Hear, hear: ‘Road Song,’ the sophistication of Wes

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:08:11 +0000

The strings. His brother’s bass. The horns. That last, haunting note.

And through it all, there’s Wes.

Am working, with some jazz providing background. Wes Montgomery’s “Road Song” just played.

According to an Amazon.com reviewer, he died of a heart attack on June 15, 1968, a month before the posthumously released “Road Song” was recorded.

I won’t head to Amazon for it. Thanks to the Father’s Day gift of a turntable from my youngest a couple of years ago, I’ll be spinning the “Day in the Life” album again.

But I stopped working long enough to jump to Google. Found this. It’s long, so I scrolled down to Nat Adderley on Wes (Part V).

Seemed to say it all about this fine artist.

The strings. His brother’s bass. The horns and Herbie. That last, haunting note.

Through it all, there’s Wes.

Am working, with some broadcast jazz providing background. Wes Montgomery’s “Road Song” just played.

According to an Amazon.com reviewer, John Leslie Montgomery died of a heart attack on June 15, 1968, a month before his posthumously released “Road Song” was recorded.

I’ll forgo heading to Amazon for it. Instead, thanks to some Father’s Day love in the form of a turntable from my youngest a couple of years ago, I’ll just spin my “Day in the Life” vinyl again.

But I did pause working long enough to jump to Google. Found this. It’s long, so I scrolled down.

Nat Adderley on Wes (Part V) seemed to say it all.

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Hear, hear: ‘Road Song,’ the sophistication of Wes