DISC 1:
1. 'Round Midnight
2. alternate) Satin Doll - (take 5
3. master) Satin Doll - (take 7
4. alternate) Missile Blues - (take 5
5. master) Missile Blues - (take 6
6. Jingles
7. Whisper Not
8. The End of a Love Affair
9. Too Late Now
DISC 2:
1. D Natural Blues
2. In Your Own Sweet Way
3. Mister Walker
4. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
5. Gone With the Wind
6. Sack O' Woe
7. Work Song
8. Scrambled Eggs
9. Pretty Memory
10. Fallout
11. My Heart Stood Still
12. Mean to Me
13. Violets For Your Furs
14. I've Got a Crush on You
DISC 3:
1. Compulsion
2. Terrain
3. Klactoveedsedstene
4. Ursula
5. West Coast Blues
6. Don't Explain
7. Lolita
8. The Chant
9. Azule Serape
DISC 4:
1. Never Will I Marry
2. Yours Is My Heart Alone
3. alternate) Au Privave - (take 1
4. master) Au Privave - (take 2
5. master) Tune-Up - (take 4
6. alternate) Tune-Up - (take 9
7. alternate) Body and Soul - (take 2
8. alternate) Body and Soul - (take 4/6
9. master) Body and Soul - (take 7
10. Sandu
11. take 1) So Do It - (previously unreleased
DISC 5:
1. master) So Do It - (take 6
2. alternate) Movin' Along - (take 1
3. alternate) Movin' Along - (take 4
4. master/re-edited) Movin' Along - (take 5
5. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You
6. Says You
7. master) Doujie - (take 6
8. alternate) Doujie - (take 7
9. Just For Now
10. Groove Yard
11. Heart Strings
12. Remember
13. Delirium
DISC 6:
1. alternate) Bock to Bock - (take 1
2. master) Bock to Bock - (take 3
3. alternate) If I Should Lose You - (take 2
4. master) If I Should Lose You - (take 4
5. take 8) Doujie - (previously unreleased
6. Somethin' Like Bags
7. I'm Just a Lucky So and So
8. Cotton Tail
9. Twisted Blues
10. I Wish I Knew
11. Repetition
12. While We're Young
13. One For My Baby (And One More For the Road)
DISC 7:
1. alternate) Darn That Dream - (take 1
2. master) Darn That Dream - (take 8
3. And Then I Wrote
4. Double Deal
5. No Hard Feelings
6. alternate) Love Walked In - (take 1
7. master) Love Walked In - (take 11
8. Lois Ann
9. Enchanted
10. Love For Sale
11. Stranger in Paradise
12. alternate) Mambo in Chimes - (take 1
13. master) Mambo in Chimes - (take 11
14. The Lamp Is Low
15. alternate) Blue Roz - (take 3
16. master) Blue Roz - (take 4
17. alternate) Jingles - (take 8
18. master) Jingles - (take 9
DISC 8:
1. alternate) Stairway to the Stars - (take 2
2. master) Stairway to the Stars - (take 6
3. take 2) Stablemates - (previously unreleased
4. master) Stablemates - (take 4
5. take 2) Sam Sack - (previously unreleased
6. master) Sam Sack - (take 3
7. take 4) S.K.J. - (previously unreleased
8. master) S.K.J. - (take 7
9. alternate) Delilah - (take 3
10. master) Delilah - (take 4
11. alternate) Come Rain or Come Shine - (take 1
12. take 1) Born to Be Blue - (previously unreleased
DISC 9:
1. take 1) Blue 'N' Boogie - (previously unreleased
2. take 1) Cariba - (previously unreleased
3. alternate) S.O.S. - (take 2
4. master) Come Rain or Come Shine - (take 2
5. master) Born to Be Blue - (take 2
6. Full House
7. master) Cariba - (take 2
8. master/re-edited) Blue 'N' Boogie - (take 2
DISC 10:
1. master) S.O.S. - (take 3
2. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
3. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
4. alternate/re-edited) Pretty Blue - (take 1
5. master) Pretty Blue - (take 2
6. The - (previously unreleased, take 1) Girl Next Door
7. The - (take 2, master) Girl Next Door
8. alternate) God Bless the Child - (take 2
9. master) God Bless the Child - (take 4
10. My Romance
11. take 2) Prelude to a Kiss - (previously unreleased
12. master) Prelude to a Kiss - (take 3
13. All the Way
14. Somewhere
15. take 1) Tune-Up - (previously unreleased
