Classics, Vol. 22: Wes Montgomery
Released: June 1967
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Released: June 1967
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Unlike other greatest-hits collections of Wes Montgomery's A&M material, this one actually burrows into the vaults and comes up with five unreleased tracks -- all with small combos -- from the...
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Kismet
Released: Apr 22, 1958
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Released: Apr 22, 1958
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Wes Montgomery's only featured appearance on a Mastersounds album has been excerpted here and there on LP and CD but never reissued in its entirety; this is both difficult and easy to understand....
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Round Midnight
Released: Mar 27, 1965
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Released: Mar 27, 1965
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Six selections of small-group Montgomery taken from the two albums, Impressions and Solitude. ~ Michael Erlewine, All Music Guide
The Alternative Wes Montgomery
Released: Oct 12, 1960
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Released: Oct 12, 1960
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This CD has 12 "alternate" versions of songs recorded in a variety of settings by guitarist Wes Montgomery during his period with Riverside. Montgomery's sidemen include tenor-saxophonist Johnny...
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Beginnings
Released: Dec 30, 1957
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Released: Dec 30, 1957
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At the time that guitarist Wes Montgomery recorded "Finger Pickin'" on Dec. 30, 1957, he was an unknown guitarist from Indianapolis who a decade earlier had toured a bit with Lionel Hampton. By the...
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Boss Guitar
Released: Apr 22, 1963
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Released: Apr 22, 1963
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Guitarist Wes Montgomery's string of brilliant straightahead jazz recordings for the Riverside label was near its end when he recorded this trio outing with organist Mel Rhyne and drummer Jimmy...
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Bumpin'
Released: May 1965
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Released: May 1965
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Taking the listener on a smoother, rather than bumpier, ride down the moonlight highway of jazz is Wes Montgomery, a chief architect of the world's guitar virtuoso scene. Not only is his brilliant...
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