Wes Montgomery
Electric Guitar Solo on
Polka Dots and Moonbeams

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Wes Montgomery's electric guitar solo is the opening of 2 solos on this recording, before Tommy Flanagan's closing piano statement. Spanning half a chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a ballad tempo of 45 BPM in G, the solo runs approximately 1:25. Jimmy Van Heusen's "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" receives a tender solo guitar treatment on Wes Montgomery's 1960 album The Incredible Jazz Guitar, with Montgomery delivering a half-chorus improvisation at a slow 45 beats per minute in G major. Wes Montgomery begins to improvise at the bridge and continues to the end of the form. Wes Montgomery was 36 to 37 years old at the time of this 1960 recording.

Wes Montgomery was 36 to 37 years old at the time.