This is the first piece I had heard by,Wes Montgomery.....I was 17 years old.......I think it was 1966.Chitown.....St Phillips......St. Bernards....Herbert Rogers Kent....WVON!
I liked his approach to the guitar by using his thumb as a plectrum in order to slow the notes down, and to be more precise. His tone and phrasing is astounding. No one else compares.
This was my lullybye song when I was a baby. Each of my sisters, brother and I had a song we went to sleep to as babies. Bumpin on Sunset was mine and till this day, 45 years later, it is still my all time favorite jazz tune.
Hey Don't Mind Me I had to come back for more! I am digging that orchestration. You Mos Def do not hear that on anything but the classics and big standards productions anymore! Excuse Me While I Kiss The Sky!
I had this record at Ft. Sil Oklahoma, 1968. Played it over and over. It still reminds me of that summer at Ft. Sil. Also reminds me of cruising across the Bay Bridge in San Francisco on my way to Oakland in the summer of 1970! Great memories!
When I was 19 and 20, 1967-68, living in San Antonio, I bought "A Day In A Life" and "Road Song." What a wild ride my life's been. Now, I've got his music on CDs, playing in my garage on the island of Kauai. Also, found Ahmad Jamal's, "The Awakening," that I used to play constantly, when I was at UT, Austin (1969-71). At 63, I so wish I had a time machine. But I do love Kauai and it's people. Peace.
I was 16, Working, Had a New "Hoopdie", was Drinkin my lunches, had a Clarinet, Going to Night Clubs, Wearing Tailor Made Threads, In College, had just finished a stint in the Peoples Struggle; I had every album by Wes Montgomery, John Coltrane and all the other Greats; and I was just average for me and my home boys! Were were Rolling Tall the the Seventies. Now these hood rats think they got something going on when they got the latest cell phone and newest AirHead Jordans! Nest for some Yusef
Little known fact about Wes: he moonlighted in 1958 on rockabilly sessions such as playing rhythm guitar on Ronnie Haig's "Don't You Hear Me Calling, Baby".
i am a 12 year old black guitarist and my name is westly ellington hense the name of two jazz legends wes montgomry and duke ellington i really want to learn this song if u do now how to play please make video or post the tabs on my channel like this so people who now how to play tell me
This is probably the greatest cruise down sunset you would ever take. Pure genius, soulful and melodic. Boozoo Bajou also did a rendition of this expansive to the mind, with Wes' groove.
Wes Montgomery opened the door to a new harmony for guitar players. His unique style added a new found smoothness to the realm of true Jazz Guitarists. Many of today's guitarists have fashioned their technique a la Wes Montgomery.!
why..why..there are not more live videos of Wes at there....zillion guitarists were alive in 60's and we have zillion films...none as good as Wes..why...? why there are more videos of crapolla guitarits but not this master...why..? it's soooo...sad....!!
Just read the comment by ziemass and growing up with Wes in my house, this is his sound - cool, relaxed, melodic, yet strong. The use of a pick would have made him sound like everyone else but his style will never be fully duplicated because he perfected it. This weak tone mess he stated - tell it to others. Guess that is why Lee Captain Fingers Ritenour, one of the greatest jazz guitarists of this decade dedicated an entire album to him entitled Wes Bound. Cant' please some folks.
Wes Montgomery's entire sound was based on the smooth thumb 'brushing' rather than using a pick. He developed this technique accidentally while trying to practice at home without waking his kids. It is part and parcel of his awesome style. Use a pick? Might as well ask Van Gogh to use a roller!
@ziemass I hate to say that: You may well prefer pick to thumb sound but you are missing the point. Everybody - but you ;) - loves the sound that he has but only a few develop a good / proper thumb technique enabling them that beautiful sound.
But who cares: f you like the pic sound better, it is your taste. Let's have fun playing!
@ziemass Hahahaha, you clearly don't understand what a real artist is : someone unique, special, with a deep personality and a strong will to show it. All that qualities are inside of Wes's sound. Playing with thumb was part of him, and his sound was so "weak" that you can recognise him with ONE note ! Apart Djando Reinhart (other genius) tell me another guy ......Now, what would be interesting was hearing YOUR sound with a pick......
