am sure I heard it played on UK's Jazz FM when it was going but never identified it.....
This specific version is far and away the standard for this tune as far as I'm concerned. Wes and the group capture it rhythmically like I've not heard it done since!
I love this song and apparently Wes does too! I speak of him as though he were still living...well...he is...through his music. I will never forget this man.
Lists of top guitarist are made by and for lame rock guitarists who wouldn't know how to play a chord inversion if their lives depended on it. That is why the greats are not rated as they should. Rock music becomes dated. Jazz recordings are as new each time they are listened t. The smart spontaneity, sensitive improvisations, and sheer love of playing comes through from the great ones. I love this great American music.
@richone99 Hendrix my friend! I love jazz, and agree with you to a degree, but Hendrix is as fresh to me as any jazz player. Every style can become dated, jazz lost alot of popularity because of its percieved snobbery, I think alot of people get rankled by that and its a real shame because it puts alot of people off jazz altogether, or gives rise to the ok but hardly amazing Kenny G's being considered jazz greats! I do agree though, the lists are rubbish, no jazz, metal, classical players etc.
@bnapoleonc123 I might also add that I think lists are rubbish in general, how can you rate or why we, so many different genres, genres within genres, different aspects of playing, and ultimately its all subjective anway, Also re an earlier comment by another, Hendrix was a Wes fan! Both amazing players in their own rights and genres, who cares about a list when we have thier beautiful music to listen to instead. Long live the music!
@bnapoleonc123 Jazz is a studied and well rehearsed idiom open to free improvisation and interpretation by dedicated musicians. I don't know what you mean by perceived snobbery. Jazz began in some of the lowest dives ever found. Hendrix was a black rocker with a deep blues/jazz soul. There are great chefs producing foods of exquisite caliber and then there are burger flippers. Snobbery? I think it's just a question of talent. Oh, and Kenny G is good elevator music.
@andregessner The formula is the dedication of the musicians resoult to the divine. That this and every music that last forever is supported by God...Shri Mataji...!!
those guys can make even a rainy day to a beautiful thing...what is the magic, what is the formula...and is it lost? i mean why we r watching this old shit and felling so well while doing that?
Not sure if the camera guy on this vid, even knew that Wes Montgomery was the guitar player and the featured musician...............seems to be very focused on the piano for much of the vid.
Hi AS, a session pianist is like someone who is really good and therefore is hired by the huge names. My personal opinion is that session pianists are usually content to be away from the spotlight, most are not that famous even though they deserve to be.
@AS1633 Mabern is a very fine pianist who worked this date during a European tour with wess. You can buy this on a video (I think it's called We in Belgium, or something like that) and plenty of CDs of Wes in Europe with Mabern and sometimes Johnny Griffin, Chicago's revered "Little Giant" of the tenor sax. Notice Wes is playing a Standell transistor amplifier at the time. I had a friend that said you can always recognise a Standell by the smoke coming out the back. Wes' sound was much warmer...
What an influence...he was such a god. I always heard that his development of octave use came from his brother Buddy, a B3 player; Wes liked the way the B3 got tones from stacking overtones around the fundamental and one his favorite B3 tones was that of octaves so he invented a way to mimic them. He was brilliant. He never did anything I didn't like.
@RockyEpiphone My guess is he's using a 1965 Standel Super Custom. It's a 70 watt, two-channel (one for normal play/one for reverb). It has a JBL speaker. If this is before 1965, then he's using a modified Fender Super Reverb (with four 10-inch speakers). Wes never found an amplifier he ever really liked, which is why he had them modified to give him a faster response time.
How the hell is this guy not more famous than Hendrix? Don't get me wrong, I used to worship Hendrix when I first started playing guitar, but Wes is leaps and bounds beyond what Hendrix did in the same era. Discovering Wes after listening to Hendrix feels so inexplicably unfair. I still can't believe I didn't know about Wes before.
Honestly makes me question what the hell I've been listening to all this time.
