Wes Montgomery, Wynton Kelly Trio – Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:04:29 minutes | 2,07 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Resonance Records
Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings is the first official release of the complete previously unissued recordings from jazz guitar giant Wes Montgomery with the Wynton Kelly Trio at the famed Half Note jazz club in New York City in 1965 with drummer Jimmy Cobb and bassists Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Herman Wright and Larry Ridley. Including over 2 hours from the original radio broadcasts with host Alan Grant, the deluxe 2-CD set is mastered by Matthew Lutthans. 2023 marks Wes Montgomery’s Centennial (born March 6, 1923), and this is Resonance’s 7th release of Wes Montgomery recordings in cooperation with the estate. Now Wes Montgomery fans can hear the rest of the music from the Half Note that was only broadcast on the radio nearly 60 years ago.
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Wes Montgomery – The Complete Full House Recordings (Live At Tsubo / 1962) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:43:17 minutes | 3,86 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings
Includes all recordings from the ‘Full House Sessions’ at the Tsubo in Berkeley on June 25, 1962 and two previously unreleased performances.
Wes Montgomery’s incredibly original concept and style continue to have a profound influence on virtually all jazz guitarists of his era and beyond, as well as a host of rock musicians.
Montgomery, known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and his extensive use of octaves, played in Lionel Hampton’s band in the 1948s and 1950s and with brothers Buddy and Monk.
Beginning in 1964, a series of recordings with string orchestra and big band accompaniment became bestsellers, but Wes was rarely recorded in his prime.
He rarely performed in clubs, and it was often said that his club performances exuded more warmth and excitement than his studio work.
This album is the only “live” album he left on his first label, Riverside, and features tenor sax virtuoso Johnny Griffin, with whom Montgomery was Miles Davis’ partner at the time.
A memorable session where Montgomery first joined the celebrated trio of Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb, who formed Miles Davis’ rhythm section at the time.
New notes by journalist Bill Milkowski.
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Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery – Bags Meets Wes! (1962/1987)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:39 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Riverside Records
Originally released as Riverside RLP 407 (mono) and RS 9407 (stereo)
When Wes Montgomery made his first amazing impact on the New York jazz scene at the end of the 1950s, a great many established stars actively sought to record with him. Milt Jackson was one of the few for whom the guitarist felt an equal affinity. For one thing, they shared a strong love for the blues; and Wes had learned, through years of playing with his brother Buddy, to value the vibes/guitar sound. To support this memorable meeting of thoroughly compatible jazz masters, Riverside assembled one of the most cohesive recording rhythm sections of its day: Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, and Philly Joe Jones.
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Milt Jackson & Wes Montgomery – Bags Meets Wes (1962) [Reissue 2004]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 55:26 minutes | Front/Rear Covers+PDF | 905 MB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Covers+PDF | 1,2 GB
When Wes Montgomery made his first amazing impact on the New York jazz scene at the end of the 1950s, a great many established stars actively sought to record with him. Milt Jackson was one of the few for whom the guitarist felt an equal affinity. For one thing, they shared a strong love for the blues; and Wes had learned, through years of playing with his brother Buddy, to value the vibes/guitar sound. To support this memorable meeting of thoroughly compatible jazz masters, Riverside assembled one of the most cohesive recording rhythm sections of its day: Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, and Philly Joe Jones.
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Wynton Kelly Trio, Wes Montgomery – Smokin’ in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1966) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 54:05 minutes | 536 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Resonance Records
‘Smokin’ in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1966)’ presents previously unreleased live sets by jazz guitar icon Wes Montgomery with the irrepressibly swinging pianist Wynton Kelly and his trio captured live at the Penthouse in Seattle, WA on April 14 and 21, 1966. Recorded less than a year after Wes and Wynton’s classic 1965 live album ‘Smokin’ at the Half Note’, which guitarist Pet Metheny calls “the absolute greatest jazz guitar album ever made,” ‘Smokin’ in Seattle’ finds the dynamic duo joined by the solid rhythm section of bassist Ron McClure (Charles Lloyd, Joe Henderson) and legendary drummer Jimmy Cobb.
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Wynton Kelly Trio, Wes Montgomery – Smokin’ At The Half Note (1965/2013)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 41:10 minutes | 1,62 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds | Front Cover | © Verve Music
Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound from the original analog master tapes to vinyl and PCM. The DSD was sourced from the PCM. George listened to all of the different A/D converters he had before he chose which to use, and he felt the George Massenburg GML 20 bit A/D produced the best and most synergistic sound for the project.
