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  • SIMPLY SIX: Slo-Mo featuring Mic Wrecka

    Slo-Mo featuring Mic Wrecka are from Philadelphia and combines hip hop with steel guiatr. 1. For ma

  • Wes Montgomery - Greensleeves [Jazz Guitar]

    Wes Montgomery - Greensleeves From Album: Wes Montgomery ~ Road Song[1968]. John Leslie Wes Montgome

  • The John Coltrane Songbook

    John Coltrane revolutionized the sound of modern jazz and wrote a number of compositions that have b

  • Eric Johnson

    Eric Johnson; there's something in the water in Texas and it must be talent, melody or some kind of

  • Wes Montgomery – Besame Mucho (Jazz Guitar)

    Wes Montgomery - Besame Mucho (Jazz Guitar) From Album: Wes Montgomery ~ Boss Guitar. John Leslie We

    • Biography Wes Montgomery

    Wes Montgomery
    John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (6 March 1925 - 15 June 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. He is generally considered one of the major jazz guitarists, alongside such figures as Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian. http://wc06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=WES|MONTGOMERY&sql=11:fifyxqy5ldhe~T1 Biography Montgomery was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. He came from a musical family, in which his brothers, Monk (string bass and electric bass) and Buddy (vibraphone, and piano), were jazz performers. Although he was not skilled at reading music, he could learn complex melodies and riffs by ear. Montgomery started learning guitar at the age of 19, listening to and learning recordings of his idol, the guitarist Charlie Christian. He was known for his ability to play Christian solos note for note and was hired by Lionel Hampton for this ability. Montgomery is often considered the greatest of modern jazz

    Discography

    California Dreaming
    California Dreaming


    Jazz Guitar - Django Reinhardt, Kenny Burrell, Barney Kessel, George Benson, Wes Montgomery
    Jazz Guitar - Django Reinhardt, Kenny Burrell, Barney Kessel, George Benson, Wes Montgomery


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