@jc1762 that all comes down to is the guy's manager a ruthless barracuda who will do anything to make his artist famous and himself rich. There's guys in bars all over the world who have great talent but no manager sufficiently brutal
@jc1762 - I know EXACTLY what you mean! This is the best site to LEARN about music & I've found dozens of artists from around the world who are absolute treasures! I've created a channel for those who want to discover these artists with over 500 playlists by artist, genre, instrument, & 111 lists for every year since 1900.
My list for Wes has nearly 20 songs now. I was a sax player long ago. Hope you'll stop by! Chuck
@jc1762 I would say among jazz listeners Wes is just as famous as Hendrix. If you had a list of the three most important jazz guitarists of all time, I think most would put Wes in with Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian - they'd be on the Mount Rushmore of jazz guitarists. As to the fourth - that's definitely up to debate (Grant Greene - George Benson - Kenny Burrell - Joe Pass - Pat Metheny - John McLaughlin, to name a few candidates.)
@jimraw1 I'd 100% agree with you on all the guitarists you named. I'm actually new to jazz and didn't know Wes is a jazz legend until quite recently. But I was referring to the fact that almost every pop culture magazine - rolling stone, etc. will place Hendrix at the top of the guitarists list. I mean to say Wes is so underrated despite what he did during the same time as Hendrix that it blows my mind how he's not more famous OUTSIDE of jazz or jazz guitar. ie he should be topping the lists
@jc1762 Its not just Wes - it's all Jazz, classical and country guitarists in general. Anytime you see a magazine (or a video on You Tube) listing the greatest guitarists of all time, 99 percent of the time it's Rock. You're more likely to see Hendrix or Van Halen or Slash than Wes Montgomery - not to mention Chet Atkins, Paco de Lucia, Vince Gill, Andres Segoiva and countless others. I wish Wes had the recognition he deserved - but then I wish Jazz had the recognition it deserved.
@jimraw1 but then I wish Jazz had the recognition it deserved.
Well. When swing was around in the 40's it was Pop music. Django Reinhardt was a popstar. Nowadays You hear a lot of intelectual jazz. The groove is gone man. I understand why people don't like jazz these days.
@jimraw1 lol the rolling stone top 100 guitar players has Angus Young in it, Kurt Cobain on twelve, Kirk Hammett on eleven. That already states that the list is really invalid, these three guys are far from being 'top guitar players'. Just like about 89 percent of the rest of the list.
A shame that there weren't people like Wes Montgommery or Django Reinhardt.
I'm not saying that Wes is not an incredible player, but you guys don't think there's a tuning problem between the piano and guitar from :08-:27 and from :55 to 1:18???
In another video on youtube where the band talks together a bit, Wes complains about how his guitar goes out tune fairly quickly. Really noticable here.
If you guys can't hear that, especially when he's playing octaves against the piano chords...ah, I don't know what to tell you. Please use an electronic tuner before you play.
clearly this was pre-electronic-tuners (or at least cheap ones) and if the guitar is going out of tune as he is playing it, not much he can do about it.
He's not a "Guitar Hero", That is the stupidest phrase I've ever heard. If you called him a guitar hero in his time he would look at you like you're a moron...
So many times I went to see Wes at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, Ca. He was elegant and his playing tugged at your ears and heart. One of the greatest!
They are so in tune bud. What you may be hearing is the recording quality of the master tape recorded down to video after all these decades. Wes and his band w Mabern were NOT out of tune. In fact these guys were so in tune. Checkout some 78's and see if that's in tune.
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I'm sure you'll all hate me for saying this, but this is a somber, sad song, and this version is way too peppy and upbeat. Just like "But Not For Me" - most groups play it too fast - it's not meant to be happy!
I think Bill Evans did the best version of this on his "Alone" album.