A Tremendously Important Historic Jazz Record That Pairs Guitar Virtuoso Wes Montgomery With Miles Davis’ Rhythm Section – Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb
This is timeless music that has inspired innumerable jazz guitarists and aficionados. In fact, jazz guitar great Pat Metheny has said, “I learned to play listening to Wes Montgomery’s Smokin’ At The Half Note.” Metheny additionally said that the solo on “If You Could See Me Now” is his favorite of all time.
This legendary session was recorded at a New York nightclub. It captures Montgomery at the height of his improvisational powers. Many consider it the best performance on record by one of the most inventive guitarists in jazz history.
Highlights include the Miles Davis opener, “No Blues” and the following track, Tadd Dameron’s “If You Could See Me Now.” And the album’s versions of “Unit 7” and “Four On Six” have helped to establish these songs as jazz standards.
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Wes Montgomery – A Day In The Life (1967/2014)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 34:44 minutes | 1,37 GB | Genre: Jazz
Source: ISO SACD | © A&M Records | Universal Music Japan (UCGU-9057)
Recorded: June 6, 7, 8 and 26, 1967 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
By the time Wes Montgomery recorded this album (his debut for A&M), he was a major name in the pop world. Montgomery’s melodic renditions of current pop hits caught on and were played regularly on Top 40 radio. In most cases the guitarist did little more than play the melody, using his distinctive octaves, and it was enough to make him saleable. Of his three A&M recordings, A Day in the Life (the first one) was by far the best and, although the jazz content is almost nil, the results are pleasing as background music. “Windy” was a bit of a hit; the other selections (which find Montgomery backed by muzaky strings arranged by Don Sebesky) include “Watch What Happens,” “California Nights,” “Eleanor Rigby” and the title cut. –Scott Yanow
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Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio – Smokin’ At The Half Note (1965/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:11 minutes | 1,42 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve Reissues
This 1965 recording is the second collaboration between the Wynton Kelly Trio and famed guitarist Wes Montgomery. The album reunites Montgomery with the essential Miles Davis rhythm section from the cool jazz era (1959-1963), namely Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb.
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Wes Montgomery – Wes Montgomery, Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings (Remastered) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:10:31 minutes | 1,34 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © 2xHD
Resonance Records and 2xHD delve deeper into the early, unheard work of the innovative and influential guitarist Wes Montgomery with its release, Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings.
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Wes Montgomery – Wes’s Best: The Best of Wes Montgomery on Resonance (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:51 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Resonance Records
Resonance Records, the leading archival jazz specialists, continues their recently inaugurated series of samplers, the Takao Fujioka Collection, on June 21 with a pair of packages devoted to material from their bestselling, award-winning and previously unreleased recordings by pianist Bill Evans and guitarist Wes Montgomery.
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Wes Montgomery – The NDR Hamburg Studio Recordings (Live) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 58:44 minutes | 693 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jazzline
Wes Montgomery became a commercial success to the chagrin of jazz purists who equate that with “selling out.” Dan Morgenstern, in his review of Montgomery’s 1968 album Down Here on the Ground reprinted in Living with Jazz: A Reader, takes issue with the critics, lauding the guitarist’s individual musical personality. “You can’t manufacture that, but you sure can market it, and one of jazz’s most harmful myths is that if you do market it, and it sells, some mysterious essential change takes place: art is tainted by success.” Regardless of his success, Montgomery has remained a giant of modern guitar.
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Wes Montgomery – The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery (1960/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:16 minutes | 834 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery is an album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery. Most of its tracks exemplify two of Montgomery’s distinguishing techniques: “thumb picking” and the use of octaves.
In 2017, the album was selected for the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as “culturally, historically, or artistically significant.
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Wes Montgomery – Greatest Hits (1970/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:03 minutes | 765 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © A&M
Wes Montgomery fans and guitar jazz lovers, check this out. Known for his octave jazz style and ability to turn pop into jazz, Wes is one of the greatest guitarists who ever lived. No one can deny that this is worth adding to any jazz collection.
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Wes Montgomery – Full House (1962/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:03:44 minutes | 703 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Crazy Warthog Media
This live set is notable for teaming guitarist Wes Montgomery and the Wynton Kelly Trio (comprised of pianist Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Jimmy Cobb) with the fiery tenor of Johnny Griffin. As with the OJC release, six selections (highlighted by “Blue ‘n’ Boogie” and Montgomery’s “S.O.S.”) are augmented by “Born to Be Blue” and a pair of alternate takes. – Scott Yanow
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