POST # 242 McCoy Tyner on Wes Montgomery's Funny Side

Wes had such a dry sense of humor. Sometimes he would say something funny, and then look at you with a straight face. After making you laugh, he'd laugh at you laughing. One time we crossed paths in Buffalo, New York; he was with his group and I was with Coltrane. Wes mentioned that he wasn't feeling well, so I offered to take him to a health food store. After one bite of that stuff, he asked, "My god, what is this?" A few years later at a little party in Oakland, he teased me by saying, "This guy told me he had something good to eat, and then he brought out what looked like a tree!" - McCoy Tyner

( McCoy Tyner, great pianist....not so great health practitioner. - Ed )