The Wes Montgomery Trio
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| Released | March 1960[1] | |||
| Recorded | October 5–6, 1959 | |||
| Studio | Reeves Sound Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 48:33 | |||
| Label | Riverside | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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The Wes Montgomery Trio (a.k.a. A Dynamic New Sound) is an album by the American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1960. The track "Missile Blues" is named after the club in Indianapolis where Montgomery played before moving to New York City to record for Riverside. At this club, he met Riverside's record producer Orrin Keepnews. The album was reissued on the Original Jazz Classics label.[2]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| DownBeat | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
In his AllMusic review, music critic Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. wrote: "The only drawback is that the accompaniment, which though solid, doesn't seem to perfectly match his guitar style... Montgomery's performance... was a revolution in technique and execution. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a 36-year-old guitarist re-imagines the jazz guitar solo."[3]
Track listing
[edit]- "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 4:58
- "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 3:20
- "The End of a Love Affair" (Edward Redding) – 3:18
- "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) – 4:40
- "Ecaroh" (Horace Silver) – 3:00
- "Satin Doll" [Alternate take] (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) – 4:08
- "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Mercer, Strayhorn) – 3:58
- "Missile Blues" [Alternate take] (Wes Montgomery) – 4:37
- "Missile Blues" (Montgomery) – 6:04
- "Too Late Now" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) – 4:55
- "Jingles" (Montgomery) – 5:31
Tracks 6 & 8 do not appear on the original album.
Personnel
[edit]- Wes Montgomery – guitar
- Melvin Rhyne – organ
- Paul Parker – drums
Production notes:
- Orrin Keepnews – producer
- Jack Higgins – engineer
Session information
[edit]Cuts 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, October 5, 1959
Cuts 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, October 6, 1959
Releases
[edit]Riverside CRLP 1156 (original album), Riverside RLP 12-310, Riverside OJCCD-034-2
References
[edit]- ^ "Billboard". April 4, 1960.
- ^ Woodard, Josef (1 July 2005). "Wes Montgomery: The Softer Side of Genius". JazzTimes. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ a b Lankford, Jr., Ronnie D. "The Wes Montgomery Trio > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ^ Wilson, John S. (21 January 1960). "Wes Montgomery: The Wes Montgomery Trio". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 2. p. 32.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1026. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 485.