Hello great tune I was in Viet Nam too I had a friend in Nam named David Balwin played ( guitar ) in band in Viet Nam he was from Chicago he played with Wes Montgomery I was there in ( I think ) 67 thru 68 in Da Nang Dave taught me some songs on guitar Dave was white guy Dave played songs in band by Wes
First "jazz" single I ever heard; was hooked immediately. Even my parents liked it, and they were die-hard big-band fans. Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass-fantastic players!
Mr. Montgomery was an amazing man, and had a God-given talent for music.
I was sent to Vietnam in 1966. The guy nearest to me in that stiffling tent was a "soul brother" from Detroit. He brought a battery-operated 45 rpm record player and one single record. This one. He played it over and over again right into 1967. It was the first jazz tune I'd ever heard and no matter how many tunes, instruments and artists I came to knowin my life-time this one has remained my favourite. I wish I could remember that soldier's name. Are you there, reading this perhaps?
@BackSeatHump that was about the same time and place i heard Wes also. "A quiet Thing" just killed me could take me out of country and back to Elizabeth no matter what was going on, well almost anything. the 47s did break that spell more than once. Still love to hear that song because it still brings Elizabeth back.
@BackSeatHump Cool story my friend! Thank you and that "soul brother" for serving our country so we can all be free to enjoy such perfect and wonderful things like Wes Montgomery. God bless you!
I am completely stunned and shocked that Only 67K people have viewed this video. This is with out a doubt, one of my top 5 picks for "old school" style; jazz. Maybe: it's the memories of cruising (bumpin on the boulevard) on saturday night. What ever it is. This song. IS ! Just one of the Best !!!!!!
This Guy is definitely one of the greats,I'm just trying to figure out what lame hit the dislike button on this,I guess the world would not be the world if there were no haters.
theres not a shredder in the world that can touch wes montgomery...every note amazing...conveying love and finesse and god knows what all...he never played a stupid note..genius...wes...jimi...who else do ya need...(ok there ARE other geniuses on that list),,but wow...
Wes Montgomery had gigantic hands, he never used a pick.
He had no formal training. His fellow players, many of them classically trained with a better knowledge of advanced music theory than Wes, were often times left dumbfounded by his playing. In the words of one of the Adderly brothers "here I was, a trained musician, and I didn't know what he was doing".
Wes had a bad heart, he died in August of '68; I blame his record company for that. He was forced into a hectic schedule, it killed him
I'm 63 and listened to lots of jazz as a degenerate teenager...me and some friends really got into it. Wes stood out above the rest!.... and that included Miles, Ramsey Lewis, Cannonball, and a host of others.
@yesyoumay some of my friends and I enjoy listening to jazz too...It started out when I was 16 with the song "Yesterdays" from Miles and continued ever since( I'm 19 now). It's been a wonderful journey that got incredibly better when I discovered Wes and his music. His guitar playing is superior, even when compared to such greats as Django and Pat....He's so fluid and incredibly creative in improvising, and knows when to make those little pauses that put the accent on certain tones...
@Zumramania Wes had a unique style, not only his predominant use of octaves on the L5 makes it stand out, but his phrasing is exquisite on some of the ballads he's done. Take Henry Mancini's Days of Wine and Roses with Mel Rhyne on the Hammond B3..the variations on the melody are so incredible..he makes that L5 talk, as you listen you understand that life is about "Days of Wine and Roses"..a door that
says nevermore...that wasn't there before". Play on Wes! You were the greatest . Still are!
The music of today got me listening to the old school such as this. This is great music, the artists of today need to go back to their roots and learn something.
well me and my best friend Chelle... just two little ole 15 yr old black girls got almost front row seats when he came to the university of Minnesota Northrup and did a concert... that was awsome
I first heard this when i was in the 8th grade back in 1967 in Berkeley, CA and it is just as soothing now in 2010 as back then. If your not familliar with Wes, check the Tequila, Day in a Life, Bumpin albums, they were all out in the 60's. im going to put this on my zune(mp3) player...........
I absolutely love this. So much soul ... You know, jazz purists initially mocked this music - the production, the strings. Maybe they've finally "discovered" this music? God bless Wes Montgomery.
