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About Tim Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald’s official site centers his work on guitar, arranging, and the ensemble Tim Fitzgerald’s Full House. The artist-approved album notes document more than twenty years studying Wes Montgomery’s recorded work alongside an active career as a Chicago session player and leader.[1][2]
The notes identify Fitzgerald as author of 625 Alive, a transcription and analysis of Montgomery’s BBC performance. They then distinguish that research from the septet he founded in 2015 to develop new three-horn-and-guitar arrangements of Montgomery compositions.[2]
Tim Fitzgerald’s Full House, released in 2022, documents the septet after Chicago residencies and one-night engagements. The album credits Fitzgerald as executive producer and co-producer and separates his arrangements from additional arrangements by Victor Garcia and Chris Madsen.[2]
625 Alive
Fitzgerald’s book transcribes and analyzes a Wes Montgomery BBC performance as a separate research project.[2]
Full House septet
The ensemble founded in 2015 expands guitar arrangements through a three-horn front line and rhythm section.[2]
Chicago development
The album notes connect the group’s recorded approach to residencies, sessions, and sustained work among Chicago musicians.[2]