Wes Montgomery

2 LPs ON 1 CD

4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

This release contains Wes Montgomery’s complete classic album So Much Guitar! (Riverside RLP-9382), featuring Wes in a memorable quintet set with Hank Jones on piano, Ron Carter on bass, Lex Humphries on drums, and Ray Barretto on congas. As a bonus, the complete LP The Montgomery Brothers in Canada (Fantasy F8086), presenting Wes in the company of his brothers Buddy and Monk (plus drummer Paul Humphrey). It was taped at The Cellar but in studio conditions, with no audience present.

PERSONNEL:

[1-8] SO MUCH GUITAR

WES MONTGOMERY (g)
HANK JONES (p)
RON CARTER (b)
LEX HUMPHRIES (d)
RAY BARRETO, Conga Drums (Except On 4 & 7-8)
“While We’re Young” is an unaccompanied guitar solo.

New York, August 4, 1961.

[9-16] Bonus Album: THE MONTGOMERY BROTHERS IN CANADA

WES MONTGOMERY, guitar
BUDDY MONTGOMERY, piano, vibes
MONK MONTGOMERY, bass
PAUL HUMPHREYM drums

The Cellar, Vancouver, Canada, spring 1961.

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01. “S.K.J.”
02. Stablemates
03. Stairway To The Stars
04. Blue Roz
05. Sam Sack
06. Jingles
07. Delilah
08. Love Walked In
09. Love For Sale
10. No Hard Feelings
11. Enchanted
12. Stranger In Paradise
13. The Lamp Is Low
14. Double Deal
15. And Then I Wrote
16. Darn That Dream
17. Lois Ann
18. Mambo In Chimes

TOTAL TIME: 75:59