After Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery was the
third major innovator in jazz guitar. Although he passed away over 50
years ago, his outstanding musicality and his style of playing have been
influential to most of the younger jazz guitarists. Wes Montgomery
broadened the vocabulary of jazz guitar like no other and it seems that
even decades after his passing, his importance is increasing. This is
the first biography on Wes Montgomery in over 30 years, covering the
details of his early days, reviews of over 50 albums and a full
chronological discography