WES MONTGOMERY - THE INCREDIBLE GUITAR OF WES MONTGOMERY + 1 BONUS TRACK

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK
180-GRAM SOLID BLUE VINYL 
INCLUDES NEW SPECIALLY PREPARED LINER NOTES BY PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ'S WRITER BRIAN MORTON AND BY PARIS'S PRESTIGIOUS JAZZ MAGAZINE

"He was invincible. His solo on "West Coast Blues" easily merits the "incredible" description and Tommy Flanagan, captured as beautifully as he ever was on record, is exceptional on Sonny Rollins* "Airegin", his chords exactly complementary to the guitarist's. There's a "D Natural Blues", which Montgomery makes sound as natural as speech, and covers of "In Your Own Sweet Way" (the Brubeck tune never more feelingly set out) and "Polka Dots and Moonbeams". It may seem like faint praise to say that in his greatest moment were the seeds of Wes Montgomery's decline but it's hard to see where else he could have gone in his music, and who could grudge him a measure of success for every blistered moment he had spent getting to this place?" Penguin Guide to Jazz

"On the cusp of his 40* birthday, Wes Montgomery began an artistic transformation that would lead to him becoming one of the greatest guitar stylists in the history of jazz. Before that he had learned the trade in the swing orchestra of vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, and then displayed his allegiance to the flamboyance of hard bop within the Montgomery Brothers, the group he formed with his brothers in the mid-1950s.
Recorded in 1960 for the Riverside label with the trio of pianist Tommy Flanagan, featuring Percy Heath on double bass and Albert Heath on drums, The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery is the iconic masterpiece through which the guitarist revealed the singularity of his genius. With his guitar touch of infinite delicacy, the prodigious mobility of his phrasing alternating "single note" lines with rhythmic octave sequences and his lyrical and melodic brilliance, Wes Montgomery developed a unique sound that would position him among the greatest legends of modern jazz." Jazz Magazine

Personnel

WES MONTGOMERY - guitar
TOMMY FLANAGAN - piano
PERCY HEATH - bass
ALBERT 'TOOTIE' HEATH - drums

Reeves Sound Studios, New York, January 26 (A1, A2, A4, & B1) & January 28 (A3 & B2-B4), 1960
Originally issued as The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (Riverside RLP 12-320). Original sessions produced by Orrin Keepnews


Tracklist

Side A

A1. AIREGIN
A2. D-NATURAL BLUES
A3. POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS
A4. FOUR ON SIX
A5. WHILE WE'RE YOUNG (Bonus Track)

Side B.

B1. WEST COAST BLUES
B2. IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAY
B3. MISTER WALKER
B4. GONE WITH THE WIND