Bags Meets Wes!

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Bags Meets Wes!
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Studio album by
Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery
Released1962
RecordedDecember 18–19, 1961
Genre Jazz
Length55:07(Reissue)
Label Riverside
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Milt Jackson chronology
Statements
(1962)		Bags Meets Wes!
(1962)		 The Comedy
(1962)
Wes Montgomery chronology
SO Much Guitar!
(1961)		Bags Meets Wes!
(1962)		 Full House
(1962)

Bags Meets Wes! is an album by Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery, released in 1962 by Riverside. It was reissued in 1999 by the Original Jazz Classics label, with additional takes, and again in 2006.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
DownBeat Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]

In his AllMusic review, Alex Henderson wrote: "Although Jackson and Montgomery prove what lyrical ballad players they could be on the standard 'Stairway to the Stars', ballads aren't a high priority on this album. Instead, the improvisers put more of their energy into the blues..." [1]

Track listing

1962 LP album:
  1. "S.K.J." (Milt Jackson) – 5:17
  2. "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) – 5:45
  3. "Stairway to the Stars" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:38
  4. "Blue Roz" (Wes Montgomery) – 4:46
  5. "Sam Sack" (Jackson) – 6:06
  6. "Jingles" (Montgomery) – 6:56
  7. "Delilah" (Victor Young) – 6:07
1999 CD reissue:
  1. "S.K.J." (Jackson) – 5:17
  2. "Stablemates" (Golson) – 5:45
  3. "Stairway to the Stars [Take 3]" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:38
  4. "Blue Roz" (Montgomery) – 4:46
  5. "Sam Sack" (Jackson) – 6:06
  6. "Jingles [Take 9]" (Montgomery) – 6:55
  7. "Delilah [Take 4]" (Victor Young) – 6:12
  8. "Stairway to the Stars [Take 2]" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:47
  9. "Jingles [Take 8]" (Montgomery) – 6:54
  10. "Delilah" [Take 2] (Young) – 6:18

Personnel

Musicians

Production

References

  1. 1 2 Henderson, Alex. "Bags Meets Wes! > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved July 31, 2011.
  2. ↑ DownBeat: June 7, 1962 vol. 29, no. 12
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 755
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