As my dear old Dad used to say, I love this tune! I love it and the CD from Verve, but will someone please post or help me locate Larry Coryell's bad ass tribute to this song, Angel on Sunset. Please help!
this is a song which speaks of loneliness and wandering. Lost in a big world which does not care, with very few bright moments to claim, even when you try. Alone in your car, you just drive on and on at the end of day, down Sunset Boulevard towards the beach, and then along the California coast, away from civilization.
This is a fantastic instrumental song. In fact a familiar portion of the song was used in a ballroom dance competition as a rumba dance number. Check it out on youtube as "2009 Desert Classic DanceSport Championship Open Professional Internation Latin", if you like.
@benjaminonthemoon --me too! Are you 12 years old NOW ? I fell in love with this tune when I was 16 and it first came out. Are you a musician? A poet? You have to be deep to be attached to this tune. I think it's the best Wes ever did.
@benjaminonthemoon - You have a lifetime to explore this music and other music of this calibre. I wish you a wonderful adventure of life. And I can die happy, knowing that in the Twenty SECOND Century, Jazz music will be known, played, loved, and developed/evolved by your children and grandchildren, great-grandchildren. God Bless You.
@dtmurcia - Well, you're still a mere child compared to me. I'll be 60 later this month. I remember a friend of mine had Montgomery's "Day In The Life" album about the time I graduated from high school.
@benjaminonthemoon I'm with you I was a little something about 10 or 12 and the parties my folks had were just magic. I was about to sneak this Album after over 40 years and it still sounds GOOD!!
Truly one of the greatest songs ever!! This track is real, true music at its best. I agree with TJTele52, wishing this track lasted for 10 minutes.....well, maybe 12 minutes =)
I grew up listening to this cut over and over wore my old man's record out just playin this track...my favorite piece by Wes...I wish it went on for 10 minutes...at least...
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Check out this incredible guitarist his name is Luke Hamrock he is really incredible!
guitarldh19 3 days ago
Best song Wes ever played.and composed.
Frapzoid 4 days ago
Esse é o cara da guitarra jazz, elegancia musical
juiquinha69 5 days ago
Oh man, this is so wonderful!
toddallenhooper 2 weeks ago
This is the first piece I had heard by,Wes Montgomery.....I was 17 years old.......I think it was 1966.Chitown.....St Phillips......St. Bernards....Herbert Rogers Kent....WVON!
TheChitownxman 2 weeks ago
I liked his approach to the guitar by using his thumb as a plectrum in order to slow the notes down, and to be more precise. His tone and phrasing is astounding. No one else compares.
mindlesspup 1 month ago
This was my lullybye song when I was a baby. Each of my sisters, brother and I had a song we went to sleep to as babies. Bumpin on Sunset was mine and till this day, 45 years later, it is still my all time favorite jazz tune.
niciaj 1 month ago
I own a club in SA Tx. call the "Lyons Club" and Bumpin on Sunset pulled in a lot of quarters.
mypalzeus4321 1 month ago
SimpLy BeauTiFuL! That's all I have to saY....
MsGoddess7 1 month ago
I have listened to this 500 times , simply amazing
Froyyo 1 month ago
You can actually feel the tension building. This Wes Montgomery guitar classic IS the one to which all others will be compared.
Cch092775 1 month ago 4
that picture says, "oh hi, im wes, i didnt see you there, but ima make love to your ear holes."
ThrashIsBack123 1 month ago 2
The Man!
Jplent1 1 month ago
Hey Don't Mind Me I had to come back for more! I am digging that orchestration. You Mos Def do not hear that on anything but the classics and big standards productions anymore! Excuse Me While I Kiss The Sky!
Globetrotterz69 2 months ago
I'm so Wes bound
KillaQuansta 2 months ago
Heard this in High School when I was sixteen and have been hooked ever since. Wes is the best!!!!
sauda711 2 months ago
I had this record at Ft. Sil Oklahoma, 1968. Played it over and over. It still reminds me of that summer at Ft. Sil. Also reminds me of cruising across the Bay Bridge in San Francisco on my way to Oakland in the summer of 1970! Great memories!
straightlead8 2 months ago
HE was one KOOL KAT !!!! Tori Sanchez
Tori6250 2 months ago
Oh Wes, we still miss you so much.
twixttime 2 months ago
Damn Wes is the truth no wonder my dad wasnt all excited when George came out lol!!