He developed that "octave technique" out of necessity more so than "love." Since he worked long hours, he had to play soft and at low volumes not to wake his wife and kids. The octave technique made up for the losses in volume.. you could say.
j'aime cet homme aussi bien humainement que musicalement !
le jour je bosse à l'usine, hé oui...les années 60, c'est pas top aux usa même avec un talent pareil, pas forcement défini avec ce morceau mais bon, j'aime la musique et le soir j'ai envie de vous le faire partager(l'amour) dans les clubs qui veulent bien...
le son jazz par excellence!! the sound of thumb!!
mon jeu au pouce je le doit au fait que ma famille dort non loin et que je doit m'entrainé... encore!
I'm so happy to have found this awsome video so quickly when I did. One of my favorite Wes Montgomery videos to view thus far. He was the best! A quick request. Could you post the Wes Montgomery song/video of Nica's Dream? The shame of it is that I got to view the video session of it twice and sadly it got removed. If you can find it for me I would be so very happy. Thanks again for this wonderfull video. :)
The ,Smoothness that these Musicians Achevied Together, is Sheer amazement ; Jimmy L. , is an underated and unheralded Drummer of amazing Quality and Control ..
DYNODRUM 4 months ago
Is he really only using his thumb? Wow!
GeoffHoare 4 months ago
Used to listen to my albums of Wes Montgomery as a Freshman at the University of Nebraska..........25 yrs later upon visiting Dad (a World War II veteran) that he had kept my albums for me, and unbeknownst to me really enjoyed them too......better than any sedative.........relax and dream away jeanne
l3l3Hastings 4 months ago
What can you say... impeccable, one of the most natural melodic players in the history of jazz, to say nothing of the gorgeous tone and fluid phrasing.
Even the comping is awesome...
ClarenceHW 7 months ago
elevators musics finest
Wes, bravo, bravissimo
hhm28061953 7 months ago
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stellaantoine2 7 months ago in playlist MUSIC :WES MONTGOMERY
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stellaantoine2 7 months ago in playlist MUSIC :WES MONTGOMERY
OUTSTANDING!
astron33 8 months ago
Wes Montgomery was (and is) the most influencial jazz guitarist of the last 50 years. Only Les Paul could be said to have had a more influencial impact on their given musical form.
spactick 8 months ago
This kinda has a bossa nova feel to it! Love it!!
EpiphaniesAbound 9 months ago
More than a "guitarist" - a real poet who weaved not mere solos, but a tremendous tapestry of emotion and story telling - like few have ever done.
sirtubbyhayes 9 months ago
Wes was phenomenal
dreadtodred 10 months ago
There's That Rainy Day?
predlycon 10 months ago
That's what it's all about !..Rolling stone mag didn't even have Wes in the top 100 best guitarist
MrSabbath66 11 months ago
AMEN!
larry82495 11 months ago
Thanks 'wuchiguitar' and 'djangoph1lE' for replies to Drummer question - now for the big one - does anyone know which (if any) Wes Montgomery track inspired Mick Taylor's solo on The Rolling Stones' 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking' ? I am sure I heard it played on UK's Jazz FM when it was going but never identified it.....
Diddleywah 1 year ago
The Drummer looks like Freddie Waits but I can't be certain
wuchiguitar 1 year ago
Is anyone able to tell who is the drummer on this please?
Thanks.
Diddleywah 1 year ago
@Diddleywah Jimmy Lovelace
djangoph1le 1 year ago
Here's a startling revelation: if you don't like Kenny G, don't listen to him.
selmansax 1 year ago
stunningly good
sixthlife 1 year ago
Wes, who played his guitar like a horn, because nobody told him he couldn't...
