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Shedding the temptation of bop purist revisionism that creeps into most assessments of Wes Montgomery, this Verve Jazz Masters volume gives newcomers a good cross-section of his Verve recordings: the orchestral Wes along with the small-group Wes. The sequencing, though out of chronological order, is quite clever and musical. Someone who has never heard Montgomery before will be drawn in most enticingly with his brief yet unforgettably catchy hit with Oliver Nelson, "Goin' Out of My Head." That is followed by the burnin' "Impressions" with the Wynton Kelly Trio live at the Half Note, which in turn gives way to a luscious Bumpin' outtake with strings, "My One and Only Love" and the Latin-grooving "Tequila," and the sequence rolls on smoothly and with considerable diversity from there. There are omissions -- nothing from the two albums with Jimmy Smith, nothing from the A&M catalog (which Verve's parent corporation, PolyGram, owns and could have easily drawn from). But one can still get an idea of how Montgomery's awesome technical facilities and magical melodic touch dazzled the musicians and wooed the general public of his time. If you don't watch yourself, buying this CD might lead to a full-blown Wes Montgomery addiction.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Robert Weinstein, ComposerLyricist - Teddy Randazo, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of 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.
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.
Eric Miller, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Rio, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 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.
Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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.
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.
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.
CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Miller, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 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.
Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - Wes Montgomery, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 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.
Wes Montgomery, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Shedding the temptation of bop purist revisionism that creeps into most assessments of Wes Montgomery, this Verve Jazz Masters volume gives newcomers a good cross-section of his Verve recordings: the orchestral Wes along with the small-group Wes. The sequencing, though out of chronological order, is quite clever and musical. Someone who has never heard Montgomery before will be drawn in most enticingly with his brief yet unforgettably catchy hit with Oliver Nelson, "Goin' Out of My Head." That is followed by the burnin' "Impressions" with the Wynton Kelly Trio live at the Half Note, which in turn gives way to a luscious Bumpin' outtake with strings, "My One and Only Love" and the Latin-grooving "Tequila," and the sequence rolls on smoothly and with considerable diversity from there. There are omissions -- nothing from the two albums with Jimmy Smith, nothing from the A&M catalog (which Verve's parent corporation, PolyGram, owns and could have easily drawn from). But one can still get an idea of how Montgomery's awesome technical facilities and magical melodic touch dazzled the musicians and wooed the general public of his time. If you don't watch yourself, buying this CD might lead to a full-blown Wes Montgomery addiction.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:19
- Main artists: Wes Montgomery
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Jazz
© 1993 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1993 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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