Nanadsyl 3 months ago
When I was 19 and 20, 1967-68, living in San Antonio, I bought "A Day In A Life" and "Road Song." What a wild ride my life's been. Now, I've got his music on CDs, playing in my garage on the island of Kauai. Also, found Ahmad Jamal's, "The Awakening," that I used to play constantly, when I was at UT, Austin (1969-71). At 63, I so wish I had a time machine. But I do love Kauai and it's people. Peace.
kauaiphil 3 months ago
I was 16, Working, Had a New "Hoopdie", was Drinkin my lunches, had a Clarinet, Going to Night Clubs, Wearing Tailor Made Threads, In College, had just finished a stint in the Peoples Struggle; I had every album by Wes Montgomery, John Coltrane and all the other Greats; and I was just average for me and my home boys! Were were Rolling Tall the the Seventies. Now these hood rats think they got something going on when they got the latest cell phone and newest AirHead Jordans! Nest for some Yusef
Globetrotterz69 3 months ago 2
@Globetrotterz69 Yeah, people are getting way too lazy.
blackfloyd23 3 months ago
@Globetrotterz69 You sound like the coolest man alive
Sincoola27 3 months ago
nice orchestra section
Rosieisapunk1200 4 months ago
@1:49 Double octaves...who else would've even thought to whip those out?
montes707 4 months ago
Fantastic and moody classic!
net43works 4 months ago
Little known fact about Wes: he moonlighted in 1958 on rockabilly sessions such as playing rhythm guitar on Ronnie Haig's "Don't You Hear Me Calling, Baby".
Rotis59 4 months ago
Just one people are asshole.
iagus311 4 months ago
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mrpryors 5 months ago
NOW THHIIISS IS SMOOTH JAZZ!
PhillyGregA 5 months ago
Excellent!!!!!!! A lot of jazz guitarists looked up to him....
VTMW1 5 months ago
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i am a 12 year old black guitarist and my name is westly ellington hense the name of two jazz legends wes montgomry and duke ellington i really want to learn this song if u do now how to play please make video or post the tabs on my channel like this so people who now how to play tell me
MrWest411 5 months ago
This is probably the greatest cruise down sunset you would ever take. Pure genius, soulful and melodic. Boozoo Bajou also did a rendition of this expansive to the mind, with Wes' groove.
Sgtkillbot 5 months ago
Great
Lorraine191919 5 months ago
On of the greatest jazz guitarist EVER:D
IngridBergmanRocked 5 months ago
Wes 4 ever...
CAGED1702 5 months ago
Wes Montgomery opened the door to a new harmony for guitar players. His unique style added a new found smoothness to the realm of true Jazz Guitarists. Many of today's guitarists have fashioned their technique a la Wes Montgomery.!
jimsandaju 5 months ago
He dances around the melody like a hip pair of groovers on the dance floor and the conga drum gives puts a great understated Latin rhythm under it
wowjef 5 months ago
why..why..there are not more live videos of Wes at there....zillion guitarists were alive in 60's and we have zillion films...none as good as Wes..why...? why there are more videos of crapolla guitarits but not this master...why..? it's soooo...sad....!!
motreby 6 months ago
very good ! sur quel album figure ce morceau ?
vieurocker 6 months ago
This is such a sexy tune!!!
cnealy15 6 months ago
Wes and Django....room for both...
StratsRgreat 7 months ago
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baked4211 8 months ago
Wes is amazing.
5 decades in and he's still fresh.
stan2211stan 8 months ago 17
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othomas1210 8 months ago
Just read the comment by ziemass and growing up with Wes in my house, this is his sound - cool, relaxed, melodic, yet strong. The use of a pick would have made him sound like everyone else but his style will never be fully duplicated because he perfected it. This weak tone mess he stated - tell it to others. Guess that is why Lee Captain Fingers Ritenour, one of the greatest jazz guitarists of this decade dedicated an entire album to him entitled Wes Bound. Cant' please some folks.
othomas1210 8 months ago
What album would I be able to this song from? It's different from the iTunes version.
zarndyhoff 8 months ago
@zarndyhoff
I believe that you'll be able to find "Bumpin' on Sunset" on the "Tequilla" album from 1966.