What a treat this is.
tuxguys 1 year ago
I like the music of Wes Montgomery a lot. My brother loved, loved him. His music always reminds me of my brother. Thanks for posting this.
coxmosia1 1 year ago
i like this song. my favorite
lexigan 1 year ago
GREAT quality. I wonder if one is able to purchase this
mshale100 1 year ago
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I completely agree. I just downloaded this mp3 at mp3tuber..net
Forester17689 1 year ago
This specific version is far and away the standard for this tune as far as I'm concerned. Wes and the group capture it rhythmically like I've not heard it done since!
gregoryusa1 1 year ago
I love this song and apparently Wes does too! I speak of him as though he were still living...well...he is...through his music. I will never forget this man.
irishsetterarchie 1 year ago
Lists of top guitarist are made by and for lame rock guitarists who wouldn't know how to play a chord inversion if their lives depended on it. That is why the greats are not rated as they should. Rock music becomes dated. Jazz recordings are as new each time they are listened t. The smart spontaneity, sensitive improvisations, and sheer love of playing comes through from the great ones. I love this great American music.
richone99 1 year ago
@richone99 Hendrix my friend! I love jazz, and agree with you to a degree, but Hendrix is as fresh to me as any jazz player. Every style can become dated, jazz lost alot of popularity because of its percieved snobbery, I think alot of people get rankled by that and its a real shame because it puts alot of people off jazz altogether, or gives rise to the ok but hardly amazing Kenny G's being considered jazz greats! I do agree though, the lists are rubbish, no jazz, metal, classical players etc.
bnapoleonc123 1 year ago
@bnapoleonc123 I might also add that I think lists are rubbish in general, how can you rate or why we, so many different genres, genres within genres, different aspects of playing, and ultimately its all subjective anway, Also re an earlier comment by another, Hendrix was a Wes fan! Both amazing players in their own rights and genres, who cares about a list when we have thier beautiful music to listen to instead. Long live the music!
bnapoleonc123 1 year ago
@bnapoleonc123 Jazz is a studied and well rehearsed idiom open to free improvisation and interpretation by dedicated musicians. I don't know what you mean by perceived snobbery. Jazz began in some of the lowest dives ever found. Hendrix was a black rocker with a deep blues/jazz soul. There are great chefs producing foods of exquisite caliber and then there are burger flippers. Snobbery? I think it's just a question of talent. Oh, and Kenny G is good elevator music.
richone99 1 year ago
@richone99 Well said
kamillianne 1 year ago
well those guys even can make a rainy day to a "thing" where u wanna be...what is that? whats the magic...what is the formula...and is it lost...???
andregessner 1 year ago 2
@andregessner It isn't lost if we don't lose it....now it's our "thing" and we aren't about to let it go!!!
irishsetterarchie 1 year ago
@andregessner The formula is the dedication of the musicians resoult to the divine. That this and every music that last forever is supported by God...Shri Mataji...!!
apostolis7771able 1 year ago
those guys can make even a rainy day to a beautiful thing...what is the magic, what is the formula...and is it lost? i mean why we r watching this old shit and felling so well while doing that?
andregessner 1 year ago
Not sure if the camera guy on this vid, even knew that Wes Montgomery was the guitar player and the featured musician...............seems to be very focused on the piano for much of the vid.
beaconmike 1 year ago
Lovin' this trio.
Rickyyy001 1 year ago
hmmm gonna steal that hook, should listen more to jazz guitarists, they seems to have a lot in their pockets ; P
ollecarlsson 1 year ago
Wes has an amazing thumb
dizzykrissi 1 year ago
Hi AS, a session pianist is like someone who is really good and therefore is hired by the huge names. My personal opinion is that session pianists are usually content to be away from the spotlight, most are not that famous even though they deserve to be.
custardapple777 1 year ago
Who is the awesome pianist ?
custardapple777 1 year ago
@custardapple777 I think it's Harold Mabern.
AS1633 1 year ago
@AS1633 Thanks ! Probably a session pianist hey ?
custardapple777 1 year ago
@custardapple777
I don't follow. Are you joking?
AS1633 1 year ago
@AS1633 Mabern is a very fine pianist who worked this date during a European tour with wess. You can buy this on a video (I think it's called We in Belgium, or something like that) and plenty of CDs of Wes in Europe with Mabern and sometimes Johnny Griffin, Chicago's revered "Little Giant" of the tenor sax. Notice Wes is playing a Standell transistor amplifier at the time. I had a friend that said you can always recognise a Standell by the smoke coming out the back. Wes' sound was much warmer...
ghairraigh 8 months ago
What an influence...he was such a god. I always heard that his development of octave use came from his brother Buddy, a B3 player; Wes liked the way the B3 got tones from stacking overtones around the fundamental and one his favorite B3 tones was that of octaves so he invented a way to mimic them. He was brilliant. He never did anything I didn't like.
misterstax 1 year ago
what's the line-up?
nadirsharav 1 year ago
I dig how Harold opens up his solo with those beautiful block chords. Very nice!
