Learn Wes Montgomery - 1996 Encores Vol 2: Bluish 'N' Boogie

Encores, Volume Two continues the roundup of Wes Montgomery's cherishable alternate takes, 8 of the x of which were previously available exclusively on the 12-CD box. The album picks upwards the 3 additional tracks from the alive Full House sessions non included on the CD version, moves on to an extensive five-tune sampling of Montgomery's sole Riverside album amongst strings, Fusion!, as well as concludes amongst a twain of organ-trio outtakes from 1963. The Full House department reaches a peak amongst a burning rendition of "Blue 'N' Boogie," spell "Cariba" is audibly less good organized than the approved take. The alternate versions of the Fusion! tracks are equally lovely equally the approved ones (the string fluff at the closed of "Prelude to a Kiss" notwithstanding), as well as it is a pleasance to lead keep another, brisker lead keep of the best chart on the session, "Tune-Up." Of the lastly 2 tracks, the close valuable is the remake of "Movin' Along" inwards the organ-trio format, which sounds improve without the dry, toneless flute of James Clay. For collectors who lead keep hunted downward all of the original LPs or CDs as well as respect the 12-CD box a flake expensively redundant, or for newcomers who desire an introduction to the Riverside recordings, this as well as Encores: Volume One are highly recommendable.

This album is as well as then proficient it got me arrested!!...The rare option version of Cariba on this album is as well as then amazingly good, I cannot resist playing it at amount book spell cruising Government Street. If exclusively the disturbance laws could discriminate betwixt dissonance as well as the finest jazz. Anyway cops lead keep no gustatory modality inwards music.

Track listing:

01 Born To Be Blue (take 1) 7:14
02 Blue 'n' Boogie (take 1) 10:52
03 Cariba (take 1) 8:18
04 The Girl Next Door (take 1) 3:03
05 God Bless The Child (take 2) 3:13
06 Prelude To Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Kiss (take 2) 3:03
07 Tune-Up (take 1) 4:47
08 Baubles, Bangles And Beads (take 3) 2:19
09 The Trick Bag (take 6) 5:01
10 Movin' Along 7:27

Personnel:

WES MONTGOMERY-guitar
JOHNNY GRIFFIN-tenor saxaphone
WYNTON KELLY, DICK HYMAN, HANK JONES-piano
MELVIN RHYNE-organ
KENNY BURRELL-rhythm guitar
PAUL CHAMBERS OR MILT JACKSON-bass
JIMMY COBB, OSIE JOHNSON, GEORGE BROWN-drums
PHIL BODNER-woodwinds
amongst strings (GENE ORLOFF-cocertmaster)