This is the discography for American jazz musician Wes Montgomery.
Year recorded | Album | Label | Year released | Source |
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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 | 1963 | [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] |
Year recorded | Album | Label | Year released | Notes |
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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
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