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Transcript: Reflections on Jazz Guitarist Wes Montgomery
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- NPR Morning Edition
- Article date:
- March 4, 1993
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NEAL CONAN, Host: The thumb inspired a generation of guitarists.
Remembering Wes Montgomery, after these headlines from Jean Cochran.
[headlines]
CONAN: Jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery became a household name in the
mid-1960s with his lush instrumental recordings.
[recording of `I Went Out of My Head']
CONAN: `I Went Out of My Head' won him a Grammy in 1965. A Day in
the Life is the best-selling jazz album of 1967. While his pop records
introduced him to a wide audience, Montgomery was a legend among musicians
ever since his first records came out in the late 1950s. Until then,
just about every jazz guitarist was following the footsteps of this
...