Boss Guitar

Boss Guitar is an album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery that was released in 1963 by Riverside. It was reissued on the Original Jazz Classics label with alternate takes.[1] All the tracks are available on Wes Montgomery: The Complete Riverside Recordings.

Boss Guitar
Studio album by
Wes Montgomery
Released1963
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)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Down Beat
(Original Lp release)		[2]
All About Jazz(no rating)[3]

Allmusic jazz critic Scott Yanow described Boss Guitar as being "Enjoyable if not essential."[1] and David Rickert, for All About Jazz stated, "Montgomery was always at his best as the sole lead instrument, as this recording will attest."[3]

Track listing
  1. "Besame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar) – 6:28
  2. "Besame Mucho" [Alternate take] (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" Alternate take (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

Personnel

Production notes:

References
  1. Nastos, Michael G. "Boss Guitar > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  2. Down Beat:September 12, 1963 Vol. 30, No.25
  3. Richert, David. "Boss Guitar > Review". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
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