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All eight of the albums Wes Montgomery issued on Verve in the mid-'60s (including the two he did with organist Jimmy Smith) are on this limited-edition, five-CD box set. With the addition of 20 bonus tracks (none previously unreleased, some of them alternate takes or overdubbed versions) and a 76-page booklet that includes readable reproductions of the original LP sleeves, it's the definitive compilation of his work for the label. By its very size, of course, its appeal might be limited to completists and serious collectors. But its no-stone-unturned thoroughness can't be faulted, and it sensitively separates the purest straight-ahead jazz material (all of the cuts recorded in 1965 for Smokin' at the Half Note) onto one CD, as well as placing the Montgomery-Smith albums so that they're heard in succession on the last half of disc four and the first half of disc five.
Montgomery's Verve period is the source of some contention among critics and fans. Numerous jazz authorities are of the opinion that Wes by far did his finest work when he operated with standard, straight-ahead small jazz groups early in his recording career, and declined substantially when he moved to Verve, primarily owing to increasingly commercial material and orchestrated arrangements. Most listeners with some open-mindedness, however, will find at least some material here to value -- not just the all-out straight jazz sessions on Smokin' at the Half Note, but also on the cuts with more pop-oriented backing. First, it should be pointed out that the pop and rock covers for which Montgomery's Verve releases are most often derided -- particularly "Goin' Out of My Head" and "California Dreaming" -- are a fairly small minority of the songs he recorded for the label. Of more importance, the combination of Montgomery's always excellent guitar playing with orchestrated arrangements (variously by Johnny Pate, Don Sebesky, Oliver Nelson, and Claus Ogerman) actually works well much of the time. At its best, the blend achieves a cinematic sense of drama, as well as a form of jazz that many more pop-oriented listeners will find more accessible than much of conventional jazz.
That also means, of course, that a good number of jazz specialists will find that material unpalatable, and there are some tracks where the embellishments verge upon becoming too sweet and middle of the road. But there are at least as many such cuts that even jazzheads should enjoy, both for Montgomery's playing and the effective, and at times adventurous addition of big-band elements. Quite a few tracks, in fact, are downright excellent. Standouts include the Montgomery-Smith recording "13 (Death March)"; the superb soul-jazz of another Montgomery-Smith highlight, "O.G.D. (aka Road Song)"; the simmering groove of "Bumpin' on Sunset"; or the unfettered, bluesy strut "Just Walkin'." Ultimately, Montgomery's Verve output must be considered more a success than a failure, and more worthy than embarrassing. And while his shifting approaches ensures that almost everyone will find this box an inconsistent listen, it's ultimately quite a worthy collection of a notable period in his career.
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Quentin Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Duke Ellington, Composer - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Scott, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Tizol, ComposerLyricist - Jerome Richardson, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Bobo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pate, Conductor - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Chauncey Welsch, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Don Butterfield, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Harvey Phillips, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quentin Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jule Styne, Composer - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Merrill, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Scott, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Bobo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pate, Conductor - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Chauncey Welsch, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Don Butterfield, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Harvey Phillips, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quentin Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Scott, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Bobo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pate, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Chauncey Welsch, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Don Butterfield, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - John L. Montgomery, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer - Harvey Phillips, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Durval Ferreira, ComposerLyricist - Quentin Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Bobby Scott, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Bobo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pate, Conductor, Artist - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Chauncey Welsch, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Don Butterfield, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Luiz Freire, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer - Harvey Phillips, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quentin Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Bock, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Scott, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Sheldon Harnick, ComposerLyricist - Jerome Richardson, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Bobo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pate, Conductor - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Chauncey Welsch, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Don Butterfield, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Harvey Phillips, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quentin Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Scott, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Bobo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pate, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Chauncey Welsch, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Don Butterfield, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Harvey Phillips, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quentin Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Bobby Scott, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Bobo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - ALEC WILDER, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Pate, Conductor, Artist, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Chauncey Welsch, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Gino Paoli, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Don Butterfield, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Harvey Phillips, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quentin Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Scott, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Bobo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pate, Conductor - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Chauncey Welsch, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Don Butterfield, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - BILLY TAYLOR, Composer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Harvey Phillips, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quentin Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Scott, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Bobo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pate, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Chauncey Welsch, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Don Butterfield, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Harvey Phillips, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quentin Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel TORME, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wells, ComposerLyricist - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Scott, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Bobo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pate, Conductor - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Chauncey Welsch, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Don Butterfield, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Harvey Phillips, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quentin Jackson, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Scott, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Richardson, Woodwinds, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Bobo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pate, Conductor, Artist - Clark Terry, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Chauncey Welsch, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Don Butterfield, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Harvey Phillips, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Sebesky, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Orloff, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Gershman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Eidus, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Ricci, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charles McCracken, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Lookofsky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Schwartz, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Kellaway, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Margaret Ross, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Coletta, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - John L. Montgomery, ComposerLyricist - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Eley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Sol Shapiro, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Haber, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Malignaggi, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Kellaway, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Sebesky, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Orloff, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Gershman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Eidus, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Ricci, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charles McCracken, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Lookofsky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Kander, ComposerLyricist - Fred Ebb, ComposerLyricist - David Schwartz, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Kellaway, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Margaret Ross, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Coletta, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Eley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Helcio Milito, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Sol Shapiro, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Haber, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Malignaggi, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Sebesky, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Orloff, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Gershman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Eidus, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Ricci, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charles McCracken, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Lookofsky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dizzy Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - David Schwartz, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Kellaway, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Margaret Ross, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Coletta, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Eley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Helcio Milito, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Sol Shapiro, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Haber, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Malignaggi, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Sebesky, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Orloff, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Gershman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Eidus, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Ricci, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charles McCracken, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - JOHNNY MANDEL, ComposerLyricist - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Lookofsky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Francis Webster, ComposerLyricist - David Schwartz, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Kellaway, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Margaret Ross, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Coletta, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Eley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Sol Shapiro, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Haber, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Malignaggi, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Sebesky, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Orloff, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Gershman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Eidus, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Ricci, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charles McCracken, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Lookofsky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Schwartz, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Kellaway, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Margaret Ross, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Coletta, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Eley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Sol Shapiro, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Haber, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Malignaggi, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Sebesky, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Orloff, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Gershman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Eidus, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Ricci, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charles McCracken, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Lookofsky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - David Schwartz, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Kellaway, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Margaret Ross, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Coletta, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Eley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Sol Shapiro, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Haber, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Malignaggi, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Sebesky, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Orloff, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Gershman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Eidus, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Ricci, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charles McCracken, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Lookofsky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Schwartz, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Kellaway, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Margaret Ross, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Coletta, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Donald John Sebesky, ComposerLyricist - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Eley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Sol Shapiro, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Haber, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Malignaggi, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Sebesky, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Orloff, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Gershman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Eidus, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Ricci, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charles McCracken, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Lookofsky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - David Schwartz, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Kellaway, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Margaret Ross, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Coletta, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Eley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Sol Shapiro, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Haber, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Malignaggi, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Sebesky, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Orloff, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Gershman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Eidus, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Ricci, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charles McCracken, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Lookofsky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Guy B. Wood, ComposerLyricist - Robert Mellin, ComposerLyricist - David Schwartz, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Kellaway, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Margaret