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WES MONTGOMERY

SO MUCH GUITAR! (LP) (LTD)
Label PAN AM RECORDS
Catalog 9152288
Format LP
Discs 1
Category JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY
Street Date 2017-02-14
Description
・ LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs
・ HIGH-DEFINITION PREMIUM VINYL PRESSING FOR SUPER FIDELITY
・ 180 GRAM. DIRECT METAL MASTERING. AUDIOPHILE PRESSING.
・ 1 BONUS TRACKS

So Much Guitar! marked Wes Montgomery’s first recording with pianist Hank Jones (who also had two musical brothers: drummer Elvin and trumpeter Thad Jones). Wes and Hank would coincide on two more recording sessions first in April 1963 for half of the album Fusion!: Wes Montgomery with Strings (the pianist was Dick Hyman on the other half of the LP) followed by Road Song in May of 1968 (Hank only appeared on half the album again as the other half had no pianist). Considering that Wes Montgomery with Strings and Road Song were both big band efforts So Much Guitar! was the only session on which both musicians could really interact.
So Much Guitar! was also Wes’ first recording session with Ron Carter with whom he would collaborate on three more albums: Tequila (1966 also featuring Ray Barretto) A Day in the Life of Wes Montgomery (1967) and Down Here on the Ground (1968).
Wes and Ray Barretto would participate on various recording projects together after So Much Guitar! ending with the aforementioned Down Here on the Ground.
So Much Guitar! contains the only existing collaboration of the guitarist and drummer Lex Humphries. Of course all further possible collaborations were brutally cut off by Wes’ sudden and unexpected death due to a heart attack on June 15 1968 at the age of 45.

WES MONTGOMERY guitar; HANK JONES piano; RON CARTER bass; LEX HUMPHRIES drums; RAY BARRETTO conga drums (except on A4 & B3-B4)
“While We’re Young” is an unaccompanied guitar solo.
New York August 4 1961. Original session produced by Orrin Keepnews.
*BONUS TRACK (B5): Wes Montgomery (g) Victor Feldman (p) Sam Jones (b) Louis Hayes (d). Los Angeles October 12 1960.
tracklisting
SIDE A:
1. TWISTED BLUES
2. COTTON TAIL
3. I WISH I KNEW
4. I’M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO
SIDE B:
1. REPETITION
2. SOMETHIN’ LIKE BAGS
3. WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
4. ONE FOR MY BABY
5. A GHOST OF A CHANCE *
 

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