RSchramek 1 year ago
This is fabulous-a lifetime since I last heard this-thanks indeed for posting
teazle2 1 year ago
far wes
teofthe1 1 year ago
what amp does he use :)?
RockyEpiphone 1 year ago
@RockyEpiphone My guess is he's using a 1965 Standel Super Custom. It's a 70 watt, two-channel (one for normal play/one for reverb). It has a JBL speaker. If this is before 1965, then he's using a modified Fender Super Reverb (with four 10-inch speakers). Wes never found an amplifier he ever really liked, which is why he had them modified to give him a faster response time.
jimraw1 1 year ago
How the hell is this guy not more famous than Hendrix? Don't get me wrong, I used to worship Hendrix when I first started playing guitar, but Wes is leaps and bounds beyond what Hendrix did in the same era. Discovering Wes after listening to Hendrix feels so inexplicably unfair. I still can't believe I didn't know about Wes before.
Honestly makes me question what the hell I've been listening to all this time.
jc1762 1 year ago 4
@jc1762 that all comes down to is the guy's manager a ruthless barracuda who will do anything to make his artist famous and himself rich. There's guys in bars all over the world who have great talent but no manager sufficiently brutal
Vstrat0 1 year ago
@jc1762 - I know EXACTLY what you mean! This is the best site to LEARN about music & I've found dozens of artists from around the world who are absolute treasures! I've created a channel for those who want to discover these artists with over 500 playlists by artist, genre, instrument, & 111 lists for every year since 1900.
My list for Wes has nearly 20 songs now. I was a sax player long ago. Hope you'll stop by! Chuck
chkjns 1 year ago
@jc1762 I would say among jazz listeners Wes is just as famous as Hendrix. If you had a list of the three most important jazz guitarists of all time, I think most would put Wes in with Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian - they'd be on the Mount Rushmore of jazz guitarists. As to the fourth - that's definitely up to debate (Grant Greene - George Benson - Kenny Burrell - Joe Pass - Pat Metheny - John McLaughlin, to name a few candidates.)
jimraw1 1 year ago
@jimraw1 I'd 100% agree with you on all the guitarists you named. I'm actually new to jazz and didn't know Wes is a jazz legend until quite recently. But I was referring to the fact that almost every pop culture magazine - rolling stone, etc. will place Hendrix at the top of the guitarists list. I mean to say Wes is so underrated despite what he did during the same time as Hendrix that it blows my mind how he's not more famous OUTSIDE of jazz or jazz guitar. ie he should be topping the lists
jc1762 1 year ago
@jc1762 Its not just Wes - it's all Jazz, classical and country guitarists in general. Anytime you see a magazine (or a video on You Tube) listing the greatest guitarists of all time, 99 percent of the time it's Rock. You're more likely to see Hendrix or Van Halen or Slash than Wes Montgomery - not to mention Chet Atkins, Paco de Lucia, Vince Gill, Andres Segoiva and countless others. I wish Wes had the recognition he deserved - but then I wish Jazz had the recognition it deserved.
jimraw1 1 year ago 35
@jimraw1 100% agree jazz deserves much more , it dont mean a thing if it aint got that swing
TheSki46 1 year ago
@jimraw1 don't forget Django bro. The first jazz guitar player.
Hucho 10 months ago
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SATURNFUCK 9 months ago
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SATURNFUCK 9 months ago
@jimraw1 but then I wish Jazz had the recognition it deserved.
Well. When swing was around in the 40's it was Pop music. Django Reinhardt was a popstar. Nowadays You hear a lot of intelectual jazz. The groove is gone man. I understand why people don't like jazz these days.
