My Hero

[Track Rat]

This guy just blows me away. Even if you're not a jazz guy, you have to love this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLdrATV3S_Y&search=wes montgomery

 

[AlChuck]

Whoa, thanks for that! One of the all-time greats!

 

[Dogman]

That was mighty tasty....and 40 freakin years ago.....way cool....

 

[Track Rat]

And lots of cool German mics! It blows me away how he uses his thumb to pick with. He's the Master of octaves.

 

[jfrog]

Way cool!

I knew he picked w/ his thumb, but I'd never seen him actually play.

 

[notCardio]

One of the true greatest of all time

and not because he could shred. It's his melodic choice of notes. He could compose faster than I can think. Genius.

Oh, and did I mention?

He's from INDIANAPOLIS!

So there!

 

[Track Rat]

Yeah, so much of this stuff is improvisation. Talk about pulling it out of your nether regions.

 

[rpe]

He's a great player. Cool axe too.

 

[killthepixelnow]

Wes >Ion of my favorite jazz guitar players. Get "Full House" or "The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery" albums. True masterpieces.

 

[killthepixelnow]

Try this one too. Amazing playing ina Django Reinheart-ish mood:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_pfmrj0rxc&search=Django tiger

 

[ZoSo58LP]

oh. my. god. haha those vidoes are AMAZING

 

[Sirnothingness]

Ah, Eddie Van Halen blew him away.

 

[pohaku]

Very nice! Thanks!!

 

[Codmate]

Just stunning

 

[killthepixelnow]

Big fan of good old Eddie, but jazz guitarist definitively are "superior" (in a technical and rythmical sense of the word) Tal farlow, Wes Montgomery, Grant green, Django Reinhardt, George Benson and Charlie Christian are good examples of what I'm saying.

Of course I love metal guitarists: Eddie Van Halen, Paul Gilbert, Michael Romero, Muhammed Suicmez and Chuck Schuldinner come to my mind inmediatly.