Wes Montgomery's final album for Verve (other than an exciting collaboration alongside Jimmy Smith) is a so-so orchestral appointment featuring arrangements past times Don Sebesky. The textile (which includes "Sunny" in addition to "California Dreaming") is strictly popular fluff of the era in addition to the groovy guitarist has trivial chance to practise much other than solid soil the tune inward his trademark octaves. This tape was perfect for AM radio of the period.
My step-father brought this habitation on 8-track inward 1968 in addition to to this twenty-four lx minutes menses when I psyche to it, I tin instruct dorsum to that house inward time. Wes is on it, the arrangements are sharp, tasteful in addition to evoke a mood that I volition ever cherish, fifty-fifty the embrace tally to a tee. Wes was a unique artist, the likes of which nosotros won't shortly run across again. Something most the early on sixties...just makes me desire to brand a highball, throw a t-bone on the grill, low-cal upwardly a Kool Filter King, kicking dorsum in addition to bask life...this is a groovy menses piece.
Classic Jazz re-visited in addition to enjoyed that's what this vintage music way to me in addition to others who dear it every bit well. I straight off ain a classic slice of history (How sweetness is that?) This was a vintage recording difficult to hand in addition to tardily to bask Jazz America's alone truthful master Art form...this album is sophisticated AND musical in addition to inward my regard puts Wes' musical note in addition to imagination on display at their best ! I stimulate got a lot of Wes inward my collection; this is my favorite ! (... the sidemen / arrangements are alone spectacular !)
Although this the 'pop' Wes Montgomery, I scream upwardly it present his remarkable guitar playing. He was a unique in addition to wonderful artist. I highly recommend it
Track listing:
01 - "California Dreaming" (John Phillips, Michelle Phillips) – 3:08
02 - "Sun Down" (Wes Montgomery) – 6:03
03 - "Oh, You Crazy Moon" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 3:44
04 - "More, More, Amor" (Sol Lake) – 2:54
05 - "Without You" (Marino, Myers) – 3:05
06 - "Winds of Barcelona" (Lake) – 3:07
07 - "Sunny [alternate take]" (Bobby Hebb) – 3:07
08 - "Sunny" (Hebb) – 4:04
09 - "Green Peppers" (Lake) – 2:56
ten - "Mr. Walker" (Montgomery) – 3:39
eleven - "South of the Border" (Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr) – 3:13
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Herbie Hancock – piano
Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar
Ray Barretto – percussion
Grady Tate – drums
Al Casamenti – guitar
Richard Davis – bass
Bernie Glow – trumpet
Mel Davis – trumpet
Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
Wayne Andre – trombone
Johnny Messner – trombone
Bill Watrous – trombone
Stan Webb – clarinet, English linguistic communication Horn, saxophone
Raymond Beckenstein – flute, piccolo, saxophone
James Buffington – French Horn
Jack Jennings – castanets, scratching, vibraphone
Don Butterfield – tuba
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