Rok, amazing Wes Montgomery clip. Swinging like mad and lots of heat. Loved it! Thanks for that. Wes Montgomery is brilliant as always and Johnny Griffin sounds amazing.
I love the way great players “communicate” during a great performance and send musical cues to each other that then influence the way the other player plays; players are glued to each other musically and taking in everything that each other does. There’s a great example of this in that clip. Listen to what Montgomery does in his solo at 1:39, he plays a phrase by sliding from note to note in a way that is actually very “guitaristic”, but stands out in the context of the entire solo. Now, listen to what Johnny Griffin does at 4:45 in his solo. Griffin is one my favorite tenor players and I have many recordings of him as leader, as sideman and I heard him live twice (Village Vanguard, 90’s); I have never heard him do what he did at 4:45. He mimicked what Wes did at 1:39. If one listens really closely, in the background one can hear who I would bet is Wes Montgomery saying “Yeah!” after the first time Griffin makes those note slides, as if to say “You owe me a beer”. Love that stuff! That’s a record to buy.
btw, what is that voice at 2:40. Some strange Satanic message? 😳
I love the way great players “communicate” during a great performance and send musical cues to each other that then influence the way the other player plays; players are glued to each other musically and taking in everything that each other does. There’s a great example of this in that clip. Listen to what Montgomery does in his solo at 1:39, he plays a phrase by sliding from note to note in a way that is actually very “guitaristic”, but stands out in the context of the entire solo. Now, listen to what Johnny Griffin does at 4:45 in his solo. Griffin is one my favorite tenor players and I have many recordings of him as leader, as sideman and I heard him live twice (Village Vanguard, 90’s); I have never heard him do what he did at 4:45. He mimicked what Wes did at 1:39. If one listens really closely, in the background one can hear who I would bet is Wes Montgomery saying “Yeah!” after the first time Griffin makes those note slides, as if to say “You owe me a beer”. Love that stuff! That’s a record to buy.
btw, what is that voice at 2:40. Some strange Satanic message? 😳