Music by
Wes Montgomery
Here are some excerpts from some of Wes' (and Charlie Christian's)
performances and recordings. Each is 10 to 30 seconds long. You can
hear them either in .au format (click
blue note) or .wav format
(click red note).
The chorus to the famous West Coast Blues
Wes plays a solo in octaves on West Coast Blues
An octave solo on another famous Wes song, Four on Six
A fine single string solo on Sonny Rollins' Airegin
A solo from Cariba utilizing chords and octaves
Wes on his own plays Lerner and Loewe's I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
Charlie Christian playing Solo Flight, the song that inspired Wes to play guitar
Thanks to Duke University for providing the sounds