Riverside Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery
| Recorded | Jan 26-28, 1960 |
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| Label | Riverside Records |
| Released | 1960 |
| Personnel | 4 credited players |
| Discogs | master 82207 |
The record
Tommy Flanagan and the Heath brothers keep the rhythm loose and swinging while Montgomery turns octave playing into something like a signature over three January days for Riverside. The record set a template later guitarists would spend years catching up to.
Session personnel
- Percy Heath — bass
- Albert Heath — drums
- Wes Montgomery — guitar
- Tommy Flanagan — piano
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 108 pressings on file.
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-320 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 2011 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-036 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo OJC |
| 2015 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-036 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Repress, Orange OJC |
| 2023 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-036 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo OJC |
| — | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-036 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue OJC · deep groove |
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 320 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove; laminated sleeve |
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 1169 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 1169 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 1169 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove; laminated sleeve |
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-320 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove |
| 1962 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-320 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove |
| 1962 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-320 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove |
| — | Riverside Records · RLP 12-320 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove |
| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-320 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
Follow the players
Percy Heath also plays on
Albert Heath also plays on
Wes Montgomery also plays on