Wes Montgomery

3 COMPLETE ALBUMS ON 3 CD SET Plus BONUS TRACKS

This 3-CD set presents all of the studio recordings made in a quartet format by the Montgomery Brothers, featuring Wes on guitar, Buddy on piano or vibes, and Monk on bass, backed by different drummers. Contained on this release are the complete contents of the classic original albums "The Montgomery Brothers" (Fantasy 3308), "Groove Yard" (Riverside RLP 9-362), and "The Montgomery Brothers in Canada" (Fantasy 3323), plus all other existing music from those dates. We have also included two isolated quartet sides (“All the Things You Are” and the studio version of “Summertime”), which were taped in 1957 and 1959, respectively, for albums that featured larger bands on the rest of the tracks.

As a bonus, we have added another quartet side from 1957, “Finger Pickin’”, on which Buddy Montgomery was replaced by another pianist, and the Montgomery Brothers’ complete 1961 extended live quartet date at Jorgies.

PERSONNEL:

WES MONTGOMERY, guitar
BUDDY MONTGOMERY, piano / vibes
MONK MONTGOMERY, bass
On all tracks, plus:

CD 1 [1]: PAUL PARKER, drums. Indianapolis, Indiana, December 30, 1957.
CD 1 [2]: LOUIS HAYES, drums. Los Angeles, October 1, 1959.
CD 1 [3-7]: LAWRENCE MARABLE, drums. San Francisco, fall 1960.
CD 1 [8-13] & CD 2 [1-6]: BOBBY THOMAS, drums. New York, January 3, 1961.
CD 2 [7-14]: & CD 3 [1-3]: PAUL HUMPHREY, drums. The Cellar, Vancouver, Canada, spring 1961.

INCLUDES 24-PAGE BOOKLET

CD 1: Total Time: 76:48 Min.

01 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
02 SUMMERTIME [1959 version]
03 D-NATURAL BLUES (aka MONTEREY BLUES)
04 JUNE IN JANUARY
05 BUDDY’S TUNE
06 LOVER MAN
07 JINGLES
08 BOCK TO BOCK
09 GROOVE YARD
10 IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU
11 DELIRIUM
12 JUST FOR NOW
13 DOUJIE

CD 2: Total Time: 77:31 Min.

01 HEARTSTRINGS
02 REMEMBER
03 DOUJIE [alt tk 1]
04 DOUJIE [alt tk 2]
05 BOCK TO BOCK [alt tk]
06 IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU [alt tk]
07 THIS LOVE OF MINE
08 ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
09 YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
10 JEANINE
11 ANGEL EYES
12 BARBADOS
13 SNOWFALL
14 STELLA BY STARLIGHT [long take]

CD 3: Total Time: 79:18 Min.

01 BEAUX ARTS
02 ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET [alt tk]
03 STELLA BY STARLIGHT [short take]
04 FINGER PICKIN’ (*)
05 ALL OF YOU (*)
06 HEARTSTRINGS (*)
07 SUMMERTIME (*)
08 BOCK TO BOCK (*)
09 STELLA BY STARLIGHT (*)
10 ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT (*)

(*) BONUS TRACKS