One of artist/wes-montgomery-mn0000248392">Wes Montgomery's finest recordings, a Riverside engagement that showcases the influential guitarist inward a quintet amongst pianist artist/hank-jones-mn0000558339">Hank Jones, bassist artist/ron-carter-mn0000275832">Ron Carter, drummer artist/lex-humphries-mn0000262304">Lex Humphries, as well as the congas of artist/ray-barretto-mn0000341422">Ray Barretto. All 8 performances are memorable inward their ain way, amongst "Cottontail," "I'm Just a Lucky So as well as So," as well as a brief unaccompanied "While We're Young" beingness high points.
Wes Montgomery's So Much Guitar! continues the latest circular of re-releases/re-masters from the Concord Music Group, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Riverside Records. So Much Guitar! follows the re-releases of vocaliser as well as trumpeter Chet Baker's article.php?id=44956" target="_BLANK">Chet Baker Plays The Best Of Lerner & Loewe (OJC/Riverside, 1959/2013) as well as article.php?id=44931" target="_BLANK">Mulligan Meets Monk (OJC/Riverside, 1957/2013) inward the label's birthday celebration.
Montgomery enjoyed a productive rest at Riverside betwixt 1958 as well as 1963, making many of his most memorable recordings. So Much Guitar! falls betwixt the unloose of 1960's breakthrough recording The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery as well as 1961's Wes as well as Friends. In total, Montgomery would records a full of eighteen long-playing albums for Riverside earlier moving to Verve inward 1964.
The re-release of So Much Guitar! includes all of that original unloose addition all of the Montgomery Brother's 1961 Fantasy recording The Montgomery Brothers In Canada. The original tapes of the So Much Guitar! session were accidently erased, leaving no alternate takes to reckon for inclusion. The determination to add together the alive fabric turns out to hold upward a big plus, offering the listener the comparing of Montgomery amongst ii vastly unlike musical rhythm sections.
So Much Guitar! pits Montgomery against a young, but accomplished Ron Carter on bass amongst pianist Hank Jones as well as percussionists Lex Humphries as well as Ray Barretto. The develop features a well-behaved as well as swinging collections of standards as well as originals where Montgomery shows off his octave playing. Jones is perfectly tasteful spell Carter reveals his perfect fourth dimension that would guide Miles Davis's minute groovy quintet simply 5 years later. The inclusion of Barretto on congas adds a layer of rhythmic sophistication that fills out the musical background properly. The band is most effective on Montgomery's "Twisted Blues" as well as the minor- cardinal blues "Something Like Bags."
The alive fabric was recorded at The Cellar inward Vancouver inward the Spring of 1961. Montgomery is joined yesteryear brothers bassist Monk Montgomery as well as vibraphonist Buddy Montgomery. Paul Humphrey plays the drums. This is a quartet amongst the pianoforte replaced yesteryear the vibes. The number is an overall softening of the band's swing. Claude Thornhill's iconic "Snowfall" is given a post-modern handling that remains truthful to the such textures of the original spell exposing the piece's ribs. It is a showcase for Buddy Montgomery. The vibes-guitar axis proved to hold upward an improvisatory playground for the brothers, who were tethered to the beat out yesteryear some other brother. On "Angel Eyes" the approach was most effective, too equally on "On Green Dolphin Street." The re-issued So Much Guitar! is a groovy develop all around.
Track listing
"Twisted Blues" (Wes Montgomery) – 5:31
"Cotton Tail" (Duke Ellington) – 3:38
"I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 5:26
"I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Ellington, Mack David) – 5:57
"Repetition" (Neal Hefti) – 3:48
"Somethin' Like Bags" (Montgomery) – 4:44
"While We're Young" (Morty Palitz, Alec Wilder) – 2:12
"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 7:38
Personnel
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Lex Humphries – drums
Ray Barretto – conga
Hank Jones – piano
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