Wes Montgomery, Legendary Jazz Guitarist, 8x10 - Easy Digital Download!

Wes Montgomery is the father of modern Jazz guitar, but it was not because he played with his thumb or used octaves.

Compared to a lot of other great improvisers then Wes plays a lot of short phrases, especially if you compare him to a lot of other bebop and hardbop guitarists, but that is also one thing that he uses to make his solos so incredibly melodic and often also incredibly groovy. AKA "West Coast Blues."

One of the things that Wes does really well is to make every note count, and he doesn’t rely on using many notes very often.