16. alternate) Tune-Up - (take 2/3
17. alternate) Tune-Up - (take 4
18. master/re-edited) Tune-Up - (take 5
19. Bangles and Beads - (previously unreleased, take 3) Baubles
20. Bangles and Beads - (take 4, master) Baubles
5. Dearly Beloved
6. For Heaven's Sake
7. alternate) Besame Mucho - (take 2
8. master) Besame Mucho - (take 3
9. alternate) Fried Pies - (take 1
10. master/re-edited) Fried Pies - (take 2
11. The Breeze and I
12. master/re-edited) Moanin' - (Take 7
13. Dreamsville
DISC 12:
1. Freddie Freeloader
2. Movin' Along - (previously unreleased)
3. master) Mi Cosa - (take 1
4. For All We Know
5. The - (take 1, master) Way You Look Tonight
6. The - (take 2, alternate) Way You Look Tonight
7. Yesterday's Child - (previously unreleased)
8. Geno
9. Dangerous - (previously unreleased)
10. Lolita - (previously unreleased)
11. alternate) Blues Riff - (take 7
12. alternate) Blues Riff - (take 8
13. alternate) Moanin' - (take 10
| Details |
| Playing Time: |
822 min. |
| Contributing Artists: |
George Shearing, Milt Jackson, Philly Joe Jones, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Harold Land, Jimmy Cobb, Nat Adderley |
| Distributor: |
Fantasy |
| Recording Type: |
Mixed |
| Recording Mode: |
Mixed |
| SPAR Code: |
AAD |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Wes Montgomery (guitar, electric bass); Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone); Harold Land, Johnny Griffin (tenor saxophone); Nat Adderley (cornet); Sam Jones (cello, bass); Victor Feldman, Buddy Montgomery (vibraphone, piano); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Hank Jones, Dick Hyman (piano, celeste); Tommy Flanagan, Bobby Timmons, Barry Harris, George Shearing, Wynton Kelly (piano); Melvin Rhyne (organ); Kenny Burrell (guitar); Percy Heath, Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Monk Montgomery, Paul Chambers, Milt Hinton (bass); Albert "Tootie" Heath, Louis Hayes, Lex Humphries, Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Osie Johnson (drums); Ray Barretto, Armando Peraza (congas).Producers: Orrin Keepnews, Cannonball Adderley.Compilation producer: Orrin Keepnews.Engineers: Jack Higgins, Wally Heider, Ray Fowler.Recorded between 1959 and 1963. Includes liner notes by Jim Ferguson, Nat Adderley, Kenny Burrell, Ron Carter, Kevin Eubanks, Tommy Flanagan, Jim Hall, Orrin Keepnews, Steve Khan, Buddy Montgomery, and John Scofield.Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (1992, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).Wes Montgomery recorded exclusively for the Riverside label during the four years covered by this massive 12-CD box set and, although his later albums for Verve and particularly the pop/jazz A&M dates sold many more copies, it is from his Riverside dates that his legacy was primarily formed. Virtually unknown at the time of his debut on Riverside, Montgomery soon became a major influence whose style is still copied decades later. The guitarist is heard in quite a few different settings here: in trios with organist Melvin Rhynbe and a quartet with pianist Tommy Flanagan; as a sideman on different sessions with Nat Adderley, Harold Land, and Cannonball Adderley; performing with his brothers, Buddy and Monk; holding his own with pianist George Shearing, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, and tenor great Johnny Griffin; and (for an album ironically titled Fusion) playing with strings for the first time. All in all, there is a tremendous amount of rewarding performances included in this essential set, most of which show why Wes Montgomery is still considered one of the all-time great jazz guitarists. ~ Scott Yanow