Movin' Along

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Movin' Along
Movin Along Wes Montgomery.jpg
Studio album by
Wes Montgomery
ReleasedApril 1961 [1]
RecordedOctober 12, 1960
StudioUnited Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Genre Jazz
Length52:51(Reissue)
Label Riverside
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Wes Montgomery chronology
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
(1960)		Movin' Along
(1961)		 SO Much Guitar!
(1961)

Movin' Along is an album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in April 1961. [2] It was reissued in the Original Jazz Classics series with two alternate takes. [3] All the tracks are available in the Wes Montgomery compilation CD-set The Complete Riverside Recordings .

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

In his AllMusic review, Scott Yanow stated: "Wes Montgomery made many of his finest jazz recordings originally for Riverside, and this is an often overlooked gem."

Track listing

  1. "Movin' Along" (Wes Montgomery) – 5:40
  2. "Tune-Up" (Miles Davis) – 4:27
  3. "Tune-Up [Alternate take]" (Davis) (*) – 4:39
  4. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby) – 5:02
  5. "Sandu" (Clifford Brown) – 3:23
  6. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 7:19
  7. "Body and Soul [Alternate take]" (Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green) (*) – 11:17
  8. "So Do It!" (Montgomery) – 6:05
  9. "Says You" (Sam Jones) – 4:59

(*) Bonus tracks on CD reissue in 1988

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ "Billboard". April 24, 1961.
  2. ↑ "Billboard". April 24, 1961.
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "Movin' Along > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1026. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p.  146. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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