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Wes Montgomery - 1961 SO Much Guitar!1995 DCC Gold Disc. Steve Hoffman Mastering
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server_allianceRecorded at Plaza Sound Studios, New York, New York on August 4, 1961.Track list1. Twisted Blues (Wes Montgomery) 5:31
2. Cotton Tail (Duke Ellington) 3:38
3. I Wish I Knew (Gordon-Warren) 5:26
4. I'm Just a Lucky So and So (David-Ellington) 5:57
5. Repetition (Neil Hefti) 3:48
6. Somethin' Like Bags (Wes Montgomery) 4:44
7. While We're Young Unaccompanied guitar solo (Alec Wilder) 2:12
8. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) (Mercer-Arlen) 7:38
Personnel* Wes Montgomery (guitar);
* Hank Jones (piano);
* Ron Carter (bass);
* Lex Humphries(drums);
* Ray Barretto (congas).
ReviewsThis CD contains one of Wes Montgomery's finest recordings, a Riverside date that showcases the influential guitarist in a quintet with pianist Hank Jones, bassist Ron Carter, drummer Lex Humphries and the congas of Ray Barretto. All eight performances are memorable in their own way with "Cottontail," "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" and a brief unaccompanied "While We're Young" being highpoints.
Scott Yanow (allmusic)
While THE INCREDIBLE JAZZ GUITAR OF is perhaps the all-time classic Wes-with-piano-trio recording, SO MUCH GUITAR still has much to offer, including moments of almost vengefully straight-ahead bebop. The standout track is "Something Like Bags," a cooking, mid-tempo minor blues written in tribute to Milt Jackson. After an impeccable Hank Jones solo, Wes stretches out for five choruses, making his trademark build from bluesy bop lines to effortless octaves.
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Montgomery and Jones get into some hip trading on Neil Hefti's "Repetition;" for sheer virtuosity of blowing, see "Cotton Tail" and Montgomery's one original of this set, "Twisted Blues." "While We're Young" is the obligatory (and gorgeous) unaccompanied guitar solo, "One For My Baby" the blues ballad and "I Wish I Knew" the album's ballad proper. Ron Carter on bass and Lex Humphries on drums round out the rhythm section in classic early '60s style, joined for five tracks by conga player Ray Barretto.
JazzTimes (7-8/95, p.123) - "...this one's a must-have for any guitar lover."

One of Wes' classics recorded in 1961. Wes swings with a superior rhythm section and deals with a mixture of ballads, blues & swingers. Ron Carter and Hank Jones join Wes and this album also includes Montgomery's only entirely unaccompanied recording, While We're Young. Wes sizzles on cuts like Duke Ellington's Cotton Tail, I'm Just A Lucky So & So and his own classic Twisted Blues.