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Wes Montgomery's electric guitar solo is the opening of 3 solos on this recording, followed by Tommy Flanagan on piano. Spanning nine choruses of the 16-Bar form at an up-tempo 204 BPM with a swing feel in G, the solo runs approximately 2:48. Montgomery's solo is a masterclass in construction, moving through his three signature textures of single notes, octaves, and block chords with a logic that makes each transition feel inevitable. Wes Montgomery was 36 to 37 years old at the time of this 1960 recording. The piece is a contrafact based on the chord changes of George Gershwin's Summertime, with Montgomery composing an original melody over the existing harmonic framework.
Wes Montgomery was 36 to 37 years old at the time.
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