He was incapable of playing a wrong note. As great as I am sure you thought Wes was, he was 1000×'s greater than that.

Wes actually hits a wrong note here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y8-GmrJ_3p7PfY0.html but that’s the only clam I’ve ever heard him make!

Seriously, I want to know too, not once. Not even people with perfect pitch, perfect intervallic ears, etc. are this capable of perfection, much less gorgeous melodies, MUCH LESS playing said melodies spontaneously without prior preparation. Keep in mind this is all without mentioning his chord (much different than soloing only with single notes), which despite him not knowing intermediate+ theory, are occassionally highly advanced

Re: "Wes is just amazing. This guy never played a wrong note in his life. How is that even possible?" The word "genius" gets overused - a lot - in the context of popular music - but the term is entirely apt in the case of John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery. He was the real thing, a musical genius in every sense of the word. Even his fellow jazz performers, many of them elite players themselves, were in awe of his talent. Great bassist and fellow Indianapolis jamming partner Larry Ridley said after his death, "Wes had something only God can give a man..."

Theres no wrong notes, only wrong resolutions.

Me to! I was a junior in high school in 1963 when my classmate introduced me to his music and jazz back in 1963! That friend just died. I don't think I ever thanked him for the education he provided.

@@1yourAmigo2 well,he probably knows now...I heard Wes on public radio.I have played lots of shows and benefits for public radio and always tell the "story" but,as you know one event can change your life's course and Wes enriched my journey then and now

You too?

What?

Clark Terry and Wes Montgomery two of the greatest jazz musicians I've had the privilege to hear, and the icing on the cake when they swing together.

I played with Clark in 1960, 1967 & 1974.......and with Ruud on tour to Canada from Holland, with Toon Hermans in 1968!

@@jamesgallagher_nysf 'Clark Terry, Wes Montgomery - VARA Radio - 1965' on Varagram (released in 1988)

There has been other genius before him...

​@@lacroixphilippe5433That is redundant. Yet he manages to surpass them?

@@lkd982 a genius is a genius. No genius surpasses the other.

All honors due to Wes, of course, but the Pim Jacobs Trio were absolutely amazing playing with him! They had wonderful chemistry together, and it is a real pity they didn't have the opportunity to work together more often. Clark Terry sounds very comfortable in this setting as well. What a splendid musician that man was!

Guess he is busy jamming with Hendrix

the thumb !!

It is also his soul. I can play with thumb but it doesn't sound like this

Exactly, bro!

Bass- Ruud Jacobs Drums - Han Bennink Piano - Pim Jacobs

Charlie Christian?

Doesn't sound like Harold Mabern to me so guess it was the dutch guys. They swinging their butts off!

It's the Dutch guys alright! Piano - Pim Jacobs Bass - Ruud Jacobs Drums - Han Bennink Recorded April 2, 1965, VARA-studio 7, Hilversum, Holland.

The usual key for Just Friends is in fact G major. It starts with a Cmaj7, which is the 4th mode of the G major scale. Not very usual to start a standard with the IV of the tonality, but hey! It's Jazz!

@@gustavopefaur Hmmm. "usual". Barney Kessel and lots of guitar players play it in F. Somebody do a count. Oh....nevermind :)

I usually play it on G major, unpess I reading trumpet music! I saw Pat Martino brilliant vetsion was in F. Written out for guitar I think it was F, and not just Bb instrument.

lmL

If you are the bass player you can hit wring notes! Not so much for the single note instruments. Piano and guitar can make a better case for a ' wrong' note or chord being ' right if you look at it like this'. Bass, not so much

@@doitnowvideosyeah5841 I'm going to reluctantly agree with you. Bass notes, as played on an upright string bass, are often less clearly heard and often heard as a "thump". Sometimes even by bass players. I discovered, many years ago while putting new strings on my bass, that the notes on my bass sounded more resonant and more like "real" notes when I had strung only 3 strings and not 4. I suspect that the addition of the 4th string may have had a muffling effect. I'm sure someone has studied or examined such a thing. Early string basses had just 3 strings (I have read) so I'm wondering about the reasoning that led to the 4th string. Somebody knows; others will guess.

Maybe: Pim Jacobs (p) Ruud Jacobs (b) Han Bennink (dr) www.discogs.com/Clark-Terry-Wes-Montgomery-VARA-Radio-1965/release/5270329

Wes, Wes & Wes.

The Best

@@guitarman6742 Don't forget Wes

You can purchase the CD on Discogs

Thx. Do u know the title?

@@sblack48 Straight, No Chaser import by Wes Montgomery