GSMSfromFV 8 months ago
@GSMSfromFV - can also find it on Wes Montgomery's Finest Hour.
othomas1210 8 months ago
@GSMSfromFV He's a genius, this music is so ahead of it's time. This sounds like something that would have come out in the mid 70's.
aikidoka00 6 months ago
Wes Montgomery's entire sound was based on the smooth thumb 'brushing' rather than using a pick. He developed this technique accidentally while trying to practice at home without waking his kids. It is part and parcel of his awesome style. Use a pick? Might as well ask Van Gogh to use a roller!
aclotheses 8 months ago 2
all great except his tone would have been much better if he had been using the pick playing electric with fingers gives this kind of weak tone
ziemass 8 months ago
@ziemass I hate to say that: You may well prefer pick to thumb sound but you are missing the point. Everybody - but you ;) - loves the sound that he has but only a few develop a good / proper thumb technique enabling them that beautiful sound.
But who cares: f you like the pic sound better, it is your taste. Let's have fun playing!
fusionfunkjazzrocker 6 months ago
@ziemass Hahahaha, you clearly don't understand what a real artist is : someone unique, special, with a deep personality and a strong will to show it. All that qualities are inside of Wes's sound. Playing with thumb was part of him, and his sound was so "weak" that you can recognise him with ONE note ! Apart Djando Reinhart (other genius) tell me another guy ......Now, what would be interesting was hearing YOUR sound with a pick......
IRACEMABABU 6 months ago
Hello great tune I was in Viet Nam too I had a friend in Nam named David Balwin played ( guitar ) in band in Viet Nam he was from Chicago he played with Wes Montgomery I was there in ( I think ) 67 thru 68 in Da Nang Dave taught me some songs on guitar Dave was white guy Dave played songs in band by Wes
jsteelman1000 8 months ago
First "jazz" single I ever heard; was hooked immediately. Even my parents liked it, and they were die-hard big-band fans. Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass-fantastic players!
Mr. Montgomery was an amazing man, and had a God-given talent for music.
MrWatercolorguy 8 months ago
I was sent to Vietnam in 1966. The guy nearest to me in that stiffling tent was a "soul brother" from Detroit. He brought a battery-operated 45 rpm record player and one single record. This one. He played it over and over again right into 1967. It was the first jazz tune I'd ever heard and no matter how many tunes, instruments and artists I came to knowin my life-time this one has remained my favourite. I wish I could remember that soldier's name. Are you there, reading this perhaps?
BackSeatHump 9 months ago 41
@BackSeatHump that was about the same time and place i heard Wes also. "A quiet Thing" just killed me could take me out of country and back to Elizabeth no matter what was going on, well almost anything. the 47s did break that spell more than once. Still love to hear that song because it still brings Elizabeth back.
mrbcam2 2 months ago
@BackSeatHump Cool story my friend! Thank you and that "soul brother" for serving our country so we can all be free to enjoy such perfect and wonderful things like Wes Montgomery. God bless you!
toddallenhooper 2 weeks ago
I am completely stunned and shocked that Only 67K people have viewed this video. This is with out a doubt, one of my top 5 picks for "old school" style; jazz. Maybe: it's the memories of cruising (bumpin on the boulevard) on saturday night. What ever it is. This song. IS ! Just one of the Best !!!!!!
martinsship21 9 months ago 2
This is ridiculous!!! Love It!!! Wes was incredible! Inspired many guitarists!
cdru1212 9 months ago
This shit is bumpin'
TheMarcopolo74 9 months ago
The God Father of Cool. With out a doubt one of my two most Favorite Wes songs. The other is Bumpin
1948steven 9 months ago
This Guy is definitely one of the greats,I'm just trying to figure out what lame hit the dislike button on this,I guess the world would not be the world if there were no haters.
ahaterhater 10 months ago 2
I have decided to buy his CD.
mitsubishi777 10 months ago
ive heard this song for years and had no ideas this was by wes montgomery
syxodude91 10 months ago
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The "alternate" version of this is really great too.
railcar123 10 months ago
The essence of jazz guitar. Love the octaves at 1:50 (6th and 1st strings)
railcar123 10 months ago
Yessssssss a realy great song. The only thing i am mad at this song is for that, he makes an amateur mistake at 2:06.