Hucho 3 months ago
@jimraw1 lol the rolling stone top 100 guitar players has Angus Young in it, Kurt Cobain on twelve, Kirk Hammett on eleven. That already states that the list is really invalid, these three guys are far from being 'top guitar players'. Just like about 89 percent of the rest of the list.
A shame that there weren't people like Wes Montgommery or Django Reinhardt.
masterofmetallica09 2 months ago
jazz guitar gets no better
dwr108 1 year ago
I consider it perfection, all considered, Absolute American Treasure !
Johnny Montgomery Carson
johnnyguitarcarson 1 year ago 2
Wes was far beyond his time!
elekrikal 1 year ago
Lovely! That's like a bossa rhythm!
Suits Wes' playing style really well.
Zonno4 1 year ago
I agree Jelly...
Wes talked about his guitar's tuning problems on the "I Love Blues" youtube video.
Funny line at the beginning of that video when Wes says his guitar isn't a perferct instrument. Someone answers, "It isn't?"
That shows you the regard the other musicians had for Wes's talent.
ocean4315 2 years ago
I'm not saying that Wes is not an incredible player, but you guys don't think there's a tuning problem between the piano and guitar from :08-:27 and from :55 to 1:18???
Yikes!
ocean4315 2 years ago
thats right bro! nothing wrong with tuning i guess some people don"t have a musical ear
mrmattstrat 2 years ago
.....voglio suonare così.......
luc0sugar1 2 years ago
it gets no better
dwr108 2 years ago 3
In another video on youtube where the band talks together a bit, Wes complains about how his guitar goes out tune fairly quickly. Really noticable here.
If you guys can't hear that, especially when he's playing octaves against the piano chords...ah, I don't know what to tell you. Please use an electronic tuner before you play.
ocean4315 2 years ago
you're a brilliant genius for noticing that.... & commenting on it..... on youtube.
operasinger61904 2 years ago 3
clearly this was pre-electronic-tuners (or at least cheap ones) and if the guitar is going out of tune as he is playing it, not much he can do about it.
jelly1586 2 years ago 2
the real guitar hero.
tumamais 2 years ago 9
He's not a "Guitar Hero", That is the stupidest phrase I've ever heard. If you called him a guitar hero in his time he would look at you like you're a moron...
samuelson2112 2 years ago
@samuelson2112 i don't get your comment, why would wes think i'm a moron?
tumamais 2 years ago
So many times I went to see Wes at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, Ca. He was elegant and his playing tugged at your ears and heart. One of the greatest!
Toppercat 2 years ago 3
What a beautiful guitar solo, simply stunning.
bigkets 2 years ago
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boy...out of tune !!!!! as beautiful as the song is and all but dont yall hear how badly out of tune they are ???
roflem1 2 years ago
@roflem1
They are so in tune bud. What you may be hearing is the recording quality of the master tape recorded down to video after all these decades. Wes and his band w Mabern were NOT out of tune. In fact these guys were so in tune. Checkout some 78's and see if that's in tune.
ignaciomoran 2 years ago 2
I don't what you're hearing or what you think you're hearing but as a musician I can tell you there is nothing wrong with their tuning.
trktrt 2 years ago 3
Wes really digs those latin beats
itsjonlikeomg 2 years ago
This is a Jimmy van Heusen song and a favorite workout tune for jazz guitar players because of its melody and structure.
tipsin 2 years ago
@tipsin I personally love the Gmaj7 to Bb7 in the first few bars. It's really a great change, especially with that melody over it.
rillloudmother 2 years ago
Bossa Nova 4 Ever.
Wess is God
edu1batera 2 years ago 4
4:13 the syncopation man!!!!!!!!
jazzmunky 2 years ago
Man I freaking love the piano solo!
There's a few videos with wyntin soloing in this way, big chord melody stuff...man he is the dude!!!!!
