Movin' Wes

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Movin' Wes
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Studio album by
Wes Montgomery
Released1964
RecordedNovember 11, 16, 1964
StudioA&R Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Verve
Producer Creed Taylor
Wes Montgomery chronology
The Alternative Wes Montgomery
(1963)		Movin' Wes
(1964)		 Bumpin'
(1965)

Movin' Wes is an album by the American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1964. It reached number 18 on the Billboard jazz albums chart in 1967, his second album to reach the charts after Bumpin' .

Contents

History

Movin' Wes was Montgomery's debut album on the Verve label. Produced by Creed Taylor, the album sold more than 100,000 copies initially; it was Montgomery's biggest seller to this point in his career. [1]

Reception

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

In his AllMusic review, Scott Yanow wrote: "Wes Montgomery's debut for Verve, although better from a jazz standpoint than his later A&M releases, is certainly in the same vein. The emphasis is on his tone, his distinctive octaves, and his melody statements." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 2:39
  2. "People" (Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) – 4:23
  3. "Movin' Wes, Pt. 1" (Wes Montgomery) – 3:31
  4. "Moça Flor" (Durval Ferreira, Lula Freire) – 3:12
  5. "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) – 2:52
  6. "Movin' Wes, Pt. 2" (Montgomery) – 2:55
  7. "Senza Fine" (Gino Paoli, Alec Wilder) – 3:28
  8. "Theodora" (Billy Taylor) – 3:58
  9. "In and Out" (Montgomery) – 2:53
  10. "Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 3:40
  11. "West Coast Blues" (Montgomery) – 3:12

Personnel

Production

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
1967Billboard Top Jazz Albums18

References

  1. ↑ Woodard, Josef (July–August 2005). "Wes Montgomery: The Softer Side of Genius'". JazzTimes .
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "Movin' Wes > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1027. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (July 3, 1965). "Wes Montgomery: Movin' Wes" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 225. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  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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