MrDadare 10 months ago
BOSS GUITAR! This is my most favorite jazz guitar player and although I try
imitate" the legend", I can only muster a poor imitation. He was very unique
and his style in combination with the Gibson L5 produced a guitar sound and
style that will be copied for generations to come. Play on Wes!
SuperCarver2011 10 months ago
Classic shit
MrDadare 10 months ago
theres not a shredder in the world that can touch wes montgomery...every note amazing...conveying love and finesse and god knows what all...he never played a stupid note..genius...wes...jimi...who else do ya need...(ok there ARE other geniuses on that list),,but wow...
asinwhat 10 months ago
cold. wes montgomery cold as he wanna be. makin' that guitar speak. cold. cold. cold.
coldboy0024 10 months ago
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Natural evolution of the guitarist...
1) Listen to people who you think are guitar greats..
2) Purchase a guitar, practice the riffs and think you're gonna be the next big thing....
3) Come across wes montgomery on youtube
4) Sell guitar
I've just reached stage 4
emmanuelp023 10 months ago
Excellent recording ... two thumbs up my friend. Thank you for sharing (o:
madsumaddox 10 months ago
Sexy, Sultry...Fabulous
karenann63 10 months ago
O man you are awesome. I can't stop listening this song. It's so good and it doesn't matter you are old or young it's brilliant. Sounds magnifique
Ringostars73 11 months ago
where has this been hiding all my life. I have been bombarded with all that mainstream garbage!
rCUPS180 11 months ago
Wes Montgomery had gigantic hands, he never used a pick.
He had no formal training. His fellow players, many of them classically trained with a better knowledge of advanced music theory than Wes, were often times left dumbfounded by his playing. In the words of one of the Adderly brothers "here I was, a trained musician, and I didn't know what he was doing".
Wes had a bad heart, he died in August of '68; I blame his record company for that. He was forced into a hectic schedule, it killed him
ZedAlfa273 11 months ago
@ZedAlfa273
Doesn't matter about the size of Wes's hand, he could finger those octaves, block chords and melody
like no other guitar then or since. And when you're that good, it comes straight from the soul..you don't
need formal music training, the key, the notes,the modulation for key changes comes straight from the
soul through the instrument transparently..Play on Wes! You were the greatest..and still are!
SuperCarver2011 10 months ago
@SuperCarver2011
You have clearly never played guitar.
Carthsgtr 10 months ago
@Carthsgtr Ya, only been playing for 40 years. Gibson/Epiphone, and took formal guitar lessons.
but you are entitled to your opinion..for what it's worth.
SuperCarver2011 10 months ago
I can't get enough of this since I was 12 years old. I'm 57 now.
bklynpaulie 11 months ago
this song gives me goosebumps
joeno123 11 months ago
I'm 63 and listened to lots of jazz as a degenerate teenager...me and some friends really got into it. Wes stood out above the rest!.... and that included Miles, Ramsey Lewis, Cannonball, and a host of others.
yesyoumay 1 year ago
@yesyoumay some of my friends and I enjoy listening to jazz too...It started out when I was 16 with the song "Yesterdays" from Miles and continued ever since( I'm 19 now). It's been a wonderful journey that got incredibly better when I discovered Wes and his music. His guitar playing is superior, even when compared to such greats as Django and Pat....He's so fluid and incredibly creative in improvising, and knows when to make those little pauses that put the accent on certain tones...
Zumramania 11 months ago
@Zumramania Wes had a unique style, not only his predominant use of octaves on the L5 makes it stand out, but his phrasing is exquisite on some of the ballads he's done. Take Henry Mancini's Days of Wine and Roses with Mel Rhyne on the Hammond B3..the variations on the melody are so incredible..he makes that L5 talk, as you listen you understand that life is about "Days of Wine and Roses"..a door that
says nevermore...that wasn't there before". Play on Wes! You were the greatest . Still are!
