Wes Montgomery discography

This is the discography for American jazz musician Wes Montgomery.

Discography

As leader

Year recorded	Album	Label	Year released	Source
1949-58	In the Beginning	Resonance	2015	[1]
1957-58	Echoes of Indiana Avenue	Resonance	2012	[1]
1959	One Night in Indy	Resonance	2016	[1]
1959	The Wes Montgomery Trio	Riverside	1959	[2] [3]
1960	The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery	Riverside	1960	[2] [3]
1960	Movin' Along	Riverside	1960	[2] [3]
1961	So Much Guitar	Riverside	1961	[2] [3]
1962	Full House	Riverside	1962	[2] [3]
1959-63	Guitar on the Go	Riverside	1966	[2] [3]
1960-63	The Alternative Wes Montgomery	Milestone	1982	[2] [3]
1963	Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings	Riverside	1963	[2] [3]
1963	Boss Guitar	Riverside	1963	[2] [3]
1963	Portrait of Wes	Riverside	1966	[2] [3]
1964	Movin' Wes	Verve	1964	[2] [3]
1965	Straight No Chaser	Bandstand	1995	[4]
1965	Bumpin'	Verve	1965	[2] [3]
1965	Solitude	BYG	1973	[4]
1965	Goin' Out of My Head	Verve	1966	[2] [3]
1965	Willow Weep for Me	Verve	1969	[2] [3]
1966	Smokin' in Seattle	Resonance	2017	[1]
1966	Tequila	Verve	1966	[2] [3]
1966	California Dreaming	Verve	1966	[2] [3]
1967	A Day in the Life	A&M	1967	[2] [3]
1967-68	Down Here on the Ground	A&M	1968	[2] [3]
1968	Road Song	A&M	1968	[2] [3]

With The Montgomery Brothers

Year recorded	Album	Label	Year released	Notes
1957	The Montgomery Brothers and 5 Others	World Pacific	1958	Features Freddie Hubbard. Reissued as Fingerpickin' (Pacific Jazz, 1996)
1957-58	Wes, Buddy and Monk Montgomery	Pacific Jazz	1961
1958	Montgomeryland	Pacific Jazz	1960	Reissued as Far Wes (Pacific Jazz, 1990)
1961?	Groove Yard	Riverside	1961
1961	George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers	Jazzland	1961	Co-leader with George Shearing. Reissued as Love Walked In (Jazzland, 1962)
1961	The Montgomery Brothers	Fantasy	1962
1961	The Montgomery Brothers in Canada	Fantasy	1961

Compilations

• Greatest Hits (A&M, 1970)
• Beginnings (Blue Note, 1975) [2 LP] – BN LA 531
• Yesterdays (Milestone/Fantasy, 1980) [2 LP]
• Far Wes (Pacific Jazz, 1990)
• Fingerpickin' (Pacific Jazz, 1996)

Collaborations

• Bags Meets Wes! with Milt Jackson (Riverside, 1962)
• Smokin' at the Half Note with the Wynton Kelly Trio (Verve, 1965)
• Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings with the Wynton Kelly Trio (Resonance, 2023) ^[5]
• Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo with Jimmy Smith (Verve, 1966)
• Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes with Jimmy Smith (Verve, 1969)
• Live at the Turf Club 1956 with the Montgomery–Johnson Quintet (Resonance, 2014) [RSD 10" LP, Limited Edition]

As sideman

• Cannonball Adderley, Cannonball Adderley and the Poll Winners (Riverside, 1961)
• Nat Adderley, Work Song (Riverside, 1960)
• Jon Hendricks, A Good Git-Together (World Pacific, 1959)
• Harold Land, West Coast Blues! (Jazzland, 1960)
• The Mastersounds, Kismet (World Pacific, 1958)
• Wes Montgomery With Lionel Hampton, Complete Recordings (Definitive, 2001) (2CD) – compilation

References

1. "Wes Montgomery | Resonance Records". resonancerecords.org. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
2. "Wes Montgomery | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
3. "Discography | Wes Montgomery". wesmontgomery.com. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
4. "Wes Montgomery Discography". Jazzdisco. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
5. Nicholson, Stuart (December 2023 – January 2024). "Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly: Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings". Jazzwise . No. 291. p. 48.

External links

• "Wes Montgomery Discography". Jazzdisco.
• Wes Montgomery discography discography at Discogs