The Alternative Wes Montgomery

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The Alternative Wes Montgomery
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Compilation album by
Wes Montgomery
Released1982
RecordedOctober 12, 1960 – November 27, 1963
Genre Jazz
Label Riverside
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Wes Montgomery chronology
Guitar on the Go
(1963)		The Alternative Wes Montgomery
(1982)		 Movin' Wes
(1964)

The Alternative Wes Montgomery is a compilation album by the American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1982. It contains alternate takes from previous albums for Riverside. All the tracks are available on Wes Montgomery: The Complete Riverside Recordings .

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Reception

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In his AllMusic review, Scott Yanow wrote that "the mistakes and flaws (such as they are) are minor on these performances and this CD gives one a good introduction into Montgomery's early recordings." [1]

Track list

  1. "Born to be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)
  2. "S.O.S." (Wes Montgomery) (Take 2)
  3. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) (Take 1)
  4. "Fried Pies" (Montgomery) (Take 1)
  5. "Besame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar) (Take 2)
  6. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) (Take 2)
  7. "Stairway to the Stars" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) (Take 2)
  8. "Jingles" (Montgomery) (Take 8)
  9. "Bock to Bock" (Montgomery) (Take 1)
  10. "Doujie" (Take 7)
  11. "Movin’ Along" (Montgomery) (Take 1)
  12. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) (Take 2)
  13. "Tune Up" (Miles Davis) (Take 9)
  14. "Tune Up" (With Strings) (Take 2)

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "The Alternative Wes Montgomery > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1028. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ 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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