Live album · 2014
Tracklist
CD 1:
1 After You've Gone (Creamer, Layton) 4:50
2 Fascinating Rhythm (Gershwin, Gershwin) 4:23
3 Brazil (Barroso) 4:13
4 What Is There to Say ? (Duke, Harburg) 5:45
5 Four (Davis) 5:28
6 Wes' Tune (Montgomery) 6:06
7 My Heart Stood Still (Hart, Rodgers) 5:58
8 How High the Moon (Lewis) 5:13
9 Django (Lewis) 5:53
10 Going Down to Big Mary's (Turner) 3:26
11 I Should Care (Cahn, Stordhal, Weston) 3:28
12 Caravan (Tizol, Ellington) 4:51
13 Six Bridges to Cross (Chandler, Mancini) 2:53
14 Ralph's New Blues (Jackson) 7:00
CD 2:
1 Soft Winds (Goodman) 11:58
2 Robbins' Nest (Jacquet, Thompson) 12:30
3 A Night in Tunisia (Gillespie, Paparelli) 5:17
4 Love for Sale (Porter) 3:53
5 Leila (Montgomery) 2:56
6 Blues (Montgomery) 3:18
7 Undecided (Robin, Shavers) 3:07
8 Far Wes (Montgomery) 3:18
9 All the Things You Are (Kern) 12:04
10 King Trotter (Morris) 2:38
11 Carlena's Blues (Parker) 2:51
12 Smooth Evening (Johnson) 2:54
Line-up/Musicians
[Cd. 1, # 1-13]
Wes Montgomery - g
Alonzo "Pookie" Johnson - ts [# 1-9 & 13]
Buddy Montgomery - p
Debbie Andrews - vc [# 10 & 11]
Monk Montgomery - b
John Dale - b [# 8, 10 & 11]
Sonny Johnson - dr
Recorded live at the Turf Club, Indianapolis ; August 22 [# 1 & 3] ; August 25 [# 2, 4-7, 9, 12 & 13] ; November 8 [# 10 & 11] ; November 20 [# 8], 1956
[Cd. 1, # 14]
Wes Montgomery - g
Jack Coker - p
Buddy Montgomery - vb
Sonny Johnson - dr
Recorded live at the home of Ervena Montgomery, Indianapolis ; Sempember 8, 1956
[Cd. 2, # 1-3]
Wes Montgomery - g
Melvin Rhyne - p [# 1]
Richie Crabtee - p [# 2 & 3]
Flip Stewart - b
Paul Parker - dr
Recorded live at the Missile Lounge, Indianapolis ; November 22, 1958
[Cd. 2, # 4-8]
Wes Montgomery - g
Buddy Montgomery - p
Alonzo "Pookie" Johnson - ts
Monk Montgomery - b
Robert "Sonny" Johnson - dr
Recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City ; June 15, 1955
[Cd. 2, # 9]
Wes Montgomery - g
Alonzo "Pookie" Johnson - ts
Rest of band unknown
Recorded live at C&C Muisc Lounge, Chicago, Illinois ; 1957
[Cd. 2, # 10-12]
Wes Montgomery - g
Roy Johnson - b
Douglas Duke - p
Gene Morris - ts
Earl "Fox" Walker - dr
Recorded at Spire, Fresno, California ; 1949
About this release
Resonance Records
The 26-track collection will be available as 2-CD and 3-LP sets. These newly discovered live & studio recordings from 1949-1958, include a complete never-before-released 1955 Epic Records session produced by Quincy Jones, licensed from Sony Music Entertainment, newly discovered 78 RPM sides with Wes as a sideman recorded for Spire Records (1949), a live recording from the home of Ervena Montgomery, Indianapolis (1956), live recordings from the Turf Club (1956), the Missile Lounge (1958) in Indianapolis, and the C&C Music Lounge in Chicago (1957)
Thanks to snobb for the addition