Portrait Of Wes

Wes Montgomery Trio

Portrait Of Wes

CD $11.98 $8.98

RELEASE DATE: 11 Jun 1990

OJCCD-144-2

LABEL: ORIGINAL JAZZ CLASSICS

GENRE: JAZZ

Wes Montgomery's last sessions for Riverside late in 1963 marked a return to the organ trio format he always enjoyed. But the results had not yet been issued when the company ceased operations. This LP (now on CD), released during a brief attempt to resume, was assembled without any input from either the artist or his producer. Thus the issued version of "Moanin'" was not one Wes liked and several liner credit errors went uncorrected [for example, the actual composer of "Lolita" is Barry Harris and the tune "Movin' Along" is an entirely different blues also written by Montgomery and later titled "Blues Riff"]. Nonetheless these are strong earthy performances in an always hard to find album that was only fleetingly available when originally issued.

with Mel Rhyne, George Brown


TRACKLISTING

  • 1. Freddie Freeloader
  • 2. Lolita
  • 3. Blues Riff
  • 4. Blues Riff (Take 8)
  • 5. Dangerous
  • 6. Yesterday's Child
  • 7. Moanin'
  • 8. Moanin' (Take 7)

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