Wes Montgomery - In The Beginning: Early Recordings from 1949-1958 [2CD] (2014) EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 759 Mb Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 224 Mb
Rare Wes Montgomery material is hard to come by. Not counting Willow Weep for Me, the posthumous LP Verve issued in 1968 not long after the guitarist's passing, there was Resonance's 2012 set Echoes of Indiana Avenue, which contained largely live performances from 1957 and 1958. In the Beginning, released three years after Echoes, draws from a similar well of unreleased recordings, offering a heavy dose of live material along with five sides produced by Quincy Jones at Columbia Studios in 1955, plus three tracks a session at Spire Records in Fresno, California in 1949.
Sequenced in rough reverse chronological order – two live performances from November 1958 open the second disc, but the first is entirely devoted to recordings made at the Turf Club in Indianapolis in 1956, when Wes was supported by his brother Buddy on piano, Monk Montgomery on bass, Alonzo "Pookie" Johnson on tenor sax, and drummer Sonny Johnson – the end result has Montgomery turning into a slightly straighter player as the collection rolls on, but that by no means means he sounds stiff. The 1949 cuts that wrap this up veer closer to big band than to bop, and there's a slight touch of politeness to the Jones-produced cuts. That said, it's possible to hear traces of Montgomery's fluidity here, but it's the live cuts from 1956 and 1958 that truly command attention. Here, there's a palpable hunger and playfulness to the performances that give the hard bop a kinetic kick, which means this isn't merely a worthy release from a historic standpoint, it's flat-out fun to boot.
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CD1 01 - After You've Gone 02 - Fascinating Rhythm 03 - Brazil 04 - What Is There To Say 05 - Four 06 - Wes' Tune 07 - My Heart Stood Still 08 - How High The Moon 09 - Django 10 - Down to Big Mary's 11 - I Should Care 12 - Caravan 13 - Six Bridges To Cross 14 - Ralph's New Blues
CD2 01 - Soft Winds 02 - Robin's Nest 03 - A Night In Tunisia 04 - Love For Sale 05 - Leila 06 - Blues 07 - Undecided 08 - Far Wes 09 - All The Things You Are 10 - King Trotter 11 - Carlena's Blues 12 - Smooth Evening
*1949-58, 2014 Resonance Records | HCD-2014
Personnel: Guitar - Wes Montgomery Saxophone - Alonzo "Pookie" Johnson Saxophone - Gene Morris Piano - Jack Coker Piano - Richie Crabtree Piano - Douglas Duke Piano, Vibes Buddy Montgomery Piano - Mel Rhyne Bass - John Dale Bass - Roy Johnson Bass - Monk Montgomery Bass - Flip Stewart Drums - Sonny Johnson Drums - Paul Parker Drums - Earl Walker Vocals - Debbie Andrews Vocals - Sonny Parker
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