The blueprint of jazz guitar begins with Wes Montgomery.
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@SVG__Collection Django created the jazz guitar blueprint imo. Wes Montgomery created the blueprint of the cool.
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@SVG__Collection I’m pretty sure Wes would say it began with Charlie Christian. Charlie, Django, and Wes are the Holy Trinity of jazz guitar.
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@SVG__Collection And all played with just the thumb! This sublime BBC recording blows me away: https://t.co/Lc9zyCw1Jf
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@SVG__Collection Love Wes Montgomery but the blueprint starts with Charlie Christian. I realize that is before 1959.
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@SVG__Collection Si buscas el ADN de la guitarra de jazz, tienes que empezar con Wes Montgomery. 🎸 Su uso revolucionario de las octavas y ese tono pulgar distintivo sentó las bases para generaciones de guitarristas. Simplemente, el blueprint (el plano maestro) del jazz moderno. #WesMontgomery
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@SVG__Collection And Wes himself would have told you it begins with . . . https://t.co/Uj6keolvMc
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@SVG__Collection One of the greats in jazz music. He played many popular classics in jazz format. Great easy listening.
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@SVG__Collection We had Charlie Christian and Django way before him. Wes was brilliant and found new ways to play it, but we can't call it the beginning.
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@SVG__Collection Interesting technique, picking with the side of his thumb. Great precision and control.
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@SVG__Collection The Wes Montgomery album “Smokin at the half note” is a quintessential album that you need in your jazz collection. One of the all time greats.
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@SVG__Collection I was mainly a Joe Pass and Tal Farlow influenced player, I love Wes, but I do think he is a little overrated.
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@SVG__Collection One of my favorites that inspired me to start playing with my hand instead of a pick all the time, it's so much better and fatter tones that way
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