Boss Guitar

Montgomery's bop period ended much too soon, but thankfully, he recorded his share of rewarding bop albums when he was still bop-oriented, one of them being Boss Guitar. It's a trio recording, employing Mel Rhyne on organ and Jimmy Cobb on performances that have held up well over time; Montgomery shows how expressive a ballad player he could be and swings the blues with pleasing results dabbled in medium-tempo Latin jazz. Boss Guitar is among the bop-oriented Montgomery albums that should continue to be savoured after all these years.