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Wes Montgomery John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. Montgomery was known for an unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a dist ...

Background

Most of the album was recorded in Indianapolis on December 30, 1957. From that session, six songs were released as the album ''The Montgomery Brothers and Five Others'' in 1957. The album featured Indianapolis native Freddie Hubbard's recording debut. Three songs ("Stranger in Paradise", "Baubles, Bangles and Beads", and "Not Since Nineveh)" were recorded during a session in Los Angeles on April 22, 1958, and appeared on the album ''Kismet'' by The Mastersounds. Montgomery played solos only on these three songs. The Mastersounds was a group that included his brothers

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and

Monk Montgomery William Howard "Monk" Montgomery (October 10, 1921 – May 20, 1982) was an American jazz bassist. He was a pioneer of the electric bass guitar and possibly the first to be recorded playing the instrument when he participated in a 1953 session re ...

. Wes Montgomery was invited to the session by

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, the album's producer at Pacific Jazz Records. His composition "Fingerpickin'" appeared on the album.Ingram, Adrian. ''Wes Montgomery''. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England: Ashley Mark Pub. Co., 1985

Reception

In a

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review, music critic Scott Yanow wrote: "This CD reissues the complete album (which usually has appeared in piecemeal fashion) and finds Wes already quite recognizable. The pretty standard hard bop music... Although this reissue on a whole is not essential, the music is generally enjoyable and the CD will fill some gaps in one's Wes Montgomery collection."

Track listing

Original release

''The Montgomery Brothers and Five Others'' # Sound Carrier – 6:55 # Lois Ann – 4:44 # Bud's Beaux Arts – 7:32 # Bock to Bock – 10:08 # All the Things You Are – 3:58 # Billie's Bounce – 4:41

Personnel

* Wes Montgomery – guitar * Freddie Hubbard – trumpet - Tracks 1-4 * Waymon Atkinson – tenor saxophone - Tracks 1-4 * Alonzo Johnson – tenor saxophone - Tracks 1-4 *

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– vibraphone - Tracks 1-6, 8-10 * Joe Bradley – piano - Tracks 1-5, 7 * Richard Crabtree – piano - Tracks 8-10 *

– electric bass * Paul Parker – drums - Tracks 1-7 * Benny Barth – drums - Tracks 8-10

References

{{Authority control 1957 debut albums Wes Montgomery albums Pacific Jazz Records albums