Wes Montgomery: Transcribed Scores Paperback – June 1, 1988

Wes Montgomery was one of my favorites, I loved his beautiful octave playing along with his wonderful jazz improvisations. I know he took a lot of heat for being commercial, but he was a family man and wanted to be able to support his wife and large family. A man has to do what a man has to do and he did it to the end of his life. His lovely wife Serene passed away earlier this year at 96 years of age, she I know inspired him. This book fills in some gaps of my knowledge of Wes, I only wish he could have lived longer.

There's simply not a lot of info out there about Wes. The book does a better job than any I've found at giving information about Wes's upbringing, his life, and especially his rig. I would say only get this book if you're a die-hard Wes fan. Otherwise, you'd be better off with a coffee table book or something with big pictures and the same information that you can find on Wikipedia.

Wes had an incredible jazz vocabulary! This book gives us peep into how his mind worked, musically that is. That's a fascinating endeavor!

This book is wonderful, but it tended to get redundant after awhile. Still, it is a great book about one of my biggest musical influences. I loved the “guitaristically speaking” chapter.

I am playing like Wes because of this book.

This biography is a quick read but does have its moments. As far as information on Wes goes this does provide the reader with most of the known facts, however there are only about 50 pages dedicated to his life (with the rest being dedicated to quotes and his technique). If you're looking for a good jazz biography I would instead suggest reading Herbie Hancock's, Bill Evans' or Miles Davis'.

Perfect

What I recieved is not in score format. It reads : "Wes Montgomery Artist Transcriptions for guitar". Possible mis-ship? Maybe so. This is standard notation for the guitar part only with chord symbols. There is also a miss print on page 87 with the last 7 bars of melody coming late; after 7 bars of solo. That being said it's a great resource.

My son was so pleased with this book. Good price

Pas d'hésitation, livre très bien conçu, les transcriptions sont impeccables et fidèles aux divers enregistrement dont les versions sont d'ailleurs mentionnées suivant les albums de référence du grand Wes. Demande pour moi beaucoup de travail, pas forcément sur le plan "technique" mais surtout le transfert des relevés sur le manche de la guitare, recherche des accords notés (génial)...Car (et c'est très bien comme çà) même en sachant lire la musique il me faut vraiment tout retourner dans tous les sens afin de trouver les bons doigtés et bonnes positions sur la manche afin de pouvoir exécuter au mieux ce qui est écrit. Bref, un "must have" pour musicien curieux et patient qui oblige à se servir de son cerveau...en résumé, un excellent ouvrage bien plus efficace que les relevés tablatures (à mon avis). TOP NIVEAU, surtout ne pas se décourager, on découvre quand même l'art de jouer du plus grand guitariste jazz de l'histoire, et on se demande tous comment c'est possible de jouer tout çà avec le pouce...