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Wes Montgomery
In his skyrocketing but tragically brief career (his first album as a leader came late in 1959; he died of a heart attack in 1968), Wes Montgomery completely revolutionized jazz guitar. But when first discovered, he was working in the basic guitar-organ-drums "bar band" format, and it remained a setting in which he always felt comfortable and creatively free. His first Riverside sessions (now OJCCD-034-2) and his last (OJCCD-144-2) were in this vein, but the present album–a 1963 date on which he is joined by hometown colleague Mel Rhyne on organ and spurred by a peak performance from drummer Jimmy Cobb–is widely regarded as the most fully effective of its kind.
with Mel Rhyne, Jimmy Cobb
TRACKLISTING
- 1. Besame Mucho (Take 3)
- 2. Besame Mucho (Take 2)
- 3. Dearly Beloved
- 4. Days Of Wine And Roses
- 5. The Trick Bag
- 6. Canadian Sunset
- 7. Fried Pies
- 8. Fried Pies (Take 1)
- 9. The Breeze And I
- 10. For Heaven's Sake
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