It's such a beautul song with great moducltions!
jazzmunky 2 years ago 4
This was Johnny Carson's favorite song.
jsbach15 2 years ago
Sometimes I wonder if this song contributed to the life of a song by Jimi Hendrix. Rainy day, dream away.
qwerly45 2 years ago
0:07 seconds you can read "There´s that rainy day" FAIL!!!??
Nu9v9 2 years ago
who's shaking the salt?
tw28st 2 years ago
Probably some union paid dude with headphones, dressed in all black, sitting back stage. Most likely smoking at the same time.
mrkrauley 2 years ago
lol :D
jazzmunky 2 years ago
It's brush on snare drum, dogg.
fuzzfactory 2 years ago
magnifico !
Korsaro1 2 years ago 2
wes is forever and always the best
beamochagirl 2 years ago 4
I love this rendition!
jazzylinn 2 years ago 5
What beautiful opening lines to the solos of both the pianist and Wes.
furyofbongos 2 years ago 5
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I'm sure you'll all hate me for saying this, but this is a somber, sad song, and this version is way too peppy and upbeat. Just like "But Not For Me" - most groups play it too fast - it's not meant to be happy!
I think Bill Evans did the best version of this on his "Alone" album.
mafatu69 2 years ago
I love Wes but I agree - it is a sad song. That being said, it is a great rendition if you put aside the meaning of the song.
universecreep 2 years ago 3
sorry...disagree
dogshit71 2 years ago
Love this arrangement and performance!
Thanks for posting this! Obligada!
mikimcal 2 years ago 3
One of my favorite Wes songs. It just makes me feel happy.
tbowles411 2 years ago
What do you mean asleep?!?! Wes is having a dream awake....
fcoenriquebarraza 2 years ago
soulful, romantic, Wes was the best.
RJSeserling 2 years ago 3
he loved those octaves!
jerspeisn 2 years ago 2
He developed that "octave technique" out of necessity more so than "love." Since he worked long hours, he had to play soft and at low volumes not to wake his wife and kids. The octave technique made up for the losses in volume.. you could say.
apollosg85 2 years ago
Sorry let me rephrase that. "I love those octaves!"
jerspeisn 2 years ago 16
@jerspeisn I use em all the time in ma songwriting : P
ollecarlsson 1 year ago
@jerspeisn
Perfect Octaves! :) Little play on words
1LHPrincess 1 year ago
Was a privledge to be around to here Wes and the other greats in the 60's. His music will live and inspire forever. Thanks for sharing !
playtunes 2 years ago 2
Wes was inspirational :)
immortalsoloist 2 years ago 2
A lesson in understanding space and timing. Great innit.
DitchDiggers 2 years ago
All I can say is incredible!
dallasfanjr58 2 years ago
the dreamy tones of wes, good sleep music
csfreak50 2 years ago 2
pure genius
iugeftp 2 years ago
thanks for all the people posting videos of Wes.Timeless and inspiring .
hr75custom 2 years ago 6
Great!
Soulnik 3 years ago
j'aime cet homme aussi bien humainement que musicalement !
le jour je bosse à l'usine, hé oui...les années 60, c'est pas top aux usa même avec un talent pareil, pas forcement défini avec ce morceau mais bon, j'aime la musique et le soir j'ai envie de vous le faire partager(l'amour) dans les clubs qui veulent bien...
le son jazz par excellence!! the sound of thumb!!
mon jeu au pouce je le doit au fait que ma famille dort non loin et que je doit m'entrainé... encore!
k2eng 3 years ago
Thanks for posting. Wes plays well but also is also a great listener to the rest of the trio. Wonderful !
playtunes 3 years ago 12
I'm so happy to have found this awsome video so quickly when I did. One of my favorite Wes Montgomery videos to view thus far. He was the best! A quick request. Could you post the Wes Montgomery song/video of Nica's Dream? The shame of it is that I got to view the video session of it twice and sadly it got removed. If you can find it for me I would be so very happy. Thanks again for this wonderfull video. :)
califgirl101 3 years ago 6