SuperCarver2011 10 months ago
how can you dislike this ?
bronxvictim 1 year ago
THIS IS THE BEST SONG EVER...
sleeplesscgho 1 year ago 2
muy bueno me encanta esta composicion tiene mucho feeling
sonido13bb 1 year ago
musicista straordinario
arlielovejazz 1 year ago
4:20-4:24: one of the coolest licks ever
01tnql 1 year ago
amazingly cool:D
megatigerteeth 1 year ago
WOW !!!
ydepot 1 year ago
He was one of the greatest. R.I.P. Wes Montgomery.
fresh5001 1 year ago 15
The music of today got me listening to the old school such as this. This is great music, the artists of today need to go back to their roots and learn something.
blackbolt75 1 year ago 3
LOL BENJAMINONTHEMOON YOU'RE GETTING THE MOST REPLIES EVER
svendiamond 1 year ago
OMG YOU LIKE THIS MUSIC AND YOU'RE ____ AGE ??? THATS CRAZY LETS MOVE YOU TO THE TOP
svendiamond 1 year ago
The greatest jazz guitarist the world has ever known or what.
jmsbk12345 1 year ago 23
my chill music...
jonbaker081 1 year ago 2
over 40 years since he died and Wes is still the man!
53bop 1 year ago 3
By far(!!!!) the best version on Youtube...
Pan3405 1 year ago
well me and my best friend Chelle... just two little ole 15 yr old black girls got almost front row seats when he came to the university of Minnesota Northrup and did a concert... that was awsome
samson9432 1 year ago
hermosa beach 1967 roof-top headphones peyote sunsetual .....she's just so funka-dental
foolaloof1 1 year ago
This man is doing this with one thumb,WOW...
detestsheeple 1 year ago
listening to Wes is like a dream..floating ..i wanna dance d rhumba
alorettagay 1 year ago
Typical Cats sampled this on their track "Any Day". Thrilled to have finally found the source song. Slick shit.
JabberOff 1 year ago
Deea and Sandra , for you two . The perfect song for a perfect memory
owlroad 1 year ago
Fuckin coolest song ever.
Cliffs0fDover 1 year ago
it has a feel like "the thrill is gone"....I like it
fazel69 1 year ago
i love that guitar. whats it called?
neosouljazz 1 year ago
@neosouljazz It's a gibson L-5 CES
MatthieuK29 1 year ago
Sounds as good as the first time I heard it over 40 years ago. The man can play !!!!
48Moondancer 1 year ago
For all of you who continue to share great works thank you!
mercury1108 1 year ago
Really nice how he adds more bassnotes on 1:49
woutvdd 1 year ago
Wes!! That tone man out of this dream world
Vstrat0 1 year ago
I first heard this when i was in the 8th grade back in 1967 in Berkeley, CA and it is just as soothing now in 2010 as back then. If your not familliar with Wes, check the Tequila, Day in a Life, Bumpin albums, they were all out in the 60's. im going to put this on my zune(mp3) player...........
K00772 1 year ago
I absolutely love this. So much soul ... You know, jazz purists initially mocked this music - the production, the strings. Maybe they've finally "discovered" this music? God bless Wes Montgomery.
arroyo284 1 year ago
wow...very, very good! :,)
log1alf 1 year ago
Wow...great
log1alf 1 year ago
This is the definition of sexy =p
AKidsSax 1 year ago
What a great groove!
Tommy
musicsmind 1 year ago
KILLER TUNE ,SUNSHINE ALL THE WAY
Tattoogem 1 year ago
Wes Montgomery was first taste of soul-ful jazz when I was growing up.
Wes is and always will be timeless in our minds and hearts. Rest well, Wes!!
inesiaful 1 year ago
As my dear old Dad used to say, I love this tune! I love it and the CD from Verve, but will someone please post or help me locate Larry Coryell's bad ass tribute to this song, Angel on Sunset. Please help!
