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{{Infobox album
| name       = Boss Guitar
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Wes Montgomery]]
| cover      = Boss Guitar.jpg
| released   = July 1963<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WAsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=wes+montgomery+boss+guitar&pg=PA14|title=Billboard|date=August 10, 1963}}</ref>
| recorded   = April 22, 1963
| studio     = Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
| genre      = [[Jazz]]
| length     = 52:58 <small>(Reissue)</small>
| label      = [[Riverside Records|Riverside]]
| producer   = [[Orrin Keepnews]]
| prev_title = [[Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings]]
| prev_year  = 1963
| next_title = [[Portrait of Wes]]
| next_year  = 1963
}}
'''''Boss Guitar''''' is an album by American [[jazz]] guitarist [[Wes Montgomery]], released in 1963 by [[Riverside Records|Riverside]].<ref name=RS/> It was reissued on the [[Original Jazz Classics]] label with alternate takes.<ref name="AM" /> All the tracks are available on ''[[Wes Montgomery: The Complete Riverside Recordings]]''.
== Reception ==
{{Album ratings
| rev2 = ''[[DownBeat]]''<br />(''Original Lp release'')
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[[DownBeat]]:September 12, 1963 Vol. 30, No.25</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |first=Michael G. |last= Nastos |title= ''Boss Guitar'' > Review  |url= {{AllMusic|class=album|id= r144200 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate= December 18, 2010}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=485}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
|rev3score  = {{Rating|2.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1026}}</ref>
}}
[[AllMusic]] jazz critic [[Scott Yanow]] described ''Boss Guitar'' as "enjoyable if not essential."<ref name="AM" /> David Rickert, for ''[[All About Jazz]]'', stated: "Montgomery was always at his best as the sole lead instrument, as this recording will attest."<ref name="AAJ">{{cite web |first=David |last= Richert |title= ''Boss Guitar'' > Review  |url= http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=13325|publisher=[[All About Jazz]] |accessdate= December 18, 2010}}</ref>
==Track listing==
#"[[Besame Mucho]]" ([[Consuelo Velázquez]], [[Sunny Skylar]]) – 6:28
#"Besame Mucho" [Take 2]* (Velazquez, Skylar) – 6:24
#"Dearly Beloved" ([[Jerome Kern]], [[Johnny Mercer]]) – 4:49
#"[[Days of Wine and Roses (song)|Days of Wine and Roses]]" ([[Henry Mancini]], Johnny Mercer) – 3:44
#"The Trick Bag" (Wes Montgomery) – 4:25
#"[[Canadian Sunset]]" ([[Eddie Heywood]], [[Norman Gimbel]]) – 5:04
#"Fried Pies" (Montgomery) – 6:42
#"Fried Pies" [Take 1]* (Montgomery) – 6:35
#"[[The Breeze and I]]" ([[Ernesto Lecuona]], [[Al Stillman]]) – 4:08
#"For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, [[Sherman Edwards]], Donald Meyer) – 4:39
(*) ''[[Alternate take|Alternate takes]] not on original LP, included in CD reissue in 1989.''
==Personnel==
* [[Wes Montgomery]] – [[Gibson L-5|guitar]]
* [[Melvin Rhyne]] – [[Hammond organ|organ]]
* [[Jimmy Cobb]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
'''Production notes:'''
* [[Orrin Keepnews]] – producer
* Ray Fowler – engineer
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.jazzdisco.org/wes-montgomery/catalog/#riverside-rlp-459 Jazz Discography]
{{Montgomery Brothers}}
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[[Category:1963 albums]]
[[Category:Wes Montgomery albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews]]
[[Category:Riverside Records albums]]