Boss Guitar (album)

Boss Guitar is the ninth album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1963 by Riverside Records.

It has been reissued by Original Jazz Classics with additional alternate takes. All the tracks are available on the Wes Montgomery compilation CD The Complete Riverside Recordings.

Reception
Allmusic jazz critic Scott Yanow called Boss Guitar "Enjoyable if not essential." and David Rickert, for All About Jazz stated, "Montgomery was always at his best as the sole lead instrument, as this recording will attest."

Track listing

 * 1) "Besame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar) – 6:28
 * 2) "Besame Mucho" [Alternate take] (Velazquez, Skylar) – 6:24
 * 3) "Dearly Beloved" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 4:49
 * 4) "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 3:44
 * 5) "The Trick Bag" (Wes Montgomery) – 4:25
 * 6) "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 5:04
 * 7) "Fried Pies" (Montgomery) – 6:42
 * 8) "Fried Pies" Alternate take (Montgomery) – 6:35
 * 9) "The Breeze and I" (Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman) – 4:08
 * 10) "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer) – 4:39

Personnel
Production notes:
 * Wes Montgomery – guitar
 * Melvin Rhyne – organ
 * Jimmy Cobb – drums
 * Orrin Keepnews – producer
 * Ray Fowler – engineer