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The Soul Jazz Guitar of Montgomery, Burrell and Green (1960 - 1965)

By Russell Perry | Jazz at 100
March 31, 2020
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Hard bop created a comfortable setting for a suite of great blues-influenced guitar players who led the way toward soul jazz. Several of these players were from the mid-west -

Wes Montgomery

guitar
1923 - 1968

" data-original-title="" title="">Wes Montgomery from Indianapolis,

Grant Green

guitar
1935 - 1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Grant Green from St. Louis and Detroit's

" data-original-title="" title="">Kenny Burrell. The next three hours of Jazz at 100 will present music from the 1960s that combined the heavy beat and blues-influenced phrasing of R&B with the harmonic discoveries of bebop to create a style loosely called Soul Jazz, starting with these guitar players.

Playlist

Host Intro 0:00
Wes Montgomery Quartet "West Coast Blues" from The Incredible Jazz Guitar (Riverside) 3:39
Nat Adderley
trumpet
1931 - 2000
" data-original-title="" title="">Nat Adderley Sextet "Work Song" from Work Song (Riverside) 10:59
Host speaks 15:12
Wes Montgomery with
Oliver Nelson
saxophone
1932 - 1975
" data-original-title="" title="">Oliver Nelson Orchestra "Twisted Blues" from The Norton Jazz Collection (Norton) 16:20
Host speaks 20:34
Grant Green Quartet plus
Ike Quebec
saxophone, tenor
1918 - 1963
" data-original-title="" title="">Ike Quebec "My One and Only Love" from Born To Be Blue (Blue Note) 23:09
Grant Green Quartet plus Ike Quebec "If I Should Lose You" from Born To Be Blue (Blue Note) 28:57
Host speaks 34:59
Kenny Burrell -
Coleman Hawkins
saxophone, tenor
1904 - 1969
" data-original-title="" title="">Coleman Hawkins Quintet "I Thought About You" from Bluesy Burrell (Moodsville) 37:10
Kenny Burrell -Coleman Hawkins Quintet "Montono Blues" from Bluesy Burrell (Moodsville) 41:48
Host speaks 46:32
Kenny Burrell solo "Soul Lament" from Midnight Blue (Blue Note) 48:15
Kenny Burrell Quintet "Midnight Blue" from Midnight Blue (Blue Note) 50:54
Host Outro 54:51

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