Pushtheresetbutton 1 year ago
Kenny Edmonds Highway NOT WES MONTGOMERY EXPRESSWAY ALL THE WAY HARD ASK GEORGE WHO SHOWED HIM THE WAY TO BROADWAY LOVE THEM INDIANA BROTHERS!
adem1000000 1 year ago
HAEVENS.
fredkarat 1 year ago
this was one of the songs the d j played at lunch time, when i was in high school!
great song, by a great legend! thanx a lot 4 posting!
bjc19199 1 year ago
oo..
germansolares 1 year ago
I remember playing this on the ole guitar back in '85 as a 12 yr old kid
Parnell50 1 year ago
Reminds me of my MOM!!
dogshit71 1 year ago
@dogshit71 Her name bitchshit?
MrJojogun 1 year ago
this is a song which speaks of loneliness and wandering. Lost in a big world which does not care, with very few bright moments to claim, even when you try. Alone in your car, you just drive on and on at the end of day, down Sunset Boulevard towards the beach, and then along the California coast, away from civilization.
durgaaa 1 year ago 2
Wes, RIP my friend!
BobEnslow 1 year ago
How smooth can you goo :)
RockyEpiphone 1 year ago
Relax Max, listen and enjoy. Brown Sugar!
IvanBauza 1 year ago
Many moons ago this song started me listening jazz truly one of the greats.. the strings are haunting. BRILLIANT!! PURE CLASS MAGIC!!!!!
TheMgturbo 1 year ago
Chapter and verse.
robertclemon 2 years ago
like some amazing works.....they just make sense, and we relate in our own ways
JESSEORION07 2 years ago
This is a fantastic instrumental song. In fact a familiar portion of the song was used in a ballroom dance competition as a rumba dance number. Check it out on youtube as "2009 Desert Classic DanceSport Championship Open Professional Internation Latin", if you like.
mistykitten1 2 years ago
Good ! 好い !
maidoodesu 2 years ago
I can't get enough of this...since I'm 12 years old !!!!!
I wish I could die listening to it ! Close to heaven ;)
benjaminonthemoon 2 years ago 33
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I'm impressed that a 12 year old would appreciate this music. I'm 41 and Wes passed away a few months after I was born.
trewells 2 years ago 2
@benjaminonthemoon Yes it is…! I'm lovin it too… <3 Absolutely heaven
Ephourita 1 year ago
@benjaminonthemoon --me too! Are you 12 years old NOW ? I fell in love with this tune when I was 16 and it first came out. Are you a musician? A poet? You have to be deep to be attached to this tune. I think it's the best Wes ever did.
durgaaa 1 year ago
@benjaminonthemoon - You have a lifetime to explore this music and other music of this calibre. I wish you a wonderful adventure of life. And I can die happy, knowing that in the Twenty SECOND Century, Jazz music will be known, played, loved, and developed/evolved by your children and grandchildren, great-grandchildren. God Bless You.
JCJasion 1 year ago
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Actually I am 40 years old but music is my life and Wes makes me feel mora alive than ever ! God bless you too !
dtmurcia 1 year ago 2
@dtmurcia - Well, you're still a mere child compared to me. I'll be 60 later this month. I remember a friend of mine had Montgomery's "Day In The Life" album about the time I graduated from high school.
JCJasion 1 year ago 3
@benjaminonthemoon I'm with you I was a little something about 10 or 12 and the parties my folks had were just magic. I was about to sneak this Album after over 40 years and it still sounds GOOD!!
jo22338601 11 months ago
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@benjaminonthemoon
My ass you are twelve.......
Carthsgtr 10 months ago
Truly one of the greatest songs ever!! This track is real, true music at its best. I agree with TJTele52, wishing this track lasted for 10 minutes.....well, maybe 12 minutes =)
65mecca 2 years ago
One of the greatest songs I ever heard, thank you for posting this.
virtr3uoso 2 years ago
Amoung the deepest music I've ever heard.
zeppelin8 2 years ago 18
I grew up listening to this cut over and over wore my old man's record out just playin this track...my favorite piece by Wes...I wish it went on for 10 minutes...at least...
TJTele52 2 years ago 2
thx for video, I love WM music.
mrc926 2 years ago
Great guitaiist -jazz
for rock the late Jimi hendrix or current Slash
mrc926 2 years ago