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Jimmy & Wes (The Dynamic Duo)

Jimmy Smith

Recorded	Sep 21, 1966
Label	Verve Records
Released	1966
Personnel	19 credited players
Discogs	master 33174

The record

Montgomery's octave lines wrap around the Hammond while a horn section stacked with session heavyweights fills out Oliver Nelson's charts. A brassy, ambitious pairing of Verve's top guitar and organ stars, built for scale rather than smoke.

Session personnel

Jerry Dodgion — alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, alto flute
Danny Bank — baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute
Richard Davis — bass
Tony Studd — bass trombone
Grady Tate — drums
Clark Terry — flugelhorn
Wes Montgomery — guitar
Jimmy Smith — organ [hammond]
Ray Barretto — percussion
Phil Woods — saxophone, clarinet
Jerome Richardson — tenor flute, alto flute, clarinet
Robert Ashton — tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
Jimmy Cleveland — trombone
Melba Liston — trombone
Quentin Jackson — trombone
Richard Hixson — trombone
Ernie Royal — trumpet
Jimmy Maxwell — trumpet
Joe Newman — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 74 pressings on file.

1967	Verve Records · V-8678 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · RVG stamp; gatefold
1967	Verve Records · V6-8678 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, MGM Pressing · deep groove; RVG stamp; gatefold
1967	Verve Records · V6-8678 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1967	Verve Records · V6-8678 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Club Edition · RVG stamp; gatefold
1967	Verve Records · V-8678 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono · RVG stamp; gatefold
1967	Verve Records · V6-8678 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1967	Verve Records · V6-8678 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1967	Verve Records · V6/8678 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, DG · deep groove; RVG stamp; gatefold
1967	Verve Records · BAN 16061 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1967	Verve Records · VVC 8678 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album · RVG stamp
1967	Verve Records · V6/8678 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · deep groove; RVG stamp; gatefold
1967	Verve Records · V6-8678 — Vinyl, LP, Promo, Stereo, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold
1967	Verve Records · V6/8678 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · deep groove; RVG stamp; gatefold
1967	Verve Records · V6-8678 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · deep groove; RVG stamp; gatefold