Ross, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Coletta, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Eley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Sol Shapiro, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Haber, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Malignaggi, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Sebesky, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Orloff, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Gershman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Eidus, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Ricci, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charles McCracken, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Lookofsky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - David Schwartz, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Roger Kellaway, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Margaret Ross, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Coletta, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Eley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Sol Shapiro, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Haber, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Malignaggi, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Miles Davis, ComposerLyricist - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly Trio, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - Paul Chambers, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tadd Dameron, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly Trio, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly Trio, MainArtist - Sam J. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly Trio, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Haggart, Composer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Chambers, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly Trio, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Chambers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Ronell, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly Trio, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Chambers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Burge, ComposerLyricist - Wynton Kelly Trio, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer - Robinson J. Russel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author - Paul Chambers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly Trio, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Chambers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly Trio, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Chambers, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Burke, Author - Erroll Garner, Composer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly Trio, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Coltrane, ComposerLyricist - Paul Chambers, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Wynton Kelly Trio, Ensemble - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 3
Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Robert Weinstein, ComposerLyricist - Teddy Randazo, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vinicius De Moraes, Author - António Carlos Jobim, Composer - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Wes Montgomery, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - John L. Montgomery, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert B. Sherman, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Richard M. Sherman, ComposerLyricist - R. And R. Sherman, Composer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Wes Montgomery, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Wes Montgomery, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - John L. Montgomery, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
EDWARD C. REDDING, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ervin M. Drake, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Victor Young, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Livingston, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - RAYMOND B. EVANS, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Miller, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Rio, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Shanklin, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Shanklin, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Miller, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gene Orloff, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Gershman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Eidus, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Ricci, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Charles McCracken, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Vinicius De Moraes, ComposerLyricist - António Carlos Jobim, ComposerLyricist - Ray Barretto, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Lookofsky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Emanuel Green, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Harvey Shapiro, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Malin, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Bernard Eichen, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Abe Kessler, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Wes Montgomery, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joseph Zawinul, ComposerLyricist - Ben Raleigh, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Joe Zawinul, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
All eight of the albums Wes Montgomery issued on Verve in the mid-'60s (including the two he did with organist Jimmy Smith) are on this limited-edition, five-CD box set. With the addition of 20 bonus tracks (none previously unreleased, some of them alternate takes or overdubbed versions) and a 76-page booklet that includes readable reproductions of the original LP sleeves, it's the definitive compilation of his work for the label. By its very size, of course, its appeal might be limited to completists and serious collectors. But its no-stone-unturned thoroughness can't be faulted, and it sensitively separates the purest straight-ahead jazz material (all of the cuts recorded in 1965 for Smokin' at the Half Note) onto one CD, as well as placing the Montgomery-Smith albums so that they're heard in succession on the last half of disc four and the first half of disc five.
Montgomery's Verve period is the source of some contention among critics and fans. Numerous jazz authorities are of the opinion that Wes by far did his finest work when he operated with standard, straight-ahead small jazz groups early in his recording career, and declined substantially when he moved to Verve, primarily owing to increasingly commercial material and orchestrated arrangements. Most listeners with some open-mindedness, however, will find at least some material here to value -- not just the all-out straight jazz sessions on Smokin' at the Half Note, but also on the cuts with more pop-oriented backing. First, it should be pointed out that the pop and rock covers for which Montgomery's Verve releases are most often derided -- particularly "Goin' Out of My Head" and "California Dreaming" -- are a fairly small minority of the songs he recorded for the label. Of more importance, the combination of Montgomery's always excellent guitar playing with orchestrated arrangements (variously by Johnny Pate, Don Sebesky, Oliver Nelson, and Claus Ogerman) actually works well much of the time. At its best, the blend achieves a cinematic sense of drama, as well as a form of jazz that many more pop-oriented listeners will find more accessible than much of conventional jazz.
That also means, of course, that a good number of jazz specialists will find that material unpalatable, and there are some tracks where the embellishments verge upon becoming too sweet and middle of the road. But there are at least as many such cuts that even jazzheads should enjoy, both for Montgomery's playing and the effective, and at times adventurous addition of big-band elements. Quite a few tracks, in fact, are downright excellent. Standouts include the Montgomery-Smith recording "13 (Death March)"; the superb soul-jazz of another Montgomery-Smith highlight, "O.G.D. (aka Road Song)"; the simmering groove of "Bumpin' on Sunset"; or the unfettered, bluesy strut "Just Walkin'." Ultimately, Montgomery's Verve output must be considered more a success than a failure, and more worthy than embarrassing. And while his shifting approaches ensures that almost everyone will find this box an inconsistent listen, it's ultimately quite a worthy collection of a notable period in his career.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
Informationen zu dem Album
- 5 Disc(s) - 82 Track(s)
- Gesamte Laufzeit: 06:21:27
- Künstler: Wes Montgomery
- Komponist: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 2011 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2011 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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