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		2012	[1]
1959	One Night in Indy		2016	[1]
	The Wes Montgomery Trio	Riverside	1959	[2] [3]
1960	The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery		1960	[2] [3]
	Movin' Along			[2] [3]
1961	So Much Guitar		1961	[2] [3]
1962	Full House		1962	[2] [3]
1959-63	Guitar on the Go		1966	[2] [3]
1960-63	The Alternative Wes Montgomery	Milestone	1982	[2] [3]
1963	Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings	Riverside	1963	[2] [3]
	Boss Guitar			[2] [3]
	Portrait of Wes		1966	[2] [3]
1964	Movin' Wes	Verve	1964	[2] [3]
1965	Straight No Chaser	Bandstand	1995	[4]
	Bumpin'	Verve	1965	[2] [3]
	Solitude	BYG	1973	[4]
	Goin' Out of My Head	Verve	1966	[2] [3]
	Willow Weep for Me		1969	[2] [3]
1966	Smokin' in Seattle	Resonance	2017	[1]
	Tequila	Verve	1966	[2] [3]
	California Dreaming			[2] [3]
1967	A Day in the Life	A&M	1967	[2] [3]
1967-68	Down Here on the Ground		1968	[2] [3]
1968	Road Song			[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		1960	Reissued as Far Wes (Pacific Jazz, 1990)
1961	Groove Yard	Riverside	1961
	George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers	Jazzland		Co-leader with George Shearing. Reissued as Love Walked In (Jazzland, 1962)
	The Montgomery Brothers	Fantasy	1962
	The Montgomery Brothers in Canada		1961

Compilations

• The Best of Wes Montgomery (Verve, 1967, No. 56 US, No. 98 CB) ^{[5] [6]}
• The Best of Wes Montgomery Vol. 2 (Verve, 1968, No. 187 US) ^[5]
• Greatest Hits (A&M, 1970, No. 175 US) ^[5]
• 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) ^[7]
• 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. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 104. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
6. Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 259. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
7. 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